Aaron Hicks and Brett Gardner had two hits for the Yankees (55-55), who have alternated losses with wins over the last six games.
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Sanchez, impressive since he was called up from the minors Wednesday, made his second straight start behind the plate and showed off his strong arm again when he pounced on a pitch in the dirt and threw out Guyer at second trying to advance.
New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius falls after forcing out Cleveland Indians pinch runner Michael Martinez (1) when Carlos Santana hit into a seventh-inning fielder’s choice in a baseball game in New York, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Cleveland lost for the fourth time in five games.
Sabathia was charged with three runs in 5 2/3 innings, dropping to 1-5 with a 6.62 ERA in his last nine starts.
In Washington, Gio Gonzalez pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, while Trea Turner and Wilson Ramos homered as Washington beat San Francisco in a matchup of first-place teams.
BLUE JAYS 4, ROYALS 3: Devon Travis hit his second homer of the game in the ninth inning to lift Toronto past Kansas City. “It’s been frustrating for all of us involved, but we’re still playing hard, still playing to win, and we’re not giving up”.
In three appearances with Cleveland, Miller has allowed one run on two hits with five strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. Addison Reed (3-2) got the victory in relief.
NEW YORK (AP) – Andrew Miller stood slim and tall on the Yankee Stadium mound, snapping off tight sliders as he protected a late lead the same as so many times before.
Teixeira first thought about retiring after he spoke to his father in San Diego at the time of his 400th home run on July 3.
“It’s unusual to see him in a different uniform”, Joe Girardi said of Miller. Seattle sent up 10 batters and had seven hits against Lincecum (2-6), capped by Zunino’s sixth homer of the season.
As has been the case much of the last month, A-Rod did not play, watching from the bench as Masahiro Tanaka turned in one of his best outings of the season and the offense produced just enough against righthander Carlos Carrasco. Matt Kemp added two hits and an RBI for the Braves. “That’s what I try to do, with all the teams I’ve played for, I saw the Red Sox win in 2013, I didn’t get to play, I was hurt”. Altuve hit an RBI double, and Carlos Correa followed with a two-run single before Tyler White had an RBI single. Or the stand-up fellow he so often was, which made it easier for Yankee fans to forgive him when he didn’t come up big in the absolute push-to-shove moments beyond Game Two of the 2009 division series. McCann and Headley were stranded when Gregorius struck out to end the inning.
Sammy Solis gave up two hits in the eighth and Mark Melancon got three straight outs to complete the four-hitter. Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk against Carrasco, and Mark Teixeira doubled him in.
But Kluber faced the minimum 18 batters over his final six innings, a stretch in which the 2014 American League Cy Young Award victor recorded seven of his strikeouts.
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Garcia’s two-out single in the second drove in Matt Holliday. One out later, David Peralta reached on an error to load the bases and Castillo walked on a 3-1 pitch. Just nice seeing everybody in the ballpark, the people that work here that helped us every day for awhile. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his 31st save. The right-hander highlighted his performance by striking out Lonnie Chisenhall on the 12th pitch of the at-bat with a runner on first for the final out of the sixth. Seattle RHP Felix Hernandez, who won the 2010 AL Cy Young, earned the win Friday when he faced Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RHP Tim Lincecum, a two-time NL Cy Young victor for the San Francisco Giants in 2008 and 2009.
