Beltran’s success against the Blue Jays and Mariners forced manager Joe Girardi to move Alex Rodriguez to the sixth spot in the batting order prior to Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. But when his teammates gave him a one-run lead in the bottom of the fifth on a wild pitch from Iwakuma, Tanaka made it stand up, retiring the side in order in the sixth and seventh innings. Jeff Samardzija pitches for the Giants against Japanese rookie Kenta Maeda, who is yet to allow a run in 12 innings.
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Rodriguez struck out three times. He struck out in the eighth against Nick Vincent and is batting.118 (4-for-34) with 13 strikeouts.
Cano was 1 for 19 when he hit an early RBI single. In the fifth, they tacked on another run to tie the game at 3. While the Yankees still believe he can turn it around, since he’s been a Yankee, Jacoby has just been a mediocre center fielder, not living up to his $21+ million a year contract.
Gray (2-1) pitched through trouble, lasting six innings to earn his first win against the Royals in four starts, leaving the Red Sox as the only AL team he has not yet beaten.
Mariners: After a day off Monday, the Mariners begin a three-game series in Cleveland on Tuesday night. All of this while going throughout seven innings as well, and all times debut for the starter for the Yankees. “I got one hit but I felt my swings were better”.
Bautista’s homer was his third of the season and 18th at Fenway Park since 2010.
None of the other starters in New York’s rotation have an ERA under 5.00 through two starts apiece.
Not to be outdone, the majors’ only other winless team entering Friday celebrated a sweep as well Sunday. The Marlins are off to a 0-5 start at home. Adam Lind struck out to end the inning.
Elsewhere, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 and the Arizona Diamondbacks secured a 7-3 win against the San Diego Padres, while the Baltimore Orioles’ game against the Texas Rangers was postponed due to rain. Teixeira has hit six home runs off him, the most by any batter vs. King Felix.
NY is in an offensive funk, as they have been held to 2 runs or less in four straight games. He has not allowed a run in his last 482/3 innings at home.
With their offense laboring to produce in the clutch, the skidding New York Yankees will be looking for a big effort from ace Masahiro Tanaka on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series against the visiting Seattle Mariners. He has hits in eight of those games, and has walked in the hitless contests. With Brian McCann on first after being hit by a pitch, Rodriguez sent Hisashi Iwakuma’s first pitch into the leftfield seats for his second homer of the season. Clevenger started behind the plate, giving regular catcher Chris Iannetta a rest.
The numbers were uglier than a clothing outfit selected by a pre-schooler: 3-for-30 with 11 strikeouts, one extra-base hit – granted, a homer. He finished 1-for-4. That has been a recurring issue the past two games and in the last game of the series up in Toronto.
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Minnesota completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angels Angels as Oswaldo Arcia’s RBI in the 12th earned a 3-2 victory for the Twins.
