Miller continued to try to make things interesting, smashing a solo homer in the sixth to make it 6-4, but Didi Gregoius extended the lead to 8-4 with a two run homer in the seventh, the Yankees fifth of the game. And in the process, he became the first Yankees player to do something neither Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio nor Derek Jeter ever did – collect an extra-base hit in each of his first three games with the club. The Yankees slugged 5 home runs today, including Austin and Judge, to beat the Rays 8-4.
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The New York Yankees may have been sellers at the trade deadline, but that doesn’t mean the future is far away. Austin is the first Yankee with a homer and a steal in his Major League Baseball debut and only the seventh player to do that in Major League Baseball history.
Longoria had an RBI double against Luis Severino in the first inning and a three-run double off Luis Cessa that capped a six-run fourth Sunday in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 12-3 rout of the New York Yankees. He also had a single in his final at-bat and scored on Duffy’s single.
On another hot and steamy afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Baby Bombers Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez hit home runs.
“That’s all I can really say”. Just how I went about it, I guess.
Longoria and Nick Franklin each had three hits for Tampa Bay. Aaron Judge was on deck and I could only think damn thats a tough act to follow. His last four games of four RBIs or more have all been against NY. He hit.200 with nine homers and 31 RBIs this season. “He feels good about it”.
On April 19, 1938, Earnie Koy of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Heinie Mueller of the Philadelphia Phillies both hit home runs in their 1st major league at-bat in the same game.
“That’s kind of what it is”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. His two-run homer to left field in the sixth inning off reliever Jared Hughes was his 17th of the season. The Rays won for only the second time in their last seven.
Cardinals 8, Cubs 4 – Randal Grichuk hit a grand slam that capped a six-run burst in the eighth inning as visiting St. Louis stopped Chicago’s 11-game winning streak.
“I think a clubhouse always changes when different people come in”, Girardi said. Not being in the picture for front runners for the postseason has given the Yankees the chance to think about what is best for the organization and what to do with their team full of aging superstars, whose years are starting to get behind them. Learn the strike zone.
Austin and Judge are the first pair of teammates in baseball history to hit homers in their first major league at-bats, and they did it in back-to-back fashion. Other than the home runs, Odorizzi made few mistakes in the 95-degree heat.
“He told me that I had to work on my changeup”, the right-hander said after meeting with Girardi. “I’m looking forward to it”. One inning later, 23-year-old Gary Sanchez hit his second home run since he was brought up on August 3.
Yankees: 1B Mark Teixeira was out of the lineup for the second straight day.
Andriese had allowed five home runs in 10 previous starts and 10 relief appearances this season.
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Luis Cessa was used in relief after Severino, so the Yankees might call up Chad Green to start Monday’s series opener against Toronto.
