It is something he will correct in conjunction with manager John Farrell and pitching coach Carl Willis before his next start Thursday against Houston. “On a night where the conditions were ideal, where there was minimal wind, he was in the strike zone a lot with a pretty active and violent knuckleball at times”.
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“It’s tough. This is definitely a time period where I wanted to throw the baseball well”, Price said. “I disagreed with a couple calls”, said Farrell.
Beltran’s double to left, also on a two-strike pitch with two outs, made it 6-2 and chased Price in the fifth.
NY pounded 11 hits off of the Red Sox in the six-run win, with the bottom of the order making up for the absences of designated hitter Alex Rodriguez (on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained right hamstring) and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (tight right hip suffered rounding third base in the first inning of Friday’s game).
With the bases loaded and one out, a low pitch on a 3-1 count was called a strike, which Ortiz obviously thought was Ball 4 and should have produced a game-tying walk. “It’s nice”, Wright said. “I really don’t. I don’t think about the amount of money that I make. I’ve done it for six starts”.
Wright faced two batters more than the minimum and improved to 3-1 with a 1.33 ERA in four outings (three starts) against the Yankees. Castro was erased for the second out of the inning when he was caught off third base and Wright ended the inning by fielding Mark Teixeira’s soft liner after having the ball go off his glove. “He’s been great all year”, Yankees catcher Brian McCann said.
There was Luis Severino giving up three homers – two to David Ortiz – to negate his nine strikeouts in 6 ²/₃ innings.
Twins (8-20) at White Sox (19-10), 7:10 p.m. ET – The one bright spot in the Twins’ pitching is Ervin Santana, who will be back on the mound after spending time on the 15-day DL. “This one, (he) was in complete control tonight”.
The right-hander struck out seven, walked one and threw 66 of 101 pitches for strikes. Dustin Pedroia quickly made him pay as he jacked a two-run dinger to the opposite field for an early 2-0 Boston lead.
The break seemed to work, as Severino recovered to retire the next 10 straight, striking out seven of them until Ortiz blasted a 1-2 pitch deep into the bleachers in right-center in the fourth. “I just try to go out there and keep the same confidence no matter if I’m doing good or bad”. That came after Minnesota’s Byung Ho Park was hit by a pitch in the top of the inning.
Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the first off Michael Pineda, but McCann hit an RBI double in the bottom half and Dustin Ackley singled in a run during the second. “He’s in such a good groove”, Farrell said. The Red Sox (17-13) had won nine of 11 before heading to NY.
ASTROS 6, MARINERS 3: Carlos Correa homered and finished with three hits and two RBIs to lead Houston past Seattle.
NOTES: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (strained right hip) missed his second consecutive game, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi said he is unlikely to play Monday.
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Price only has 14 starts in his career in which he has allowed six runs or more.
