NEW YORK -- The Yankees started celebrating even before ceremonies to retire Derek Jeter's No. 2.
Chase Headley stopped a 1-for-24 slide with a tiebreaking, bases-loaded triple off Chris Devenski in a six-run seventh inning, and New York rallied to beat the Houston Astros 11-6 Sunday in a doubleheader opener.
Looking pretty in pink in special Mother's Day uniforms, the AL East leaders stopped their first three-game losing streak since the season's opening week.
"It was pretty important, not only for myself but, obviously, for the team," said Headley, whose batting average had dropped from .304 on May 5 to .256.
Houston, a big league-best 25-12, had been trying to move 15 games over .500 for the first time since the Astros went 89-73 in 2005 and won their only NL pennant.
New York trailed 3-1 before Starlin Castro's tying, two-run homer off Mike Fiers in the fourth. Aaron Judge followed with his major league-leading 14th homer, a 441-foot drive off the padding above the center-field restaurant behind Monument Park, where a plaque honoring Jeter was to be unveiled during the ceremony before the night game.
The Yankees announced before the opener that closer Aroldis Chapman will be out at least a month because of a sore shoulder, forcing them to reshuffle their bullpen, and Houston took a 6-4 lead in the seventh against Adam Warren (1-0).
New York came right back in the bottom half when Matt Holliday hit a run-scoring infield single against Will Harris (1-1) and Castro tied the score with an opposite-field double to right off Devenski. Judge was intentionally walked, Didi Gregorius struck out on three pitches and Headley sent a hanging changeup rolling to the right-center.
"You just tell yourself to relax and try to take a deep breath and keep everything in perspective," Headley said. "When you haven't gotten a hit in a while, it feels like it's been five years since you've gotten a hit."
Chris Carter followed with an RBI double for a 10-6 lead. Brett Gardner added an eighth-inning homer off Tony Sipp.
Devenski leads big league relievers with 43 strikeouts. He had stranded all seven of his inherited runners this year and only three of 37 had scored in his big league career.
"Those definitely weren't my best changeups," Devenski said. "I didn't really execute well on that fastball to Castro."
Masahiro Tanaka (5-1) was to start the second game for the Yankees and Charlie Morton (4-2) for the Astros.
Only a few thousand fans were at Yankee Stadium for the start of an afternoon makeup of Saturday's rainout, and more rain fell during the Yankees' two rallies.
The Bleacher Creatures' first-inning Roll Call of Yankees starters included Jeter, who led New York to five World Series titles during a big league career that spanned 1995-2014, and fans chanted Jeter's name in the late innings.
Pitching on six days' rest, Yankees starter Luis Severino got just three outs with his first 44 pitches and was chased after 77 pitches and 2 1/3 innings. He gave up three runs, six hits and a season-high three walks.
"He just had to work really hard the first two innings, and it cost him," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Chad Green got Alex Bregman to ground into his second double play of the game and threw 3 2/3 innings of one-hit relief.
Fiers, who has allowed a big league-high 16 homers, gave up four runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Houston had gone ahead 6-4 in the seventh when Evan Gattis' second RBI single tied the score, and with runners at the corners and one out, Marwin Gonzalez hit a potential double-play grounder to Castro. The second baseman's back flip to Gregorius went into left field as the go-ahead run scored, and Yuli Gurriel followed with a sacrifice fly.
DRESS TO IMPRESS
Both teams wore special Mother's Day uniforms, undershirts and caps with pink elements, and many players used pink bats.
LONG BALLS
Judge has a big league-high six homers of 435 feet or more. He had gone six games and 27 at-bats since his previous home run on May 3.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Greg Bird, who hasn't played since May 1 because of a bone bruise in his right ankle, still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities.
UP NEXT
Astros: Joe Musgrove (2-3) starts Monday's series opener at Miami. Musgrove and Dallas Keuchel planned to fly ahead of the team Sunday evening.
Yankees: After an off day, CC Sabathia (2-2) starts Tuesday at Kansas City.
Houston Astros
Chase Headley stopped a 1-for-24 slide with a tiebreaking, bases-loaded triple off Chris Devenski in a six-run seventh inning, and New York rallied to beat the Houston Astros 11-6 Sunday in a doubleheader opener.
Looking pretty in pink in special Mother's Day uniforms, the AL East leaders stopped their first three-game losing streak since the season's opening week.
