New York Looks To Bounce Back As Sonny Gray Faces Former Team In Oakland
On July 31st 2017 Sonny Gray was acquired by New York from Oakland.
Friday night the right -hander will go up against his former club in the opener of this three -game series in the Bronx.
Sonny Gray comes into the game against Oakland with a record of 2-2 with a 6.00 earn run average. Gray was 44-36 with a 3.42 ERA in 114 games (112 starts) for Oakland from 2013-17. "according to http://mlb.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers/index.jsp?c_id=nyy The pitcher he will oppose is to be announced. "according to http://mlb.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers/index.jsp?c_id=nyy
New York comes into the game against Oakland who is a member of the American League West with a record of 26 -11 and is coming off a loss to Boston in the finale Thursday.
Aaron Judge tracked J.D. Martinez's eighth-inning drive to the right-field wall, timing a leap with precision as he pushed his glove into the crowd. He returned to the warning track with empty hands, briefly searching for the baseball before realizing that it now resided somewhere among the anguished faces in the seating area. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
After the Yankees rallied to tie the game with four runs in the seventh, Martinez's solo homer off Dellin Betances held up as the deciding blow. The Yankees' eight-game winning streak was snapped with a 5-4 loss to the Red Sox on Thursday evening at Yankee Stadium, with New York's second loss in 19 games evening the rivals once again atop the American League East. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
"I was hoping it stayed in," Betances said. "I don't know how he got it like that, but you've got to give him credit. That pitch was probably a ball in, and he inside-outed it. It's probably not a home run in any [other] park, but it's a home run today." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
Beginning his second inning, Betances served up Martinez's homer -- which had just a 28 percent hit probability, per Statcast™ -- after the Yanks had come back against the Sox's bullpen. Though Judge said that he felt his glove make contact with a fan, manager Aaron Boone said that the Yankees did not believe that there had been interference, based upon Judge's reaction. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
"Off the bat I knew I had a shot at getting it, but at the last second when I was going for it, the last five feet it faded on me," Judge said. "It was just out of reach. I just didn't make the play, even if I did hit the fan. Once it goes past that little boundary, it's fair game. I've got to make the play and I didn't make the play." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
Heath Hembree permitted two hits and a walk before Joe Kelly entered to vociferous boos from the sellout crowd of 46,899. Kelly issued a four-pitch RBI walk to Brett Gardner and a run-scoring hit to Judge, setting up Didi Gregorius to drive the third run in with a fielder's choice. A wild pitch alloIn the eighth, Kelly got the best of Tyler Austin in their first meeting since the April 11 fracas at Fenway Park, getting the New York first baseman to fly out. The Yanks left two on against Kelly in the eighth before Craig Kimbrel rebounded from Wednesday's blown save, retiring the side in the ninth for his 10th save.wed Gardner to race home with the fourth run. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
In the eighth, Kelly got the best of Tyler Austin in their first meeting since the April 11 fracas at Fenway Park, getting the New York first baseman to fly out. The Yanks left two on against Kelly in the eighth before Craig Kimbrel rebounded from Wednesday's blown save, retiring the side in the ninth for his 10th save. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
"We gave ourselves a chance on a night when it didn't necessarily look that way, down 4-0 going into the rain delay," Boone said. "I'm really proud of the way the guys continue to compete with the game in the balance there in the end. I walk away proud of these guys." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
Eduardo Rodriguez started for Boston and held the Yankees to one hit -- Giancarlo Stanton's fourth-inning infield single -- over five frames. Rodriguez walked three and struck out eight. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-hal
Yankees starter CC Sabathia worked four-plus innings, exiting after a 55-minute rain delay. Hanley Ramirez drove in three of the season-high four runs that Sabathia permitted, contributing an RBI groundout in the first, a shift-beating single that drove home a run in the third and a solo homer before the lightning storm arrived in the fifth. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
Martinez's third-inning fielder's choice knocked home the other run against Sabathia, who allowed nine hits. He walked none and struck out five in an 80-pitch effort, failing to complete six innings for the first time in four starts. Though Sabathia said he kept his spikes on during the rain delay hoping to return, he was fairly certain that his night was over when the tarp appeared. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
"I felt pretty good," Sabathia said. "Maybe a little too aggressive a couple of times with two strikes. I threw some pitches in the zone that were probably too good to hit with two strikes. I felt good and hopefully next time out I'll be able to go out and execute a little better." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
SOUND SMART
The Yankees were held without an extra-base hit for the first time this season. The 36 games with at least one extra-base hit is their fourth-longest such streak to start a season since 1908. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
HE SAID IT
"That's why you're always trying to make sure that you keep the game close -- bend, not break. Go out and try to do whatever you can to get the team back in the dugout, because we can score runs at any point." -- Sabathia "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-eight-game-winning-streak-halted/c-276154704
Oakland meanwhile who is a member of the American League West comes into the game against New York with a record of 18-19. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/oak/oakland-athletics and like New York they're also coming off a loss their last game when they lost to the defending world series champions Houston Astros.
