He surrendered an RBI single to Headley in the fifth immediately after Didi Gregorius doubled with two outs to surrender his 1-0 lead.
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Sabathia went 6.2 innings giving up two runs on four hits while striking out five.
Betances struck out the side in the eighth before Miller, back in the ninth-inning role following Chapman’s departure, earned his eighth save.
“I started out in spring training believing in myself and putting in the hard work and preparation”, Bregman said.
As if he were affixing a cherry on top of the sundae that was the weekend sweep of American League West rival Los Angeles, Astros manager A.J. Hinch, unprompted, shared some important news before the assembled media vacated his postgame presser on Sunday. The Houston Astros offense has been hit or miss recently, but they’ve won 12 of their last 14 games when scoring more than three runs. The Yankees offense had a decent night themselves, as the Yankees came away with a 6-3 win.
But what I also told you so is that good things can happen if you trust your starting pitcher when he’s pitching well.
The Houston Astros couldn’t put enough together in tonight’s 6-3 loss to the New York Yankees.
Yankees DH Alex Rodriguez was out of the lineup for a third straight game.
Catcher Austin Romine, whose eighth-inning double drove in Chase Headley from first base with the winning run, expressed admiration for the heart Pineda showed after the Astros’ George Springer took him deep to lead off the bottom of the first.
Playing left field, third base and shortstop Bregman hit.333 at Triple-A Fresno with six home runs and 15 RBIs in 18 games – which is six games fewer than Astros star Carlos Correa played with the Grizzlies.
Jason Castro is now in the game for Houston at first base. The Astros are 4-1 in their last 5 during game 3 of a series and 5-2 in McCullers’ last 7 home starts.
Since opening the season with a 5-4 record and a 2.20 ERA over his first 11 starts, Sabathia’s season has gone downhill. NY will be bidding for a sweep as it seeks its fourth consecutive victory.The Yankees have won eight of their last 10 contests, permitting a total of 17 runs in that span to move a season-high four games over.500.
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Sabathia’s ERA during the first three innings of games this season has been 2.82, a number that bloats to 6.02 after the third.
