Sabathia (6-8) produced his best start since mid-June, allowing just two runs on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings.
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At the beginning of last night’s Yanks Go Yard Radio Show, I started off by talking about the news that broke last night regarding the New York Yankees (50-48) trading Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs for a package that included top shortstop prospect Gleyber Torres. As a team, the Astros starters have a 4.13 ERA, but they are third in the American League in that category. Trivia: who was the last Astros player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate? The New York Yankees offense has heated up lately, and they’ve won nine straight games when scoring more than three runs. Evan Gattis finally cut into the Yankees lead in the seventh inning, swinging the lumber like Paul Bunyan and launching a solo shot to left center field. Astros CF Carlos Gomez was eighth in the batting order for a third consecutive start and fourth time this season, a move linked to yet another prolonged slump.
Scooter Gennett, Jonathan Villar and pinch-hitter Andy Wilkins also connected for the Brewers in the opener of a four-game series.
Chase Headley knocks in a run with a base hit in the second inning. “He escaped it a little bit early, but then obviously, they opened it up in the fifth”. Astros manager A.J. Hinch said after the game Valbuena won’t play Wednesday, which will give him two days to recover with a scheduled day off Thursday. “We’ve always felt they were better than the stretches when they were struggling”.
“I think it was a good night”, Teixeira said.
The Astros (54-46) will try to avoid being swept at home for the first time since May 20-22 behind right-hander Lance McCullers (5-4, 3.33 ERA), who struck out 10 batters while working a season-high eight innings in his previous start, a victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Fister plunked Brian McCann to start the fifth inning before Teixeira singled.
Your teams on the go or at home. However, it was only a solo homer, and made it 6-2.
That stat was a non-factor on Tuesday as Sabathia continued to breeze through the Astros lineup after the third.
Sabathia pitched into the seventh inning with five strikeouts and two walks.
Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve flips his bat after striking out during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Houston.
The Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, but Dellin Betances struck out Jason Castro on three pitches to end the threat.
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Bregman hit. 306 in 80 games for Corpus Christi and Triple-A Fresno with 61 RBIs and 71 runs scored.
