New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez takes warm up swings in the ondeck circle in the first inning of a Class AA baseball game with the Trenton Thunder against the Reading Phillies, Monday, July 15, 2013, in Reading, Pa. Rodriguez is doing a rehab assignment with the Thunder recuperating from hip surgery.
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For Friday, the Yankees (58-56, 3.5 games back in the wild card) have pushed back the start time of their game with the Tampa Bay Rays from 7:10 p.m. ET to 7:35 to host a pregame ceremony.
After that, he will be unconditionally released, meaning he can sign with another team.
In Cleveland, Mike Napoli was 4-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs, Lonnie Chisenhall drove in four runs and the Indians routed Los Angeles in game delayed by rain in the fourth and seventh innings. I said, ‘That’s highly unlikely.’ He started laughing. “Just on the potential of the bat alone”. New York, Eduardo Rodriguez has allowed eight earned runs in 38 1/3 innings, a 1.88 ERA.
James, who said earlier this summer he meant to re-sign with Cleveland, will soon sign the deal, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because some details still need to be finalized. “I’m not looking beyond that”. I value the pinstripes, I value this organization.
“We got a W”, Rodriguez said. “That will be a new set of questions, but right now, it’s really about tonight and tomorrow”. “I should have caught it”, Benintendi said. “But I’m not getting there”. “Those are the two I hope he has”.
“Kind of a amusing hit at the end”, Rodriguez said. “The fact that I get to play today and tomorrow, I’m lucky”. “I felt last night was close off a tough pitcher”.
“I’m not going to lie”, Rodriguez said. “I was going for it”. “We thought about it, but he hasn’t done any work”, Girardi said. Since June 25, Rodriguez has seven hits in his last 55 at-bats and when his occasional start resulted in unproductive at-bats it gradually led to rookie Gary Sanchez becoming part of the designated hitter mix.
He insisted that walking away still believing he has something left is something he can live with. “But we’ve got to get through this little bit of a mess while our pitching is a mess”. I have a good feeling about that. “I still have a little bit left.’ And there’s nothing wrong with that”.
But New York tagged Ziegler for three runs, including two on a ball off the bat of Jacoby Ellsbury misplayed by left fielder Andrew Benintendi.
The ball went past Benintendi, allowing two runs to score on what was originally ruled a sacrifice fly and error.
After two scoreless innings by Luis Cessa, called up earlier in the day, Dellin Betances pitched a scoreless ninth.
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That was a reference to his seventh-inning fly-out to right as a pinch-hitter against hard-throwing Boston right-hander Matt Barnes, advancing a runner to third.
