But Friday night’s 5-1 win over the rival Boston Red Sox assured that will in fact be the case.
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Yankees: Manager Joe Girardi said that RHP Ivan Nova, who missed the season’s first 71 games coming off of Tommy John surgery, will get some extra rest during the break.
Clay Buchholz, who has allowed a total of just three earned runs over his last four starts, has won four consecutive starts for the first time since a five-start win streak May 22 – September 15, 2013.
“You see a foul ball go into the seats like that, your thoughts are with her and her family”, Farrell said.
The Boston Red Sox have been playing their best baseball of the season and need to continue to be a factor in the American League East. The Red Sox stayed hot with Saturday’s win being their 8th in eleven contests.
“For me, it was pretty big”, Rodriguez said.
A decade ago, the Yankees decided their second base situation was untenable, so they made a brash move by replacing veteran Tony Womack with an unproven prospect named Robinson Cano.
Young hit a one-out double against closer Koji Uehara to give the Yankees two cracks with the tying run at the plate, but neither Chase Headley nor Brian McCann could come through as Uehara picked up his 22nd save.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. New York has two hits, Boston has seven.
The Red Sox took a 3-1 lead in the fourth when Ortiz singled and Ramirez slammed a 1-and-0 fastball into the Red Sox bullpen in right-center for his 19th homer. Brett Gardner’s eighth-inning double scored Jacoby Ellsbury from first but Alex Rodriguez left Gardner on second to end the inning with a grounder to the right side.
Buchholz has been dominant for the Red Sox this season, posting a 3.26 ERA, a 1.209 WHIP, and striking out 8.5 batters per nine innings while walking just 1.8.
Refsnyder started instead of primary second baseman Stephen Drew, who is hitting.182/.257/.372 with 12 home runs and 25 RBI in 78 games.
“It was quite an experience”, Refsnyder said. “Just as the players do, even the fans have to know where the ball’s at at all times”.
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Rodriguez’s next hit will tie him with Rafeal Palmeiro for 24th all-time. Reliever Adam Warren gave up two run-scoring hits, including a triple that Chris Young might have caught had he not taken a bad route to the ball. Yankees RHP Nathan Eovaldi faces Red Sox LHP Wade Miley in Sunday’s series finale. Outfielder Mason Williams was transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Refsnyder on the 40-man roster.
