“You don’t know his intentions”, McCann said. “I’m hitting.195, of course you walk him there”. “That’s the first time that has happened in a long time”.
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The Seattle Mariners are going for a series victory in their matinee match-up with the New York Yankees today at Safeco Field.
Joe Girardi admitted the stunt “kind of freaked me out”.
Tanaka (11-4) allowed six hits in seven scoreless innings, striking out five and walking one to improve to 5-0 in five career starts against the Mariners.
Tanaka fanned five and walked one while scattering seven hits (six singles, one double) in the outing.
“He’s earned it. He did a lot of damage against us. I was able to pitch with tolerance and pitch with patience, and I got through six, so I’m happy about doing the least that a starting pitcher could do”.
Once more, Tanaka praised Sanchez for his burgeoning skills behind the plate.
“It’s outstanding, astonishing”, Tanaka said through an interpreter.
And once more, Tanaka outdueled his fellow countryman and former Rakuten Golden Eagles teammate Hisashi Iwakuma.
With Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager out after fouling a ball off his foot Tuesday night, the Yankees took advantage of Shawn O’Malley, making his first start at third.
Sanchez staked the Yankees to a 1-0 lead with two outs in the first, hammering the first pitch 420 feet into the upper deck in left field for his ninth home run since being called up August 3.
Rookie Tyler Austin snapped an 0-for-16 skid with a second-inning RBI single and Brett Gardner (fourth inning) and Starlin Castro (ninth) produced sacrifice flies.
Seattle, which leads the majors with 62 home runs against left-handers, could muster little against Sabathia. Sanchez was walked intentionally, but Mark Teixeira followed with an RBI single to left. “I thought he was OK, his effort was good”.
Athletics 9, Indians 1: Khris Davis hit a three-run homer and scored three times, and Oakland snapped a three-game losing streak Danny Valencia added two hits in his first game back in the A’s lineup after being fined following a clubhouse fight with teammate Billy Butler while former OR star Ryon Healy had three hits, including two doubles.
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“One time previous year, I went through a period where I was hot for a couple of weeks”, Sanchez said when asked if he’d ever been on such a torrid streak.
