“Baseball’s a amusing game”. “I’m excited to get to pitch for my country”, he said, adding that the agreement is assuming he finishes the season healthy.
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Richard (2-3) was sharp as he scattered six hits, walked two and had eight strikeouts. Betances put some of that red-hot on his arm, and said, “just made sure I stayed loose as I can”.
RHP Masahiro Tanaka (12-4) starts for the Yankees on Saturday against RHP Chris Archer (8-17).
He’s pitched extremely well at home and struggled on the road.
Evan Scribner and Nick Vincent combined for three scoreless innings and rookie Edwin Diaz pitched a flawless ninth for his 13th save in 14 chances.
The Rays are coming off of a weak pitching game where they recorded six strikeouts.
That’s how Archer wants it.
The Yankees closed within three games of AL East-leading Boston, their closest to the lead since mid-April. By the time he left the mound with one out in the top of the eighth inning, Tanaka had struck out 10, ceding just one run on five hits (and no walks). Ellsbury’s soft leadoff single was followed by a double by Rob Refsnyder on a line drive to right that Dickerson played rather awkwardly, allowing Ellsbury to score easily. But the throw? You could go a long time without seeing a catcher pick off a runner at second base, let alone as cleanly as Sanchez did.
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Hernan Perez, left, and center fielder Keon Broxton can not come up with a ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals’ Jedd Gyorko during the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in St. Louis.
Considering where he was a year ago at this time, anything that keeps Tyler Austin here is something he’s going to hold on to.
Gary Sanchez connects on his second home run in as many days. The Reds have lost five straight. No. 9 hitter Bobby Wilson homered off Tanaka in the seventh and next batter Logan Forsythe was hit in the shirt by a Tanaka inside fastball, ending the right-hander’s day. Following a moment of silence, FDNY firefighter Frank Pizzaro sang the national anthem while other firefighters unfurled a large American flag in center field – the same flag displayed when President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series at the original Yankee Stadium. Archer fell to 5-4 in his career against NY after permitting nine runs and three homers en route to dropping both decisions this season.
Adam Warren entered and hit Nick Franklin with an 0-2 pitch before getting Evan Longoria to hit into an inning-ending double play and preserving a 3-1 lead. “You learn your lesson, because it’s not something that pitchers are necessarily doing a lot and are necessarily comfortable, so I think you have to be prepared. He had the foot pad, shin pad all over him, but the ball found a part on the leather”, Cash said.
Miller left after being hit by a pitch in the right elbow in the first.
The Tampa Bay Rays tried to intentionally walk Gary Sanchez on Saturday, and they learned the hard way that the young Yankees phenom can hit pretty much anything.
It was the right-hander’s first major league outing since he started for the Yankees at Tampa Bay on May 14 past year.
Richard (2-3) allowed six hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in his seventh appearance (fifth start) since signing with San Diego on August 6.
The Pirates, still on the fringe of the NL wild card race, won their second straight following an eight-game losing streak.
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Yankees: RHP Luis Cessa (4-0, 4.07) makes his fifth start in the majors. Ellsbury ultimately scored the run that gave the Yankees a four-run cushion.