The A's struck first in an enticing pitchers' duel between Mengden and Astros strikeout machine Gerrit Cole who surrendered an RBI double to Jed Lowrie in the sixth. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
But Houston responded with two runs in the seventh, getting back-to-back homers from Max Stassi and Derek Fisher with two outs to force Mengden out of the game."according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
"He pitched great," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "In a game like that with very little room for error, one or two swings can beat you, and that's what happened. He was cruising along nicely against a really good lineup." "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
The right-hander had yielded just four other hits up until that point, holding a potent Astros lineup -- which tagged him for five runs in 2 1/3 innings on April 28 -- in check. He struck out four and didn't walk a batter. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
"Just throwing strikes," Mengden said. "Last time, I didn't throw strikes, fell behind, and it wasn't a good recipe. Today I thought I was throwing the fastball in really well. I was establishing that early, establishing strike one and staying in control from there. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
"Everything was going really well. Even the pitches they hit out I thought were decent. The pitch we wanted, maybe not the exact location we wanted on one of them, but that's just baseball." "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
Cole, who fanned 12 A's batters in their previous meeting, recorded nine in six innings this go-around, giving him 86 in 56 2/3 innings this season. He limited the A's to just four hits."according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
Houston tacked on two insurance runs against right-hander Yusmeiro Petit in the eighth courtesy of Yuli Gurriel's two-run double."according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
The A's, now 18-19, have lost each of their last five games against the Astros, who have outscored them, 43-9. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
FOWLER DEBUTS
Fowler, robbed of an at-bat during his big league debut with the Yankees last year after sustaining a devastating knee injury in the field, finally got a crack at one, pinch-hitting in the seventh inning for his A's debut. Fowler, who came to Oakland in the Sonny Gray deal, softly lined out on the second pitch he saw. He'll make his first start Friday at Yankee Stadium -- against Gray. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
"It was good," said Fowler, promoted from Triple-A earlier in the day. "It was kind of a nice way to do it. Just get out there and get it out of the way real quick. Not the way you want it to go, but it's nice to get it out of the way after the road I went through. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
YOU GOTTA SEE THIS
With two outs and a runner stationed on second base in the fifth inning of a scoreless game, A's right fielder Stephan Piscotty made what Statcast deemed a four-star catch on George Springers deep fly ball to the right-field corner in foul territory. Piscotty had to cover 90 feet in 5.2 seconds for a 30-percent catch probability."according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
Piscotty was also responsible for one of the A's four hits, doubling off Cole. He's expected to go on the bereavement list Friday following the death of his mother, Gretchen, who passed away Sunday after a battle with ALS. "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
"Deepest condolences for his family," Mengden said. "Being out here and playing, I can't imagine what he's going through, and just to have him out there is incredible. That play was a big turning point. I always like having him out there." "according to https://www.mlb.com/news/mengden-athletics-falter-late-against-astros/c-276002134
First pitch is set for 7:05pm from Yankee Stadium.. The game will be televised on Major League Baseball Network and YES. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/schedule/2018-05