The Yankees made up for a pedestrian rotation by hitting home runs in the first four months and having a powerful back end of the bullpen.
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But the Yankees scored enough runs to put it away early. Manager Robin Ventura said it’s all just part of the rookie’s growth process in the major leagues.
Shuck was hitting. 278 with 11 runs batted in. But he’s locked in on both sides now. “Hopefully you can learn from that and go from there”. The right-hander struck out five and walked two.
All games on WSCR-AM 670. “I feel like a lot of these guys in this clubhouse were determined to compete and we have to go play”. Shortstop Alexei Ramirez made it 2-0 by hitting a one-out solo homer in the second.The Yankees responded with a run in the top of the third after a leadoff double by catcher John Ryan Murphy and a sacrifice fly by shortstop Didi Gregorious that was almost a home run – right fielder Avisail Garcia’s leaping grab near the top of the wall in right field preserved Chicago’s lead. Teixeira went 1-for-4 with the homer, which was his 29th of the season and fifth in the past four games. The Yankees even added a half-game to their lead along the way. Ackley, the Yankees’ 49th player this season, grounded out again in the eighth.
Caylor Arnold/USA Today Sports Ivan Nova tosses six innings allowing just one run and striking out seven.
And you can write off the offense’s tendency to disappear at the oddest times – after scoring 21 runs on Tuesday, it managed only two on Wednesday, and sandwiched a listless two-run performance on Saturday between 13- and 12-run outbursts on Friday and Sunday – as one of those anomalies of baseball that never truly or satisfactorily gets explained.
Mitchell (0-1) was charged with four runs and seven hits in four-plus innings.
1933 – Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia A’s hit for the cycle in a 16-3 win over the New York Yankees. “I felt great and I (found) some pitches I really liked”.
Making matters worse, Jose Abreu abused his shin with a vicious foul ball that had him hobbling.
With a six-game lead in the AL East, the Yankees have no ones to blame but themselves if they fail to win their division.
His family and the Chicago White Sox, for whom he spent most of his 18-year career, said Pierce died Friday after a battle with gall bladder cancer. The Sox found themselves on the losing end twice, falling 13-6 in the series opener and 12-3 in the rubber match. Sabathia was taken to a hospital with symptoms of dehydration after pitching five-plus innings in a 7-6 loss at the Rangers last Thursday. Andy LaRoche pitched professionally, too, but only in the minor leagues.
Veteran lefty John Danks lugged a 2-3 record with a 5.64 ERA in eight career starts against the Yankees to the mound.
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Anthony Rizzo homered for the third straight game as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers. Carroll was recalled Saturday when backup outfielder J.B. Shuck was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Chicago recalled RHP Scott Carroll from Triple-A Charlotte to take his roster spot….
