Encarnacion was at first base Tuesday night when he hit a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and later in the frame added a run-scoring fielder’s choice for his 100th RBI of the season.
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New York Yankees fans were singing Chad Green’s praises Monday night.
Yankees: New York plays 12 of its next 15 games on the road, starting with a six-game West Coast swing. The Yankees’ cheapest remains home game will be played against the Blue Jays on September 5, however, as the MasterCard $5 Game offers tickets from, you guessed it, just $5.
Although Girardi wouldn’t attribute all of the damage to his pitcher, Sabathia’s struggles contributed to a 7-4 loss to the Blue Jays Wednesday in front of 37,736 at the Stadium.
If the Blue Jays go on to win this division, there will be certain games you look back on as key moments in the season that propelled them to October baseball. Sanchez, who became the youngest Yankee to bat cleanup before September since Don Mattingly in 1984, led off the second inning with a shot to straightaway center for his fifth home run since being called up on August 3.
In just his 12th major league game on Tuesday, 23-year-old catcher Gary Sanchez smacked two home runs. To Joe Girardi, the date of the Yankees’ final game still hadn’t been determined.
X-rays were negative and the slugger is day to day, according to Gibbons, who said Donaldson had a similar injury earlier this season and it didn’t last long.
NEW YORK-The Blue Jays plan to keep their rotation in order this weekend, even with the off-day Thursday. Sabathia struck out Troy Tulowitzki for the second out and appeared to be on the verge of escaping a big inning.
It all started in the sixth inning with a double off the bat of Devon Travis.
Howie Kendrick went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer for the Dodgers, and Yasmani Grandal went 3-for-4 with a two-run shot.
Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went three-for-five with an RBI in the loss against the Cardinals.
But that one run was all NY needed.
Encarnacion, who leads the majors in RBIs, followed with a no-doubt drive deep into the lower deck in left field to tie it at 6.
Tulowitzki singled in front of Martin’s 12th homer, a high fly to right that put Toronto ahead. After Russel Martin brought in a run with a single, Upton hit a three-run home run a couple batters later.
All the Yankee runs against Estrada came in three different innings after two were out with no runners on base. Chasen Shreve followed by throwing 22 pitches to record zero outs against five batters, and that was that. Joaquin Benoit gave up an RBI single to rookie Aaron Judge that made it 7-4, but Roberto Osuna struck out Didi Gregorius on a 97 miles per hour fastball with two on to end the inning.
The eight runs matched Toronto’s largest inning of the season.
Blue Jays: OF Ezequiel Carrera (Achilles) could come off the 15-DL Tuesday night.
Jacob Turner (1-1) pitched the eighth and David Robertson retired the final two hitters with two on in the ninth for his 30th save (see full recap). To open a roster spot, Toronto designated OF Junior Lake for assignment.
Yankees: OF Brett Gardner (ankle) didn’t start for the third straight game.
“Green was really good tonight”, said Gibbons. RHP Nathan Eovaldi revealed he will miss the remainder of this season and all of next year because of two tears in his pitching elbow that require serious surgery.
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The Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6, the Pittsburgh Pirates upstaged the San Francisco Giants 4-3, the Atlanta Braves fell 4-2 to the Minnesota Twins, the New York Mets posted a 7-5 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Cincinnati Reds saw off the Miami Marlins 6-3, while the Washington Nationals were beaten 6-2 by the Colorado Rockies.
