McCanns slam came in the first.
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Game four saw a match-up of eight game winners in Michael Pineda for the Yankees and Collin McHugh for Houston. George Springer (.266, 40 Rs, 12 HRs, 27 RBIs, 13 SBs) went 1 for 3 yesterday with one run and one RBI.
“I thought he had good stuff from the beginning”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “I’ve known Alex for 20 years, and I would have done it for any player”. “We just didn’t”.
Carter Capps pitched the eighth and A.J.
“Can’t afford to make those kind of mistakes when you’re facing a guy that’s throwing the ball as well as McHugh was today”, he said. Hinch said of McHugh. “It’s not a reflection of anybody around here, including Obie”.
The game was tied at 1 when Correa doubled with no outs in the seventh and advanced to third on a sacrifice by Jose Altuve. Houston challenged the call at second, but it was upheld. The scorching-hot should-be All-Star slapped a base hit up the middle, bringing Drew around to score and putting the Yankees up, 1-0.
The late-inning rally set the table for a stellar performance from the Yankees bullpen, one initiated by left-hander Chasen Shreve, who struck out the side in the seventh inning, and capped by right-hander Dellin Betances, who recorded four outs for his fifth save this season.
(Houston, TX) Chris Young belted a three-run home run in the seventh-inning to give the Yankees the lead and eventual 3-2 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park. In eight solid innings, Pineda gave up seven hits, three runs (two earned) while striking out eight. “We know what we’re capable of by now”.
Chicago’s Carlos Sanchez hit a three-run triple off Joba Chamberlain in the 10th inning to give the White Sox an 8-7 win against Detroit. Evan Gattis provided the decisive blow against Pineda with a booming RBI triple to deep left-center field in no man’s land.
Oberholtzer’s day quickly went wrong. Toronto didnt get its first hit until Edwin Encarnacions two-out single in the fourth.
Tanaka walked leadoff man Springer and then watched as Carlos Correa put a sweet swing on a 2-0 fastball away, rocketing it into the stands in right for an opposite-field homer.
Oberholtzer’s next pitch was inside on Rodriguez on and A-Rod jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. At the last moment both outfielders pulled up, allowing the ball to drop.
OAKLAND, Calif. Chris Young bounced back from his worst start of the season to pitch six innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 Saturday. He allowed four hits, six runs and walked three in his shortest start of the season. “Actually he felt better than he expected and that’s a positive sign”, Hinch said.
“Just kind of polishing up things and trying to be a small more consistent”, the catcher said.
Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury, out since May 19 with a sprained right knee, will be in Class A Tampa on Monday and the Yankees anticipate he will begin playing in rehab games later in the week. Girardi said the Yankees need to see him run at 100 percent before he can be sent out.
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Tanaka will be out to prove his last start – a five-inning disaster – was just an aberration.
