This was step one.
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If it is the Astros, the Yankees are 3-4 and 1-2 at Yankee Stadium. He struck out 30. The only blemishes on his linescore were two runs in the second inning.
“A lot of people asked me if we were going to celebrate”, Rodriguez said.
Rich Hill (2-1) wound up with the loss. “I think it’ll be better next time”.
Yankees left-hander C.C. Sabathia came up huge in the clinching game as he won only his second game since the All Star Break to improve to 6-10 on the season. Left hander Wei-Yin Chen opens the series on the mound against the rival Yankees on Saturday. With the score 2-1, he gave up Betts’ flyout to the left-field warning track that the wind knocked down with one on in the seventh. Bravo, CC. You’re still a BAMF. If you are not kneeling before an altar to his new knee brace, you probably should be. Adam friggin’ Warren, that’s how. He wasn’t needed, so he had to wait for the sixth to enter the game. “If anybody goes out there and looks at those four games, four quality starts, that speaks for itself”. Still, the rains came, got harder throughout the first inning, and a three-hour, 25-minute delay ensued after the inning ended.
With the way that the Red Sox had been playing on offense lately, a three-run lead was not insurmountable.
The Boston Red Sox went a bunt too far. Thankfully, the Yankees tacked on a few insurance runs. However, the Yankees were able to plug Greg Bird into the lineup and receive more than 40 dingers combined from their starting first basemen. Then, rookie second basemen, Rob Refsnyder, hit another solo home run to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead. 386 with seven RBIs and 12 runs during a 12-game home hitting streak against the Yankees. Pretty good game for the kids, eh? No, he instead sent Warren back out for the eighth with a 3-1 lead. “To get in there and get a couple hacks out of the way, after not seeing pitching in forever, get the hit out of the way in the first at-bat, it’s unbelievable”.
ATLANTA – Stephen Strasburg pitched six scoreless innings in his final start of the season, helping Washington beat Atlanta.
The Padres underachieved this year, extending their postseason drought to nine seasons despite a roster overhaul that included adding stars such as Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Wil Myers, Derek Norris and James Shields. The Yankees have established a reputation of overwhelming hitters with an AL-best 8.5 strikeouts per game, making them one of the top five teams in the league.
CC Sabathia was solid for five innings Thursday. Postseason baseball returns to the Boogie Down. Alex Rodriguez’s bad hips? Rico Noel pinch-ran for A-Rod after his walk and was actually thrown out stealing for the first time. The Yankees are slated to start Ivan Nova Saturday in game one with the Orioles. Something tells me it’ll happen. If nothing else, they made them sweat for it, and oversaw the Yankees’ exit from the AL East race. I wouldn’t have picked them, either. They have to win four of their next five to do not finish the season with a losing record.
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“It’s kind of fitting that the 10,000th win clinches a postseason berth”, Gardner said.
