The Yankees could have won their 10000th game when they were up against the Red Sox last night but Ivan Nova could not retain the 1 run lead they had and the offense didn’t get anything going post the 1st innings. Toronto managed a win against Baltimore which moved the division title even further away from them. The Yankees haven’t got the wildcard spot officially yet but still have a 4 game lead as far as the top spot is concerned.
As it has happened throughout the season, the Yankees scored in the 1st inning. Jacoby Ellsbury started with a ground rule double before Brett Gardner moved him with a sac bunt. Alex Rodriguez then hit a sac fly in order to score the only run for the Yankees. They had chances later too but Jackie Bradley Jr. made a few nice plays from left field to deny John Ryan Murphy & Chase Headley additional base-hits.
It wasn’t too bad an outing for Nova though. The Red Sox did not manage any runs till the 6th inning. Travis Shaw managed to hit a 2-run homer right after a Xander Bogaerts double. Ivan gave another 2 run homer to Bradley Jr in the 7th which took the score to 4-1. He had 7 strikeouts on the night as well as 2 walks and 4 earned runs in 7 innings. The 5th run was given by Caleb Cotham in the 9th to Deven Merrero. He did manage a couple of outs before that though.
Carlos Beltran also made a nice play from right field by catching a ball from foul territory. Michael Pineda is going to get a start tomorrow when they’re up against Rick Porcello with the Yankees chasing their 10000th victory and a spot in postseason.
Steven Myers
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