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MLB Playoff Wrap: Yankees Come From Behind, Add to Wild Card Drama
The Blue Jays have scheduled Marcus Stroman for Wednesday’s outing versus the Yankees.
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METS 6, REDS 3: Jose Reyes homered on the first pitch of the game, Noah Syndergaard lasted five shaky shutout innings and visiting NY won its fifth straight. Now riding a four-game winning streak, not only are they well within reach of the Orioles, who occupy that final wild-card spot, they’re also just 4 1/2 games behind the Red Sox for the AL East lead. NY won for the eighth time in 12 games Sunday.
New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner and New York Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes might not quite be what they were defensively a year or a few years ago. “But we need him, and we need him to come up big for us”. “We had some really good at-bats against probably one of the best closers in the game”.
After Troy Tulowitzki’s one-out double in the seventh, the Yankees successfully challenged an infield hit by Michael Saunders; the review denied Toronto of having runners at the corners and one out.
The under is 15-5-1 in Toronto’s last 21 on grass and is 14-6 in their last 20 road games while the Blue Jays are 40-19 in their last 59 Wednesday games.
Pillar was one-man wrecking crew for the Jays in a losing effort, recording three hits, including a two-run double in the eighth inning to lift Toronto to a 4-3 lead.
Gibbon’s Blue Jays had just lost a nailbiter, 7-6 to the Yankees, coming inches away from taking the lead in the ninth inning, losing on a dramatic catch with the bases loaded by NY left fielder Brett Gardner. A worn out Dellin Betances wasn’t very effective and needed to be replaced mid-inning, and the Blue Jays very almost clawed all the way back to tie the game. Braves rookie Dansby Swanson, the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, hit his first major league home run, an inside-the-park job in the second inning.
Said Joe Girardi: “He was outstanding”. Normally he would have been unavailable Tuesday, but September circumstances are different, especially in the situation the Yankees are in. The loss is Toronto’s fifth defeat in its last six games. The Blue Jays look to reverse things at the plate Tuesday night when they continue a three-game series with the New York Yankees.
Holder ran into trouble, loading the bases with a pair of walks and was replaced with by Ben Heller with two outs. He allowed an earned run and three hits in six innings during a no-decision April 12 in Toronto, and June 1 at Rogers Centre, he struck out six and allowed seven hits in 6 2/3 innings during a 7-0 victory.
“I feel like we knew the talent was here”, Warren said. It just wasn’t what you want to watch on a Wednesday night. Somebody had to filll Chad Green’s spot in the rotation, as the young right-hander will miss the rest of the season with elbow trouble.
Mitchell is returning from an injury he suffered in spring training that prevented him from seeing a major league mound this season.
Mitchell made six rehab starts, including two with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre.
Helped by two double plays, Mitchell (1-0) yielded four hits over five-plus innings in his fourth career start and first major league outing this season.
John O. Brennan, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, threw out a ceremonial first pitch.
“It’s insane”, Mitchell said. “It just feels weird coming back at this point of the season”.
So are the Yankees, who are still in a playoff race a month after deciding to rebuild and jettison veterans following four months of maddening inconsistency following a 9-17 start.
“We still have a realistic chance of making the playoffs which is our goal”, said Yankee outfielder Brett Gardner.
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“We’re fine. Extremely confident group of guys that we have”, Stroman said. Hopefully we can take advantage of it.