“We need to hit them”.
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Walker agreed with his manager’s assessment. “Nights like tonight are good examples of what we can do when we get into hitters’ counts and find some barrels”.
“He’s probably one of the only people on the planet that can go do that”, pitching coach Mike Callaway said. That’s good to see. “But I don’t put too much time and effort into that”.
Cleveland (5-4) has been swinging the bat well of late, collecting 11 hits or more in three straight and producing 18 runs over that stretch. “He’s a class act”.
Luis Severino will get the ball for the Yankees in Friday night’s contest.
“It was unfortunate that it had to turn out this way for him, but this is the game of baseball”, Davis said.
NY belted four home runs, including three in the decisive fifth, after hitting two in their first eight games, a major league low. Marlon Byrd had an RBI single after a wild pitch. He went on to pitch in Cleveland for five seasons before further showing his age and finishing the 2002 season with the Expos. His first resurgence came upon winning the ’05 AL Cy Young with a 21-win slate as a member of the Angels, with his second coming as the award’s fifth runner-up in 2013 with the A’s.
“He got hurt with his fastball early”, said Francona.
“It’s almost like a playoff win for us”, Freeman said.
Mets: C Travis d’Arnaud (bruised left elbow) was out of the lineup after being hit by a pitch Saturday. They are 0-3 when they do not.
Steven Matz threw seven shutout innings, scattering three hits and striking out a career-high nine as he pitched for the first time on regular rest this season.
Conforto responded to being moved up to the third spot by crushing his first home run of the season Friday night. It was the first four-strikeout inning for the Mets since August 3, 2004 at Milwaukee.
The later innings have been an issue for Harvey, but he insists that he isn’t hitting a wall. The 24-year-old gave up all of the runs in the second inning, including a two-run blast by Giancarlo Stanton. He was able to remain in the game; however, team officials would not comment on the future status of the slugger.
Walker was ruled safe at home before the call was overturned on an Indians challenge.
Colon had a career record of 218-155 before the game began, leaving him one victory behind Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez for second place among pitchers born in the Dominican Republic. Cespedes also had three of New York’s 14 hits. Collins said the right-hander will throw again Sunday and could face hitters Tuesday. Cespedes was the DH after jumping into the stands trying to catch a foul ball Wednesday. Colon caught on with the Mets and managed to pitch in his first World Series by working as a reliever against the Royals a year ago. After Cleveland’s Rajai Davis reached on an infield single, Harvey got touched up a bit.
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Indians: RHP Josh Tomlin makes his first appearance of the year.
