New York's Struggles Continue In Jaime Garcia's Debut In A Second Straight Loss To Cleveland
What is going on with New York lately?
Their struggles continued in their second straight loss with a second straight newly acquired pitcher in left-hander Jaime Garcia making his debut for New York who was acquired from Minnesota at the trade deadline.
Behind Trevor Bauer's strong performance, the Indians took advantage of several defensive miscues to spoil Jaime Garcia's Yankees debut on Friday night at Progressive Field. The end result was a 7-2 victory for Cleveland, extending its home winning streak to nine games." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
Bauer picked up his 10th win after allowing one run, seven hits, and two walks while striking out seven in seven solid innings. He has won his past three starts, posting a 2.25 ERA in 20 innings." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
Early on, he didn't have the strikeouts, and he didn't let it get in the way of the game," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He was efficient early, and then he started, as he can do, he gets into the game and he finds his pitches and his rhythm and he started getting his strikeouts. But he didn't let it bother him early, which was good." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
The Indians took a 3 1/2-game lead in the American League Central, combined with the Royals' 5-2 loss to the Mariners, while the Yankees dipped to three back of the Red Sox in the AL East and stayed 1 1/2 games up for one of the two AL Wild Card spots." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
The only run New York scored off Bauer came on a homer from third baseman Todd Frazier. The Yankees added a run in the ninth off Indians reliever Bryan Shaw on Brett Gardner's RBI single to center. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
Acquired from the Twins via trade on Sunday, Garcia was seeking better results in his first start with the Yankees. The left-hander took the loss after surrendering six runs (five earned), five hits and four walks with four strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. It came a night after defensive miscues also proved costly in Sonny Gray's Yankees debut." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
"[Garcia] was up in the zone," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He didn't throw as many strikes with his fastball as he usually does. This is a guy that's pitched for three different teams in three different starts and been all over the country. He looked rusty to me." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
Edwin Encarnacion drove in two runs for the Tribe with a RBI double and sacrifice fly, and Austin Jackson and Michael Brantley each contributed RBI knocks. The Indians scored a run on a wild pitch from Garcia, a passed ball by catcher Gary Sanchez and a throwing error from right fielder Aaron Judge." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
"I feel good behind the plate, but there have definitely been a couple of situations there where I haven't been able to catch the ball," Sanchez said through an interpreter. "It has cost us runs. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
After Garcia set down the first two hitters in the second, he issued a walk to Carlos Santana that would prove costly. The next batter, Jackson, hit a grounder past a diving Frazier and into the left-field corner. Santana came all the way around from first to score on the double with a headfirst slide into home. Jackson -- who advanced to third on the throw to the plate -- later crossed the dish on the passed ball by Sanchez to make it a 2-0 game." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
"When we're not playing down, you can be aggressive and you can see what can happen," Francona said of the Tribe's baserunning. "When you're aggressive and you're intelligent to boot, it really helps us win games." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
With one down and runners at the corners in the fifth, Clint Frazier swung at a first-pitch cutter from Bauer and hit a high chopper to the left side of the infield toward Giovanny Urshela. The Tribe's third baseman leaped high to snag the chopper and made a jumping, across-the-body throw to the plate where catcher Roberto Perez tagged out Ronald Torreyes. This would prove to be a huge play in the inning, as Bauer later escaped the frame with a bases-loaded strikeout of Sanchez." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
"I don't think it's an overstatement to say that's potentially a game saver," Francona said of Urshela's play. "That was an inning that Trev ended up throwing about 30 pitches, gave up one, had to pitch out of the bases loaded [and] got the strikeout. But without that play, you don't know. That was an incredible play." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
"The hardest part on that play at home, I had no angle to the home plate," Urshela said. "With the runner, I had to throw him. Thank God that was a smaller runner. I was able to make the play." accordinghttp://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/246477324/indians-beat-yankees-behind-trevor-bauer/
New York drops to 57-51 and is now three games back in second place behind their American League East rival Boston who is leading the division with a record of 61-49. Meanwhile, Cleveland who is leading the American League Central improves to 59-48 on the season.
New York and Cleveland will play game three of their four game set Saturday. Left-hander Jordan Montgomery who has a record of 7-6 with a 4.15 earn run average will get the start for New York. Montgomery's start in the rotation could be in jeopardy when the Yankees go to a five man staff. The 24- year -old rookie lasted a career -low 2 2/3 innings in his last start against the Rays allowing four runs and six hits. He will go up against Cleveland right -hander Danny Salazar who has a record of 4-5 with a 4.63 earn run average. Salazar went six frames allowed two runs and struck out eight in his last start. In two outings since coming off the disabled list on July 2, he has held opponents to a 0.95 average while posting an earn run average of 1.38 with 16 strikeouts. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-indians/2017/08/05/491745#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491745
First pitch is set for 7:10 pm. The game will be televised on the Major League Baseball Network and Yes. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-indians/2017/08/05/491745#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491745