SEATTLE
-- The Yankees bullpen put together a needed shutdown effort, and New
York looked more like the team that showed so much early-season promise.
New York won a series for the first time in six weeks when Aroldis Chapman struck out Ben Gamel with a runner on to preserve a 6-4 victory over Seattle on Sunday, their third win in four games against the Mariners this weekend.
The Yankees had been 0-8-2 in series since sweeping Baltimore on June 9-11. New York had lost 13 straight games with a chance to win a series.
Despite those struggles, New York is 2 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox for the AL East lead.
"We really had a hard time," manager Joe Girardi said. "We had built to where we got pretty far over .500, but we fell and we were struggling and we were having a hard time winning games. To only be 2 1/2 out, we have still got a ton of games in our division, you feel pretty fortunate."
The bullpen entered Sunday leading the majors with 18 blown saves, but Chad Green, Dellin Betances and Daniel Robertson combined for 4 1/3 perfect innings before Chapman finished in shaky fashion for his 11th save.
A converted starter pitching on consecutive days for the first time in the majors, Green (1-0) struck out three in 2 1/3 innings. He dropped his ERA to 1.56 in 22 appearances this season.
"Honestly, this is a dangerous bullpen, top to bottom," All-Star Betances said. "Chad Green has been our best guy. (Adam) Warren as well. They've been pitching their butts off. They've been pitching in situations they're not accustomed to because of how deep this (bullpen) is."
Nelson Cruz led off the ninth with a single that smashed off Chapman and deflected toward shortstop for an infield hit. After Chapman was checked by Girardi, the closer picked off pinch runner Taylor Motter between first and second. Kyle Seager followed with a double off a 101 mph fastball, but Mitch Haniger popped out and Gamel went down swinging.
Seattle overcame a 3-0 deficit with a four-run fourth inning against Caleb Smith, but Brett Gardner hit a tying, bases-loaded single in the sixth and Clint Frazier followed with a two-run double off former Yankee James Pazos (2-3).
Didi Gregorius had his first career multihomer game with solo shots in the second and fourth innings for New York, both on 0-1 pitches from Yovani Gallardo. Gregorius has 14 home runs.
Gardner opened the game with his 17th home run.
Gallardo allowed three runs in five innings.
"Obviously, Gregorius had (Gallardo's) number today with the two home runs," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "But give him credit. He did hang in there. We needed to get five innings out of him and we did."
Smith made his first big league start and second appearance. He failed to finish the fourth inning, getting chased by Guillermo Heredia's two-run double off the wall in center. Smith allowed four runs in 3 2/3 innings.
The Mariners are 2-13 in their last 15 games against New York at Safeco Field, losing seven straight series.
Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Matt Holliday combined to go 0 for 12 as New York's 3-4-5 hitters, while Gregorius, Chase Headley, Todd Frazier, Tyler Wade and Ronald Torreyes went 7 for 14 in the final four spots in the order.
ODD MAN OUT
The Yankees traded Rob Refsnyder to the Toronto Blue Jays for first baseman Ryan McBroom. Designated for assignment on Wednesday, the 26-year-old Refsnyder appeared in 94 games over three seasons with the Yankees, hitting .241 with two home runs and 17 RBI. He played first base, second base, left field and right field.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: New York put second baseman Starlin Castro back on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained right hamstring, a move retroactive to Saturday, and recalled infielder-outfielder Wade from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Mariners: CF Jarrod Dyson sat out after he slammed into the wall in the fifth inning Saturday chasing a flyball. He remained in the game for one more inning before being removed. He has a sore left big toe and is day to day. "He's going to need a few days," Servais said.
UP NEXT
Yankees: After Monday's day off, LHP Jordan Montgomery (6-5, 4.09) starts Tuesday at home against Cincinnati RHP Luis Castillo (1-3, 3.86). Montgomery allowed a career-high six earned run in his previous start against Minnesota, a 6-1 loss. He had been unbeaten (4-0) in his previous eight starts. All six runs came with two outs in the second inning.
Mariners: LHP James Paxton (9-3, 3.06) is 4-0 with 2.05 ERA in four July starts. This will be his third career start against Boston, going 1-0 with a 0.56 ERA in 16 innings. He'll be opposed by Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2, 3.66).
---
More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball
New York won a series for the first time in six weeks when Aroldis Chapman struck out Ben Gamel with a runner on to preserve a 6-4 victory over Seattle on Sunday, their third win in four games against the Mariners this weekend.
The Yankees had been 0-8-2 in series since sweeping Baltimore on June 9-11. New York had lost 13 straight games with a chance to win a series.