"It was pretty important, not only for myself but, obviously, for the team," said Headley, whose batting average had dropped from .304 on May 5 to .256.
Houston, a big league-best 25-12, had been trying to move 15 games over .500 for the first time since the Astros went 89-73 in 2005 and won their only NL pennant.
New York trailed 3-1 before Starlin Castro's tying, two-run homer off Mike Fiers in the fourth. Aaron Judge followed with his major league-leading 14th homer, a 441-foot drive off the padding above the center-field restaurant behind Monument Park, where a plaque honoring Jeter was to be unveiled during the ceremony before the night game.
The Yankees announced before the opener that closer Aroldis Chapman will be out at least a month because of a sore shoulder, forcing them to reshuffle their bullpen, and Houston took a 6-4 lead in the seventh against Adam Warren (1-0).
New York came right back in the bottom half when Matt Holliday hit a run-scoring infield single against Will Harris (1-1) and Castro tied the score with an opposite-field double to right off Devenski. Judge was intentionally walked, Didi Gregorius struck out on three pitches and Headley sent a hanging changeup rolling to the right-center.
"You just tell yourself to relax and try to take a deep breath and keep everything in perspective," Headley said. "When you haven't gotten a hit in a while, it feels like it's been five years since you've gotten a hit."
Chris Carter followed with an RBI double for a 10-6 lead. Brett Gardner added an eighth-inning homer off Tony Sipp.
Devenski leads big league relievers with 43 strikeouts. He had stranded all seven of his inherited runners this year and only three of 37 had scored in his big league career.
"Those definitely weren't my best changeups," Devenski said. "I didn't really execute well on that fastball to Castro."
Masahiro Tanaka (5-1) was to start the second game for the Yankees and Charlie Morton (4-2) for the Astros.
Only a few thousand fans were at Yankee Stadium for the start of an afternoon makeup of Saturday's rainout, and more rain fell during the Yankees' two rallies.
The Bleacher Creatures' first-inning Roll Call of Yankees starters included Jeter, who led New York to five World Series titles during a big league career that spanned 1995-2014, and fans chanted Jeter's name in the late innings.
Pitching on six days' rest, Yankees starter Luis Severino got just three outs with his first 44 pitches and was chased after 77 pitches and 2 1/3 innings. He gave up three runs, six hits and a season-high three walks.
"He just had to work really hard the first two innings, and it cost him," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Chad Green got Alex Bregman to ground into his second double play of the game and threw 3 2/3 innings of one-hit relief.
Fiers, who has allowed a big league-high 16 homers, gave up four runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Houston had gone ahead 6-4 in the seventh when Evan Gattis' second RBI single tied the score, and with runners at the corners and one out, Marwin Gonzalez hit a potential double-play grounder to Castro. The second baseman's back flip to Gregorius went into left field as the go-ahead run scored, and Yuli Gurriel followed with a sacrifice fly.
DRESS TO IMPRESS
Both teams wore special Mother's Day uniforms, undershirts and caps with pink elements, and many players used pink bats.
LONG BALLS
Judge has a big league-high six homers of 435 feet or more. He had gone six games and 27 at-bats since his previous home run on May 3.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Greg Bird, who hasn't played since May 1 because of a bone bruise in his right ankle, still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities.
UP NEXT
Astros: Joe Musgrove (2-3) starts Monday's series opener at Miami. Musgrove and Dallas Keuchel planned to fly ahead of the team Sunday evening.
