The Yankees weren’t just the team of the future; they suddenly were infected with pennant fever.
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1-run nemesis: The Red Sox might already have clinched a playoff berth if they had a better record in one-run games but like many Boston teams of the past, they tend to score runs in big bunches.
“That would help”, Teixeira said. I want you to be the same the whole time.
Cleveland, which opened an eight-game lead over second-place Detroit, said Carrasco sustained a non-displaced fracture of his pitching hand to add to Cleveland’s injury woes as the postseason closes in.
That blast cut New York’s 4-0 lead to 4-3. In that outing, he threw 5 1/3 innings, giving up one run, six hits and one walk with five strikeouts in a 9-4 Sox loss. They haven’t necessarily played badly in this series but they have played well enough to lose, which is nearly as bad. Tommy Layne got David Ortiz to fly to centre, moving Bogaerts to third, and Warren allowed an RBI single by Mookie Betts that tied it at 5.
Hanley Ramirez gets ready to be doused by teammates after his three-run walk-off home run Thursday against the New York Yankees.
The pitch never had a chance, bleeding back over the plate, but not far enough in that Ramirez couldn’t barrel it up. The leadoff walk in the fifth is ultimately what cost me. Given that Ortiz hasn’t topped 110 RBIs in a season since 2007, it’s hard to imagine anyone forecasting this kind of season for Ortiz back in March. While he was able to make it through Friday and Saturday’s games unsoaked by any variety of sports drink, it was not out of a lack of hitting. They got another home run last night from rookie Gary Sanchez, who now has sixteen on the season in just forty-one games, and the future will be built around him and numerous other top prospects the Yankees picked up when they sold off their big name stars at the trade deadline.
Tyler Clippard (1-1 in AL) took the loss after coughing up Ramirez’s homer.
“Just trying to throw a strike 3-2”.
The one thing that their deadline splurge didn’t fix was the starting rotation, which still essentially has Masahiro Tanaka – the only starter with a sub-4.00 ERA – and a conga line of variables. Ortiz has already set the record for most doubles by a 40-year-old with 47, so 50 won’t be a new record as much as an fantastic achievement.
Unfortunately, Ramirez can’t bat every inning, so the guys after him had to step up in the sixth. The runners wound up on second and third, and white-hot Ramirez stepped to the plate.
Yost picked up the win in his sixth attempt as the Royals ended a five-game losing streak with him stuck on 999.
Mitchell took the mound in the fifth with a 5-2 lead but walked leadoff man Jackie Bradley Jr and allowed a two-out, two-run homer by Xander Bogaerts on a pitch that almost hit him.
“I didn’t do my job”, said Romine, who repeatedly blamed himself for not stopping it. “In my mind I’m thinking, ‘All right, that ball’s in the corner.’ And then he comes out of nowhere”.
A week ago, the Yankees had closed within three games of the AL East lead and were one game back for the AL’s second wild card.
“We could have won all four of these games here”, Joe Girardi said.
“I felt like we probably should have won three of those four, but they made the plays when they needed to”, retiring first baseman Mark Teixeira told MLB.com. The pitcher has seen two consecutive rough starts recently after allowing five runs to the Orioles on Tuesday.
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Actually, they can start over on Monday, which will be the best day the Yankees have had in a long time. “But people thought it was tough August 1, didn’t they?”
