A bullpen game did not appear to favor the Giants, given the Yankees’ trio of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Chapman. He allowed home runs to Carlos Beltran in the first and Mark Teixeira in the second, raising his season total to 19, as NY built a 2-0 lead.
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NY has had trade talks involving Aroldis Chapman with several contenders, but sources told ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark that owner Hal Steinbrenner still hasn’t given the go-ahead to general manager Brian Cashman to deal the flame-throwing closer, so nothing is imminent. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing and NY owner Hal Steinbrenner had not made any final decision.
Eovaldi (9-6) threw a season-high 118 pitches and allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, highlighting the outing by getting through a bases-loaded jam in the fourth unscathed. We thought we had done it. NY trails AL East-leading Baltimore by 7 1/2 games and is 4 1/2 games behind Toronto for the league’s second wild card, with the Astros and Detroit also ahead.
Chapman has 20 saves in 21 chances and his fastball, at up to 105.1 miles per hour, has entertained fans focusing on the scoreboard velocity of every pitch.
“It’s tough. I feel comfortable here”. Then Pagan paid it forward for Sergio Romo in the eighth, when he laid out to catch Starlin Castro’s line drive and threw to first base to double off Brian McCann.
That got the ball rolling into the Orioles series, as Ivan Nova threw a great game Monday night (one runs on four hits in six innings) as the Yankees won 2-1, Eovaldi went 5 1/3 and allowed just 1 run in a 71 win on Tuesday night, and Pineda delivered the following night with six innings of shutout ball in a 5-0 win.
Chapman could be the only prominent Yankee dealt this week, but Carlos Beltran – also in the final year of his contract – could help a contender in need of an offensive boost.
“We had some guys cold with the bat”, manager Bruce Bochy said.
Torres was scratched from the starting lineup of the Class A Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Sunday. Trevor Brown doubled off Anthony Swarzak to start the 12th and Williamson, who hit his third home run of the trip in the fifth, came through with the Giants’ only hit in 11 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Teixeira and Jacoby Ellsbury wore white Ken Griffey Jr.
Nathan Eovaldi (4.93 ERA, 4.95 FIP) will make his second start since returning to the rotation. The one that hurt came after the Yankees greeted left-hander Josh Osich with a single and a walk, and Austin Romine hit a slow roller up the middle.
Casilla was candid when asked about the Giants’ pursuit of the Yankees’ Aroldis Chapman and others, saying “of course it would bother me” if the club moved him into a setup role. Buster Posey, the first batter Green faced after Chasen Shreve walked the only man he faced, singled through the hole at second base and allowed two inherited runs to score. So manager Joe Girardi stressed he needed length from his starter and a pick-us-up effort from whoever would be his closer.
The San Francisco Giants have lost six in a row.
Beltran, traded in midseason from Kansas City to Houston in 2004 and from the New York Mets to San Francisco in 2011, knows not to think too far ahead. “For me it’s day by day”.
While San Francisco waited for the big hit, it received effective starting pitching in NY. The pitcher made a one-hop throw to third, where Chase Headley tagged a sliding Williamson.
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“That’s a play we worked on a lot in spring training and throughout the year”, Green said.
