Judge Homers As Yankees Rout Red Sox
The New York Yankees wore out Chris Sale early and routed the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night, taking three of four games in their final series of the season to make up ground on the AL East leaders.
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The New York Yankees wore out Chris Sale early and routed the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night, taking three of four games in their final series of the season to make up ground on the AL East leaders.
The Yankees, already holding the top spot in the wild-card race, pulled within 4½ games of Boston. The rivals close their season series Sunday night.
Doug Fister dominated for seven innings and the Boston Red Sox backed him with three home runs to beat the New York Yankees 4-1 Friday night and extend their AL East lead.
As CC Sabathia labored through the first few innings on Thursday night, his pitch count climbing, there was a sense of foreboding, a red cloud hovering over the Bronx.
Sonia Sotomayor looked right at home in The Judge's Chambers. Naturally.
Sabathia (11-5) has more than done his part vs. the Red Sox, winning all four outings against them this season while compiling a 1.04 ERA in 26 innings.
The Yankees are again looking to the Far East for help.
New York dropped five games behind first-place Boston in the AL East heading into a four-game series against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium starting Thursday night.
Didi Gregorius had an RBI double in the fourth for the Yankees, who went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. The game was a makeup of Monday night's rainout.
With rain forecast throughout the night, the Yankees announced the postponement hours before the scheduled start.
Slumping Jose Ramirez homered twice to power the Cleveland Indians past the New York Yankees 6-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory.
Girardi said Judge probably will also sit out Tuesday night, and the plan is to avoid even using him off the bench.
Losing Gary Sanchez for four games is going to hurt the Yankees. But there's a big difference between a needle prick and an MMA kick to the solar plexus.
Starlin Castro had four hits and the New York Yankees took advantage of a record five errors by the Seattle Mariners in the first inning on the way to a 10-1 victory Sunday.
Bird singled, walked twice and scored in his first game since May 1. After his hit, the Yankee Stadium sound system played the theme song from '70s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter."
