He missed 24 games and appeared in four games with Double-A Springfield during an injury rehabilitation.
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NEW YORK – Five days after he was traded, Andrew Miller was back at Yankee Stadium with the Cleveland Indians.
The roar for Teixeira from the Yankee Stadium crowd got the offense going early.
The most impressive youngster Friday was 23-year-old Gary Sanchez, who made his first start of the season at catcher and collected his first two major league RBIs while throwing out Jason Kipnis and Mike Napoli trying to steal second in the first and second innings, respectively.
Two innings later, the big blast arrived off the bat of Starlin Castro.
McCann hit an RBI double in the third and, with runners at second and third, Tomlin intentionally walked Chase Headley.
Chris Gimenez hit a three-run homer in the fifth for the Indians (61-46), who have lost four of six, a stretch in which they’ve been outscored 50-32.
Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Josh Tomlin throws during the first inning of the baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 in New York. It came with two out and gave the Yankees a 7-3 lead. Just like that, the Yankees were up 6-0 in the third.
He doubled in the first inning after warm ovation, then legged out a single in the third and took third on Brian McCann’s double.
Rosario’s seventh homer put the Twins up 3-2 after Erasmo Ramirez (7-9) walked Eduardo Escobar. He added another RBI with a bases-loaded walk an inning later. Pineda allowed four runs on six hits in six innings.
So began an emotional press conference to start what should be an emotional farewell from baseball for Teixeira, the Yankees slugger who would have been a free agent at season’s end. Lefty Richard Bleier entered in relief. Being a switch-hitter with power is kind of a cool thing, I don’t know a lot of guys that can do it, so that’s been special to me.
The run was charged to Pineda and Bleier was removed for righty Tyler Clippard. Pineda threw 97 pitches, 69 or 71 percent for strikes.
The 36-year-old Teixeira is in the final season of an eight-year, $180-million deal he signed with the Yankees after the 2008 season. Johnny Barbato took the mound in the eighth, marking his return from Triple-A. Cleveland tacked on a run t0 make it an 11-5 game. A Brandon Guyer single cut the Yankees lead to 11-6. It wouldn’t be a Pineda start if he didn’t allow a home run with two outs.
Warren ended the threat there without further damage. The Indians will try to stop the bleeding with staff leader Corey Kluber – who dominated the Yankees in Cleveland’s only win against NY this season – on the mound opposite CC Sabathia.
TURNING POINT: Castro’s grand slam.
The Yankees finally gave Michael Pineda some run support and they picked a good night to do it.
The Yankees bullpen didn’t fare much better. From the scoreboard presentation to characters on the field to winter hat giveaway to the crowd, it was well executed.
He played the role even while playing first base Friday night.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Devon Travis hit his second homer of the game in the ninth inning to lift Toronto past Kansas City. He’ll face veteran lefty CC Sabathia (6-8, 4.15) at 1:05 p.m. SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100 and WMMS/FM 100.7 will carry the game.
