New York Returns To The Bronx Looking To Bounce Back In The Opener Against Los Angeles
After their road trip that included trips Washington that included a rain out in the finale, Kansas City and Texas New York will return to the Bronx to open up a three -game series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday who are a member of the American League West.
Right -hander Luis Severino will get the start for New York. He comes into the opener against Los Angeles with a record of 7-1 to go along with a 2.35 earn run average. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/33263/luis-severino Severino will aim to extend a seven-start unbeaten streak as he takes on the Angels, against whom he picked up a no-decision on April 27 in Anaheim. Severino is coming off a victory in Kansas City, where he pitched six innings of three-run ball. "according to http://mlb.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers/index.jsp?c_id=nyy He will oppose Los Angeles left-hander Andrew Heaney who comes into the game against New York with a record of 2-3 to go along with a 3.35 earn run average. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32672/andrew-heaney Heaney took the loss last Friday after giving up four unearned runs over six innings against the Rays. He has pitched to a 1.45 ERA over his past five outings. In two career starts against the Yankees, Heaney is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA. "according to http://mlb.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers/index.jsp?c_id=nyy
As for their previous game, New York who is a member of the American League East comes into the opener with a record of 31-15 "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/standings after their loss in the finale of a three -game series in Arlington against Texas on Wednesday.
Gleyber Torres and Aaron Judge highlighted a four-homer barrage that presented another assault on the record books, but Jurickson Profar's bases-clearing double held up as the difference as the Rangers edged the Yankees in a wild 12-10 slugfest on Wednesday evening at Globe Life Park. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
Profar's big hit came off of David Robertson in the sixth inning, restoring Texas' lead after Torres and Judge homered in a six-run fifth that seemed to put the game away. Instead, New York completed its three-city road trip by dropping two of three contests to the cellar-dwelling Rangers, coughing up leads of four and five runs. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
"You're going to have an occasional night like that," manager Aaron Boone said. "I really don't even flinch at it. We turn the page, and there are a lot of things to take away from a positive standpoint tonight. It wasn't really our night on the mound. We turn the page and move on." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
CC Sabathia was charged with seven runs over 4 1/3 frames, and Robertson couldn't escape a jam in the sixth, sending the Yanks to their first series loss since they fell in two of three games to the Red Sox from April 10-12. Sabathia blanked Texas through the first three innings, but ran into trouble the second time through the order."according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
"It just wasn't there for me today," Sabathia said. "With all the lefties in the lineup, I needed a good, sharp slider. It was hanging today. I just didn't have enough stuff to get these guys out." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
Nomar Mazara and Ronald Guzman homered as Sabathia threw 36 pitches in a five-run fourth inning, Guzman's third straight game with a homer in the series. Yet with 10 runs on the board for the visitors, Boone permitted Sabathia to try and get through five innings."according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
Isiah Kiner-Falefa tripled home a run, and Mazara knocked home another with an infield hit that chased the veteran lefty, who was denied a chance at his 250th career win (including 10 in the postseason). Jonathan Holder pitched out of a jam, but Chasen Shreve allowed a pair of hits in the sixth, and Robertson forced home a run with a walk before Profar split the outfielders with a two-out blast up the gap in right-center field. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
I pitched like crap," Robertson said. "There's nothing else to say about it. I've been very poor, I haven't thrown a lot of strikes. I've walked guys. All my walks scored. I'd like to turn things around and get some clean innings going. I'm going through a rough patch right now, and I need to clean up my act." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
The Yankees enjoyed another night of the long ball, swelling their total to 21 round-trippers within their past five games, equaling a record shared by the 1977 Red Sox and the 1999 Reds. Didi Gregorius hit his first homer since April 27 in a three-run first inning, and Neil Walker launched a solo drive in the third to help build a four-run lead against Fister. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
Austin Romine drove in a pair of runs, including a run-scoring hit in the fifth, before Torres crushed a three-run blast to left field. That drive chased Fister, who allowed eight runs (six earned) and 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
"I help the team, any opportunity that I've got," Torres said. "I'm happy for that." "according tohttps://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
Two batters later, Judge hit a titanic shot to deep center field, so well-struck that none of the Texas outfielders bothered to move in pursuit. The Yankees have hit at least three homers in five consecutive games for the first time in franchise history, and it also marks the seventh such stretch of at least five games by any club in Major League history. The 19 combined homers hit by the clubs tied a record for a three-game series played at Globe Life Park. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
"You look at the guys in our lineup, we can hit," Sabathia said. "We hit tonight. We've just got to pitch better." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
SOUND SMART
Torres hit four homers in the series and became the youngest Yankee to homer in three consecutive games. According to Elias Sports Bureau, he is the youngest Major Leaguer to go deep in three straight since Giancarlo Stanton accomplished the feat with the Marlins from Sept. 6-7, 2010, at Philadelphia, when the future Yankee was 20 years and 303 days of age. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
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Judge's fifth-inning home run traveled 471 feet, making it the sixth-longest homer hit in the Majors this season and the longest hit by a Yankee, surpassing the 461-foot blast hit by Gary Sanchez on May 4 against the Indians. It was also the third-longest blast of Judge's career to date. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-but-lose-to-rangers/c-278007396
The Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim meanwhile come into the game against New York with a record of 28-22 "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/standings and unlike New York who is coming off a loss Los Angeles meanwhile is coming off a win over Toronto.