Yankees: After an off day, CC Sabathia (2-2) starts Tuesday at Kansas City.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Houston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Severino pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Springer grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Reddick walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Altuve struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Correa walked, Reddick to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Gattis grounded into fielder's choice to third, Correa out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Mike Fiers pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Gardner doubled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsbury grounded out to first, Gardner to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday grounded out to first, Gardner scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Luis Severino pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| González walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Gurriel singled to left, González to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Bregman grounded into double play, third to second to first, Gurriel out at second, González to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Aoki struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Fiers pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Judge continues to bat after dropped foul ball by first baseman Gurriel. | 0 | 1 |
| Judge struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Gregorius doubled to shallow left. | 0 | 1 |
| Headley struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Carter struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Luis Severino pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Springer hit by pitch. | 0 | 1 |
| Reddick singled to center, Springer to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Altuve grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Reddick out at second, Springer to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Correa singled to center, Springer scored, Altuve to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Gattis singled to right, Altuve scored, Correa to second. | 2 | 1 |
| González singled to center, Correa scored, Gattis to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Gurriel singled to left, Gattis to third, González to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Green relieved Severino. | 3 | 1 |
| Bregman grounded into double play, third to second to first, Gurriel out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Fiers pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Romine struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Gardner flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Ellsbury grounded out to first. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Aoki struck out looking. | 3 | 1 |
| Springer singled to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Reddick popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Altuve flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Fiers pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Holliday walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Holliday to second on wild pitch by Fiers. | 3 | 1 |
| Castro homered to right (344 feet), Holliday scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Judge homered to center (457 feet). | 3 | 4 |
| Gregorius grounded out to first. | 3 | 4 |
| Headley grounded out to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Carter walked. | 3 | 4 |
| Romine struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Correa flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| Gattis grounded out to third. | 3 | 4 |
| González struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Fiers pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Gardner flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| Ellsbury grounded out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Holliday flied out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Gurriel grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Bregman struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| Aoki walked. | 3 | 4 |
| Springer lined out to center. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mike Fiers pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Castro safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Correa. | 3 | 4 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Gregorius flied out to center. | 3 | 4 |
| Headley safe at second on error by first baseman Gurriel, Castro to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Feliz relieved Fiers. | 3 | 4 |
| Carter struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Warren relieved Green. | 3 | 4 |
| Reddick reached on infield single to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Altuve walked, Reddick to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Correa flied out to right, Reddick to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Gattis singled to center, Reddick scored, Altuve to third. | 4 | 4 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to second, Altuve scored, Gattis safe at third on throwing error by second baseman Castro. | 5 | 4 |
| Gurriel hit sacrifice fly to right, Gattis scored, González to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Bregman flied out to center. | 6 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Will Harris pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Harris relieved Feliz. | 6 | 4 |
| Romine grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 4 |
| Gardner singled to right center. | 6 | 4 |
| Ellsbury doubled to left center, Gardner to third. | 6 | 4 |
| Holliday reached on infield single to shortstop, Gardner scored, Ellsbury to third. | 6 | 5 |
| Devenski relieved Harris. | 6 | 5 |
| Castro doubled to deep right, Ellsbury scored, Holliday to third. | 6 | 6 |
| Judge intentionally walked. | 6 | 6 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| Headley tripled to deep right, Holliday, Castro and Judge scored. | 6 | 9 |
| Carter doubled to left, Headley scored. | 6 | 10 |
| Sipp relieved Devenski. | 6 | 10 |
| Romine grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 10 |
| 6 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Aoki grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 10 |
| Springer struck out looking. | 6 | 10 |
| Reddick grounded out to first. | 6 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tony Sipp pitching for Houston | HOU | NYY |
| Gardner homered to right (389 feet). | 6 | 11 |
| Ellsbury grounded out to first. | 6 | 11 |
| Holliday struck out swinging. | 6 | 11 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 6 | 11 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Houston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jonathan Holder pitching for New York | HOU | NYY |
| Holder relieved Warren. | 6 | 11 |
| Altuve grounded out to third. | 6 | 11 |
| Correa struck out swinging. | 6 | 11 |
| Gattis grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Houston Astros
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springer CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .254 | .331 | .462 |
| Reddick RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | .298 | .346 | .465 |
| Altuve DH | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .289 | .362 | .444 |
| Correa SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | .286 | .360 | .474 |
| Gattis C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .288 | .363 | .463 |
| González 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .272 | .375 | .630 |
| Gurriel 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .284 | .317 | .397 |
| Bregman 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .258 | .345 | .331 |
| Aoki LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .272 | .326 | .346 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 181 | |||
| BATTING RBI: Correa (21), Gattis 2 (18), González 2 (23), Gurriel (10) SF: Gurriel GIDP: Bregman 2 Astros RISP: 5-13 (Altuve 0-1, Gattis 2-3, Correa 1-2, Gurriel 1-1, González 1-2, Aoki 0-1, Bregman 0-3) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Gurriel 2 (3, ground ball, dropped foul ball); Correa (3, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | 66 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gabe Morales, First Base - Roberto Ortiz, Second Base - Ron Kulpa, Third Base - Adrian Johnson |
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