“They can have a bad start here or there, but I think they’re in a pretty good spot now and the guys feel pretty good about themselves”. “That was the biggest thing that me and (Yankees pitching coach) Larry (Rothschild) and Mac (catcher Brian McCann) had talked about was not really changing, just keep going out, keep plugging away and it paid off today”.
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One night after they struggled to scratch out two runs against reigning Cy Young victor Dallas Keuchel, the Yankees came to life against Fister (10-7).
Right-hander Doug Fister (10-6, 3.42 ERA) will start for Houston against the Yankees.
The Astros lineup just became more crowded with the call-up of Bregman, and will have even more depth once Gourriel arrives to the major league club.
He or leaving Gonzalez there – and moving Bregman – were the options, Hinch said when he was asked about possibly using Preston Tucker or Evan Gattis at first base. Swarzak gave up Gonzalez’s second homer of the game with one out in the eighth but struck out two and walked one before giving way to Betances.
Starlin Castro’s run-scoring single with two outs in the third pushed the lead to 3-1. The fired-up lefty pumped his fist when he got Carlos Gomez to ground into a game-ending double play with two on.
Austin Romine followed a leadoff single from Chase Headley with an RBI double to straightaway center field. The Astros are 4-1 in their last 5 during game 3 of a series and 5-2 in McCullers’ last 7 home starts.
Orioles 3, Rockies 2 • Adam Jones scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a low throw to the plate by pitcher Jordan Lyles, and Baltimore beat visiting Colorado for its fifth straight victory. Severino, who is 0-6 with a 7.46 ERA over seven starts with the Yankees this season, will pitch out of the bullpen.
George Springer wasted no time getting the Astros on the board, launching the first pitch from Michael Pineda he saw into the right field bleachers, his 22nd home run of the season to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.
The All-Star got out of the jam by freezing Jason Castro with a breaking ball for a called third strike, while Miller closed the game with a scoreless ninth. However, in the seventh inning, the Astros did manage to cut into the Yankees’ lead. Not only did he hit a homer from both sides of the plate tonight, it was also his first multi-home run game of his career.
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Angels 6, Royals 2 • Albert Pujols drove in four runs as Los Angeles won at Kansas City. That would be the end of Sabathia’s day. Sabathia remains winless in five career starts on his birthday and has allowed at least seven hits and four earned runs in each of his last six starts.
