Steve Pearce came up firing, and Manny Machado made a nice play to make the catch and apply the tag on Sanchez.
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But, it just can’t be Sanchez doing the job down the stretch.
The Orioles are living on the edge and it feels like they need a win every time they take the field. He pitched a great game.
Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez had another good day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double. I just wonder if he were to pitch more to contact while maintaining maximum velocity early in the games if it would benefit him come the 5th or 6th innings when he begins to tire.
Gausman (6-10) threw seven innings, giving up seven hits. A native of Freehold, New Jersey, Brach remains the school’s all-time leader in wins (29), strikeouts (277), and innings pitched (324 1-3). If not for a TOOTBLAN and some excellent defense, the Orioles surely would have fallen behind.
“Anytime you can’t get through five or six innings, it’s not a quality start”, Bundy said. No Oriole advanced past second base until the sixth. Eventually, a team would be able to keep Gary Sanchez in the park. Tex’s single should have put two men on with no one out, and the possibility of a huge inning on the way.
Jones left Friday’s game in the second inning with a left hamstring strain. His final pitching line was 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K.
New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in New York, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. In their last seven games, Aaron Hicks is 9-23 (.391) with with a homer and 3 RBI, and Starlin Castro is 14-31 with three home runs, six RBI, and eight runs scored. “He’s not going to trot to first base as much as I talked to him about it before the game”.
The Orioles are coming into this game after allowing two walks during their last outing.
Pearce was responsible for the next two runs as well. For six innings, the 36-year-old was downright vintage Sabathia – in result, that is, not execution. With one out and Jonathan Schoop on first, Nolan Reimold hit a slow grounder to second base.
Steve Pearce cares not for your maneuverings, Giradi! One inning later, Pearce played the hero again, delivering a two-run, two-out single off righty reliever Adam Warren one batter after the O’s had chased Sabathia from the game. He’s getting there, ” manager Buck Showalter said. But don’t be surprised that Mark Trumbo (who leads the world with 40 HR) went yard off a 96mph fastball that had zero movement.
Trumbo had not looked good against Sabathia, striking out twice and hitting into a double play.
Following back-to-back blowout victories against the powerful O’s, the New York Yankees send Sabathia to the mound to try to finish off the sweep.
Then came the big piece of insurance for the Orioles, a 427-foot drive into the visiting bullpen beyond the left-center field fence. with one out in the eighth off Ben Heller.
Prior to Trumbo’s dinger, Brad Brach had been warming up.
Like Orioles play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne said ‘what was he thinking!’ At the time, the game was locked at 0-0. It’s good to see Tommy again.
In taking a quick look at the standings heading into Sunday, you’ll see that the Yankees are now fourth in the AL East at 5.5 back of first-place Toronto, while Red Sox and Orioles hold onto both wild card spots.
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While not every team that NY has taken a series against is uber impressive (Rays, Angels), the other four series have come against the Indians and Orioles at home, while taking two of three against the Red Sox and Mariners on the road.
