“After the whole season, what I went through, tonight’s very rewarding”, Mitchell said.
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Gibbons Blue Jays had just lost a nailbiter, 7-6 to the Yankees, coming inches away from taking the lead in the ninth inning, losing on a dramatic catch with the bases loaded by NY left fielder Brett Gardner.
“He would have played a valuable role for us [as a reliever]”, Girardi said of Mitchell’s intended role this season.
Starlin Castro #14 of the New York Yankees runs the bases after his third inning home run against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Sep.
After blowing three leads during the first six innings, NY moved within two games of Baltimore for the second AL wild card and four games of AL East-leading Boston. “And it’s been fun”.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were 5-2 winners at home to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Boston Red Sox won 5-1 at the San Diego Padres and the Texas Rangers won a 10-7 slugfest at the Seattle Mariners.
The Blue Jays have lined up their best starters for a key three-game series with the Boston Red Sox this weekend. “You’re not going to see any panic from me”.
New York Yankees’ Tyler Austin drop his bat and watches his two-run home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in New York.
Souza had his third multihomer game of the season, and second at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees fell behind three times on Tuesday but battled back from each, finally taking the lead for good with a four-run rally in the eighth inning. It was just one of those things guys were keeping the line moving but werent able to finish it off at the end. He allowed two runs and three hits in eight innings April 14 against the Yankees in Toronto. “We’ve got a lot of baseball ahead”.
“We’re ready”, Stroman said. The Yankees won 2-0.
On the home side, Bryan Mitchell draws the nod in place of the injured Chad Green. Although Kevin Pillar smashed the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning, he was frozen by Blake Parker’s breaking pitch as he struck out in the ninth with the bases juiced.
“They’re all really important, I mean none more so than the other”, said Gardner in reference to the remaining games.
Rookie Luis Cessa pitched into the sixth inning for the Yanks in his fourth major league start.
Travis got caught breaking for third on Josh Donaldson’s comebacker and was tagged out in a rundown. Edwin Encarnacion and Melvin Upton got RBI singles on infield hits to pull Toronto within a run.
Cano’s 32nd homer of the season is one off his career high set in 2012 while with the New York Yankees.
But the Yankees couldn’t be faulted for glancing at the big board while completing a sweep of the first-place Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
Clippard came in for the ninth and finished off the sweep, earning his second save of the season while becoming the eighth pitcher to save a game for the Yankees this year. The Jays sit one game back in the division. Martin (left knee) was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth.
Austin, who earned another chance in the lineup with a solid game Monday, belted an 0-1 fastball off Aaron Sanchez the opposite way to right after the Judge single in the seventh.
Joe Girardi wasn’t comfortable calling this series sweep a statement, “But we keep getting closer, and that’s the idea here”, said the manager. Betances probably will be unavailable again Thursday, Girardi said.
Betances made it interesting in the ninth, walking the first two batters while working his third straight day.
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Following a day off, Toronto begins a pivotal three-game series Friday night at home against the Red Sox. RHP Marco Estrada (8-7, 3.56 ERA) starts the opener for the Blue Jays against Rick Porcello (19-3, 3.23), the major league leader in wins.
