Tyler Clippard, Chad Green and Aroldis Chapman finished a four-hitter, with Chapman tossing a one-hit ninth for his ninth save. He originally was scheduled to start Monday at Minnesota, but the Yankees changed their rotation Saturday and gave Sabathia an outing first slated for Bryan Mitchell. Sabathia pitched eight shutout innings against Boston at Yankee Stadium on June 7. "I like pitching in New York, too," he said, smiling. He walked five and struck out three, improving to 4-0 in his last five road starts. Making his second start since a stint on the disabled list cause by a strained left hamstring, Sabathia (8-3) mostly spotted his fastball with his slider to limit solid contact. "We're in a little bit of a dry spell," Boston manager John Farrell said. "Really good especially after the difficult loss we had Friday night for our guys to respond the way they did."īoston stranded 10 runners and went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position, leaving the Red Sox 2 for 31 RISP in series and 2 for 51 against the Yankees this season. "It's been a long, long time," New York manager Joe Girardi said. New York had not won back-to-back games since a season-high six-game spurt from June 7-12, going 7-19 before winning Saturday. The Yankees won their second straight against the AL East leaders and closed within 2 1/2 games of the Red Sox, a day after New York won 4-1 over 16 innings and 5 hours, 50 minutes. INF Josh Rutledge, who had been on injury rehab assignment with Double-A Portland following his recovery from a strained left hamstring, was activated from the 10-day DL.Sabathia pitches Yanks over Red Sox 3-0 in DH openerīOSTON - The New York Yankees are on their first winning streak in over a month.ĬC Sabathia allowed two hits over six innings, Didi Gregorius hit a solo home run and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 Sunday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Red Sox: 3B Pablo Sandoval was placed on the 10-day DL with a sprained right knee, a move retroactive to Monday. He is 6 for 13 (.462) in four games overall at the Florida State League. Recovering from a strained right shoulder, Gregorius played seven innings in his third game at shortstop. Yankees: SS Didi Gregorius was 2 for 3, including a solo homer, for Class A Tampa against Clearwater. Reigning Cy Young winner Rick Porcello will face New York's Luis Severino on Wednesday instead. Tuesday's rained-out game has been rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 16. We're pretty excited about the group we have." "Everybody knows how everybody feels about each other. "We all have each other's backs," he said. On Tuesday, Pedroia said the team talked about the incident but wouldn't divulge what was said. But after he took sides with an opponent over a teammate, Orioles reliever Zach Britton and others questioned his leadership.īarnes said he didn't need an apology for what appeared to be Pedroia siding with an opponent over a fellow Red Sox player: "Absolutely not. With the retirement of David Ortiz, Pedroia is the longest-tenured member of the Red Sox and the de facto leader. If you're going to protect guys, you do it right away."įormer Suffolk County police chief pleads not guilty after sex sting arrest That's not how you do that, man," Pedroia said afterward. He also was critical of the high and inside pitches thrown by his teammate. Barnes was suspended four games, but he can play pending an appeal.Īfter the Barnes pitch, Pedroia was seen on TV explaining, "It's not me" to Machado. Still, Red Sox pitchers buzzed Machado repeatedly on Sunday - first Eduardo Rodriguez, throwing three tight pitches at the knees, and then reliever Matt Barnes, throwing one behind Machado's head. The Orioles third baseman apologized, and Pedroia said he didn't think Machado was trying to hurt him. Pedroia has been out since he was spiked in the left leg during a late slide by Manny Machado on Friday. "A high pain threshold, strong competitor, ready to get back on the field." "I think we've all been around Pedey long enough to know that there's going to be games where he doesn't feel physically 100 percent, but he's played a high number of them," Farrell said. Instead, Pedroia will return when the Red Sox meet the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Manager John Farrell said after Tuesday night's game was rained out that his injured second baseman would have been able to play after missing the previous two games. The Red Sox will wait another day to get Dustin Pedroia back in the lineup.
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