Nova filled in for RHP Masahiro Tanaka last Wednesday in Toronto and allowed one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings during New York’s 4-0 loss.
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New York scored half its runs without a hit, getting sacrifice flies by catcher Brian McCann and right fielder Slade Heathcott.
“The baseball gods were against me that day”.
Brendan Ryan has played sporadically and has seen time at shortstop and third base this past week.
New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (52) reacts as Chicago White…
“Looking back on it now, I’m not mad about it at all”. “We were plenty talented, had it in us, just had to go out there and play ball”.
Chicago White Sox Gordon Beckham is hit by a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, September 25, 2015, at Yankee Stadium in New York. As predicted, it’s been an unpredictable year in the Bronx, one that, while frustrating at times, has more often than not delighted fans.
New York Yankees’ Jacoby Ellsbury reacts after being hit by a pitch…
“I know everyone wants an answer, but it really isn’t that simple because of his value to us moving forward”, Girardi said. The Yankees’ magic number to clinch a playoff spot now sits at just three games.
Beltran had two doubles in as many at-bats against Carlos Rodon (8-6, 3.78) on July 31 when the rookie left-hander yielded eight runs, eight hits and four walks in three-plus innings of a 13-6 defeat.
While the Yankees’ veteran lineup was leaving 15 runners stranded and going 3-for-19 with runners in scoring position, their youngest player was carrying them through six shutout innings. 175 in his last 12 against the White Sox.
But that Wild Card Game is exactly the kind of start the Yankees envisioned Tanaka making when they signed him. He was in an early 1-0 hole before a double play got him out of the inning.
Rookie right fielder Trayce Thompson aided Rodon earlier in the inning when he robbed Greg Bird of extra bases with an athletic running catch. The 25-year-old, who has allowed six home runs in 23 innings on the season, lost his only previous career start in big-league debut against the Yankees in 2013 after giving up five runs (three earned) in six frames. White Sox 2B Micah Johnson was held out of the lineup for the fifth straight game because of a knee issue.
Sabathia dropped to 19-5 in 34 starts versus the White Sox. Closer Andrew Miller warmed up but the Yanks did not need him for the ninth because they upped their lead. He grew up in nearby Connecticut and said his parents were sitting in the upper deck on the third base side with about 20 friends and family members. “So it was pretty cool to be able to do something like that here for them”.
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“That’s a hypothetical”, he said when asked if he would be comfortable with Severino getting the wild-card nod. Unrattled, Severino’s 99th and final pitch of the game was his best; Melky bounced one to Didi Gregorius, who turned a double play to escape the jam. This phenom certainly looks like someone who would not be perturbed by the bright lights of playoff baseball, to say the least. It will be Adam Warren’s third start since returning to the rotation, and he’ll be opposing White Sox veteran John Danks.
