Alex Rodriguez had hit No. 3,020 to move into the top 25 on baseball’s all-time list. Alejandro De Aza led off with a single, stole second and went to third on John Ryan Murphy’s wild throw into center.
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Wapenski was hit by a foul ball in the fifth inning of Friday night’s New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game.
Boston’s 40-man roster is full, meaning that they will need to subtract someone in order to promote Johnson in time for tonight’s game against the Yankees. The 27-year-old Irwin had eight goals and 11 assists in 53 games for the Sharks last season, his third in San Jose. Wapenski was hit in the forehead with a foul ball and returned home Saturday morning after spending some time in the hospital and getting stitches.
It’s an awfully late reveal from the Red Sox, who were waiting until the last minute to see if Ortiz could overcome a few upper respiratory issues and get into the lineup.
Boston had hoped to cut further into a deficit that had been 10 games three weeks ago, but the Yankees won two out of three over the weekend to leave the last-place Red Sox 6 1/2 back.
Center fielder Mookie Betts (2-for-4) tripled home Boston’s fourth run with two outs in the seventh and shortstop Xander Bogaerts (1-for-4) reached on an infield single to plate Betts later in the inning. Buchholz said he first noticed discomfort in his elbow while pitching to Brett Gardner in the third inning.
“I think (manager) Joe (Girardi) has been great, ” Rodriguez said of his selected off days. “It gets deep out there”.
Yankees: Begin a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners after the break. The Yankees designated hitter was booed by the crowd, but he found a fan in a Yankees jersey in the front row to hand his batting gloves to on the way to the dugout.
In my pre-game post, I highlighted Ivan Nova’s quest for consistency and Rob Refsnyder’s major league debut as the stories that I was particularly paying attention to in this game. Afterward, he deadpanned: “I wasn’t nervous at all”. I’m just going to pay as hard as I can and help the Yankees win a game. “It’s something I’ll remember”.
Nathan Eovaldi will try to pitch the Yankees to a series win on Sunday, taking on Wade Miley in the final game before the All-Star break. New York INF Cole Figueroa was optioned to Triple-A and OF Mason Williams was transferred to the 60-day disabled list….
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Alex Rodriguez delivered a carbon copy of Friday’s first-inning home run, sending an 89 miles per hour changeup over the wall in left to put the Yankees up 1-0 in the first inning.