The Angels enjoyed their most productive day at the plate in two weeks on Thursday afternoon, as Mike Trout and Albert Pujols homered and Martin Maldonado drove in three runs to fuel an 8-1 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
After rallying for four runs in the ninth inning to emerge with a 5-4 comeback win on Wednesday, the Angels continued to show signs of an offensive turnaround, producing 12 hits -- eight for extra bases -- after going 11 consecutive games with nine or fewer. Pujols, Maldonado, Andrelton Simmons, Justin Upton and Shohei Ohtani all delivered multihit efforts for the Angels, who improved to 28-22 overall and 16-5 on the road. The best winning percentage in the Majors. "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
"I'm sure it'll even out," Trout said, "but we just get hot when it seems like we're on the road." "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
The club's resurgent bats backed an impressive bounceback performance from right-hander Nick Tropeano, who fired 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball to pick up his second win of the year and lower his ERA to 3.86. Tropeano had endured his shortest outing of the season in his last start against the Rays on Friday, when he allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings."according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
"Nick was terrific," manager Mike Scioscia said. "I think as the game went on into probably the mid-innings, his fastball got some more life to it, so he got stronger as the game went on. I thought he had a good combination, using all his offspeed pitches. There were some stretches where he got behind some hitters and had to try to get back into counts, but outside of that, that's a great effort." "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
Tropeano limited the Blue Jays to four hits while walking one and striking out six. He carried a shutout into the sixth inning before yielding a solo homer to Dwight Smith Jr. on a splitter. Angels trainer Eric Munson and Scioscia then came out to the mound to check on Tropeano after he stumbled off the mound during his next at-bat against Josh Donaldson, but Tropeano remained in the game and completed the rest of his outing without issue. "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
"I just took a little cartwheel spill," Tropeano said. "My cleat just got stuck, took a little spill, tried to make it as graceful as possible. I'm good." "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
Maldonado opened the scoring with a two-run single off Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada in the second inning. After Ohtani walked and Simmons doubled, Maldonado ripped a first-pitch fastball to left field to give the Angels a 2-0 lead. Maldonado is batting .377 this month after posting a .156 clip in March and April. "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
Pujols added an RBI single in the third before Trout launched his 15th home run of the season off the top of the left-center-field wall to make it 4-0 in the fifth. Trout, who also stole a base in the first and is now 12-for-12 in stolen-base attempts this year, has hit at least one home run against Toronto in each season since 2012."according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
The Angels capped their offensive output by scoring two runs in the ninth on Pujols' seventh home run of the season -- a 419-foot bomb off Deck McGuire that landed in the upper-deck stands in left field -- and Simmons' RBI single. Ohtani set up Simmons' hit by hustling for a double after bouncing a ball to center field."according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
The Angels have now scored five or more runs in back-to-back games after doing so just once in their previous 11 games. "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
"It was just a matter of time with these guys," Tropeano said. "You see all these guys in the lineup -- once it starts clicking, it's going to be dangerous. It's fun to see it today, for sure." "according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
SOUND SMART
Scioscia picked up his 1,598th career win on Thursday, leaving him only one shy of tying his mentor, Tommy Lasorda, for 20th on the all-time managerial wins list."according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
MITEL REPLAY OF THE DAY
On Ohtani's double, he was initially called out by second-base umpire Mike DiMuro. The Angels issued a challenge after replay showed that Ohtani slid into the bag ahead of Devon Travis' tag, and the ruling was ultimately overturned."according to https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-homers-as-angels-beat-blue-jays/c-278147644
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