Despite those struggles, New York is 2 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox for the AL East lead.
"We really had a hard time," manager Joe Girardi said. "We had built to where we got pretty far over .500, but we fell and we were struggling and we were having a hard time winning games. To only be 2 1/2 out, we have still got a ton of games in our division, you feel pretty fortunate."
The bullpen entered Sunday leading the majors with 18 blown saves, but Chad Green, Dellin Betances and Daniel Robertson combined for 4 1/3 perfect innings before Chapman finished in shaky fashion for his 11th save.
A converted starter pitching on consecutive days for the first time in the majors, Green (1-0) struck out three in 2 1/3 innings. He dropped his ERA to 1.56 in 22 appearances this season.
"Honestly, this is a dangerous bullpen, top to bottom," All-Star Betances said. "Chad Green has been our best guy. (Adam) Warren as well. They've been pitching their butts off. They've been pitching in situations they're not accustomed to because of how deep this (bullpen) is."
Nelson Cruz led off the ninth with a single that smashed off Chapman and deflected toward shortstop for an infield hit. After Chapman was checked by Girardi, the closer picked off pinch runner Taylor Motter between first and second. Kyle Seager followed with a double off a 101 mph fastball, but Mitch Haniger popped out and Gamel went down swinging.
Seattle overcame a 3-0 deficit with a four-run fourth inning against Caleb Smith, but Brett Gardner hit a tying, bases-loaded single in the sixth and Clint Frazier followed with a two-run double off former Yankee James Pazos (2-3).
Didi Gregorius had his first career multihomer game with solo shots in the second and fourth innings for New York, both on 0-1 pitches from Yovani Gallardo. Gregorius has 14 home runs.
Gardner opened the game with his 17th home run.
Gallardo allowed three runs in five innings.
"Obviously, Gregorius had (Gallardo's) number today with the two home runs," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "But give him credit. He did hang in there. We needed to get five innings out of him and we did."
Smith made his first big league start and second appearance. He failed to finish the fourth inning, getting chased by Guillermo Heredia's two-run double off the wall in center. Smith allowed four runs in 3 2/3 innings.
The Mariners are 2-13 in their last 15 games against New York at Safeco Field, losing seven straight series.
Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Matt Holliday combined to go 0 for 12 as New York's 3-4-5 hitters, while Gregorius, Chase Headley, Todd Frazier, Tyler Wade and Ronald Torreyes went 7 for 14 in the final four spots in the order.
ODD MAN OUT
The Yankees traded Rob Refsnyder to the Toronto Blue Jays for first baseman Ryan McBroom. Designated for assignment on Wednesday, the 26-year-old Refsnyder appeared in 94 games over three seasons with the Yankees, hitting .241 with two home runs and 17 RBI. He played first base, second base, left field and right field.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: New York put second baseman Starlin Castro back on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained right hamstring, a move retroactive to Saturday, and recalled infielder-outfielder Wade from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Mariners: CF Jarrod Dyson sat out after he slammed into the wall in the fifth inning Saturday chasing a flyball. He remained in the game for one more inning before being removed. He has a sore left big toe and is day to day. "He's going to need a few days," Servais said.
UP NEXT
Yankees: After Monday's day off, LHP Jordan Montgomery (6-5, 4.09) starts Tuesday at home against Cincinnati RHP Luis Castillo (1-3, 3.86). Montgomery allowed a career-high six earned run in his previous start against Minnesota, a 6-1 loss. He had been unbeaten (4-0) in his previous eight starts. All six runs came with two outs in the second inning.
Mariners: LHP James Paxton (9-3, 3.06) is 4-0 with 2.05 ERA in four July starts. This will be his third career start against Boston, going 1-0 with a 0.56 ERA in 16 innings. He'll be opposed by Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2, 3.66).
