Jeff Samardzija’s second pitch landed in the stands in center field, and it just got worse from there.
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Sunday’s 12-3 trouncing of the rather feeble Chicago White Sox was the final game of the last three-city road trip of the season. Al.Ramirez homered to left on a 2-2 count.
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer in the sixth and Chris Davis added an RBI single later in the inning as the Orioles rallied from an early six-run deficit to pull out an 8-7 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Yankees 9, White Sox 0.
“He’s been hot”, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “And this is a lineup that can do it to you. I know we had only two day games, but the heat in Texas, the heat here today, I give those guys a lot of credit”. A three-game home series against the fellow wild card contending Tampa Bay Rays begins Monday, and after that the White Sox play 13 consecutive games against teams now over. He allowed four hits and two runs.
“When I’m in the windup feeling good, that’s the way you want it to be. Baseball-wise, I haven’t had much to smile about this year, anyway, so it was nice to get out there on the mound and let it go a little bit”.
Ellsbury hit a drive to center in the first for his first leadoff homer of the season and No. 12 for his career. He also had a sacrifice fly in New York’s five-run fourth inning and a run-scoring groundout in the seventh. Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the second to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead, doubled in the fourth, had an RBI single in the fifth, and completed it with a triple in the ninth. This brought Branden Pinder out to get four outs before turning the game over to closer Andrew Miller, also in-need of work, and the Game Enderer quickly dispatched the side for yet another Yankee series victory.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi says he’s not anxious about the sore left foot that kept right fielder Carlos Beltran out of Saturday’s loss to the White Sox. He relented nine earned runs off eight Yankee hits over 4.2 innings. His brother, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, tweeted that Trayce reached the majors. Despite beating New York, 8-2, Saturday night, the White Sox were outscored by 16 runs in their last four games. Shuck has gone to the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. The Chicago White Sox have lost six of their last seven home games.
Danks has been trying to bounce back after undergoing shoulder surgery almost three years ago. “Because that’s going to happen here, it always does”. He went three-for-five in the game with a run scored, a walk and four RBIs.
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With a six-game lead in the AL East, the Yankees have no ones to blame but themselves if they fail to win their division. Danks then struck out Brett Gardner for his eighth K. He had been 2-3 with a 5.64 ERA in nine career starts against New York.
