Aaron Boone, Brett Gardner And CC Sabathia Get Tossed As New York Edges Cleveland
It was a game of emotions as New York played their third game of the four game series in the Bronx against Cleveland.
Manager Aaron Boone, outfielder Brett Gardner and injured pitcher CC Sabathia were all ejected as part of a sixth-inning fireworks display, stemming from a contested strike-three call on New York’s Cameron Maybin. The outbursts added spice to what would be the Yanks’ 16th victory in 19 games, moving them a season-high 41 games over .500. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/gleyber-torres-hits-2-of-4-yankees-homers-in-win
As for the scoring Gleyber Torres as well as Didi Gregorius took care of that. Gregorius and Torres mashed back-to-back homers in the fourth, and after LeMahieu went deep to chase Zach Plesac in the fifth, Torres added his second homer of the afternoon facing Nick Wittgren in the sixth. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/gleyber-torres-hits-2-of-4-yankees-homers-in-win
Cleveland closed the deficit in the eighth as Yasiel Puig doubled, advanced on a single and scored on a wild pitch, but Zack Britton induced a key double-play grounder to escape. Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his 35th save. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/gleyber-torres-hits-2-of-4-yankees-homers-in-win
As for James Paxton who started the game for New York, the left-hander overcame another shaky first inning to pick up his ninth win, limiting Cleveland to four runs and six hits over five frames.”according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/gleyber-torres-hits-2-of-4-yankees-homers-in-win
Meanwhile Cleveland was dealt their second straight loss in the Bronx.
There was no one else the Indians would rather have had step into the batter’s box in the top of the seventh inning, with Oscar Mercado on second base and the Yankees clinging to a 6-4 lead. “according to https://www.mlb.com/indians/news/carlos-santana-drives-in-3-in-indians-loss
Carlos Santana, who had been responsible for all but one of Cleveland’s runs on the day, walked up to the plate to face Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle. Santana had done his damage against New York starter James Paxton, hitting three singles in his first three at-bats -- two of which led to three runs for the Indians. “according to https://www.mlb.com/indians/news/carlos-santana-drives-in-3-in-indians-loss
In an easy 1-2-3 at-bat, Kahnle struck Santana out swinging to preserve the Yankees’ lead, and the Indians went on to lose their second straight game to the Yanks on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, 6-5. “according to https://www.mlb.com/indians/news/carlos-santana-drives-in-3-in-indians-loss
Santana has been on a prolific hot stretch in the month of August, batting .358/.500/.736 with six home runs, 15 RBIs, 16 walks and 19 runs scored entering Saturday’s contest. Though he couldn’t come up with the biggest hit of the day, he still carried the Indians’ offense, as he has throughout the season. “according to https://www.mlb.com/indians/news/carlos-santana-drives-in-3-in-indians-loss
That’s a clear contrast to the buffet of batters the Yankees had on display Saturday, as DJ LeMahieu, Didi Gregorius and Gleyber Torres went deep to provide most of New York’s offense. “according to https://www.mlb.com/indians/news/carlos-santana-drives-in-3-in-indians-loss
New York and Cleveland are supposed to finish up their series on Sunday afternoon but mother nature might decide if they get the finale in or not as there is a chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm. “according to https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/b4573be8095fff4b0c4ad72f9ce2aefe8c15c7a90bafbedaf0dc49d89c4ca9dd