---
More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Yovani Gallardo pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Gardner homered to right (396 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| C. Frazier struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Judge flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Sánchez grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Caleb Smith pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Segura flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Valencia struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Canó flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Yovani Gallardo pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Holliday flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Gregorius homered to right (354 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Headley walked. | 2 | 0 |
| T. Frazier flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Wade doubled to right, Headley to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Gardner grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Caleb Smith pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Cruz flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Seager doubled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Haniger flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Gamel grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Yovani Gallardo pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| C. Frazier struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Judge walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Holliday popped out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Caleb Smith pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Heredia grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Ruiz grounded out to shortstop. Segura lines out to left fielder Frazier. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Yovani Gallardo pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Gregorius homered to right (348 feet). | 3 | 0 |
| Headley lined out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| T. Frazier singled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Wade walked, T. Frazier to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Gardner grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop to second, Wade out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| C. Frazier flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Caleb Smith pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Valencia singled to right center. | 3 | 0 |
| Canó singled to shallow right center, Valencia to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Cruz walked, Valencia to third, Canó to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Haniger fouled out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Gamel reached on infield single to second, Valencia and Canó scored, Cruz to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Heredia doubled to deep left center, Cruz and Gamel scored. | 3 | 4 |
| Green relieved Smith. | 3 | 4 |
| Ruiz struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Yovani Gallardo pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Holliday lined out to center. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Segura grounded out to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Valencia struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Canó lined out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| James Pazos pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Pazos relieved Gallardo. | 3 | 4 |
| Gregorius grounded out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Headley walked. | 3 | 4 |
| T. Frazier walked, Headley to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Torreyes hit for Wade. | 3 | 4 |
| Torreyes singled to right, Headley to third, T. Frazier to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Gardner singled to left, Headley scored, T. Frazier to third, Torreyes to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Zych relieved Pazos. | 4 | 4 |
| C. Frazier doubled to left, T. Frazier and Torreyes scored, Gardner to third. | 6 | 4 |
| Judge intentionally walked. | 6 | 4 |
| Sánchez popped out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Holliday grounded out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Torreyes at second base. | 6 | 4 |
| Cruz struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Seager grounded out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Haniger flied out to center. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Emilio Pagan pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Pagan relieved Zych. | 6 | 4 |
| Gregorius flied out to center. | 6 | 4 |
| Headley doubled to deep right center. | 6 | 4 |
| Headley to third on passed ball by Ruiz. | 6 | 4 |
| T. Frazier struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Torreyes struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Betances relieved Green. | 6 | 4 |
| Gamel grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 4 |
| Heredia struck out looking. | 6 | 4 |
| Ruiz lined out to center. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Emilio Pagan pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Gardner flied out to center. | 6 | 4 |
| C. Frazier struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| David Robertson pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Robertson relieved Betances. | 6 | 4 |
| Segura grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 4 |
| Valencia struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Canó grounded out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Emilio Pagan pitching for Seattle | NYY | SEA |
| Sánchez lined out to left. | 6 | 4 |
| Holliday walked. | 6 | 4 |
| Ellsbury ran for Holliday. | 6 | 4 |
| Gregorius flied out to right. | 6 | 4 |
| Headley doubled to right, Ellsbury thrown out at home. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for New York | NYY | SEA |
| Chapman relieved Robertson. | 6 | 4 |
| Cruz reached on infield single to shortstop. | 6 | 4 |
| Motter ran for Cruz. | 6 | 4 |
| Motter caught stealing second, pitcher to first. | 6 | 4 |
| Seager doubled to deep center. | 6 | 4 |
| Seager to third on passed ball by Sánchez. | 6 | 4 |
| Haniger popped out to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Gamel struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gardner CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .256 | .346 | .452 |
| C. Frazier LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .295 | .302 | .607 |
| Judge RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | .310 | .434 | .649 |
| Sánchez C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .265 | .344 | .470 |
| Holliday DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .238 | .334 | .462 |
Ellsbury PR-DH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .324 | .360 |
| Gregorius SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .304 | .335 | .495 |
| Headley 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .266 | .348 | .383 |
| T. Frazier 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .203 | .323 | .416 |
| Wade 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .138 | .265 | .241 |
a-Torreyes PH-2B
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .286 | .308 | .360 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 156 | |||
| a-singled to right for T Wade in the 6th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Wade (3, Gallardo); C. Frazier (6, Zych); Headley 2 (23, Pagan 2) HR: Gardner (17, 1st inning off Gallardo 0 on, 0 Out); Gregorius 2 (14, 2nd inning off Gallardo 0 on, 1 Out; 4th inning off Gallardo 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Gardner 2 (45), Gregorius 2 (44), C. Frazier 2 (11) Yankees RISP: 3-10 (Sánchez 0-1, Holliday 0-1, C. Frazier 1-2, Torreyes 1-2, T. Frazier 0-1, Gardner 1-3) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING PB: Sánchez. | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Safeco Field, Seattle, WA |
| Attendance | 38,503 (80.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:13 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 1 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tom Woodring, First Base - Gerry Davis, Second Base - Rob Drake, Third Base - Pat Hoberg |
No comments:
Post a Comment