ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves didn’t have to face David Price during a May series in Boston and now they’ll miss the Red Sox left-hander again
just when he has been pitching his best baseball of the season.Price was on
schedule to start the opener of the three-game interleague series between the
Red Sox and the Braves on Monday
Bert Blyleven Jersey , but he was hit on the left wrist by a line drive in the third inning against Miami last week.Although Price said afterward that
he hoped he wouldn’t miss a start and didn’t want to, the Red Sox decided to be
safe rather than sorry.Article continues below ...Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi
will start in Price’s place at SunTrust Park, with the Braves calling on
right-hander Touki Toussaint for his second major league appearance.The Braves
plan to go with a six-man rotation the final month of the regular season as they
try to hold off Philadelphia in the National League East. Toussaint was promoted
from Triple-A on Saturday when rosters could expand.Atlanta’s lead is back to
four games after the Braves (76-60) took two of three from the Pittsburgh
Pirates in a weekend series while the Phillies were losing two of three to the
Chicago Cubs.Eovaldi didn’t allow a run in 15 innings of his first two starts
after being acquired from Tampa Bay, but he has struggled since. He is 2-3 with
a 4.50 ERA in seven starts for the Red Sox The last one on Friday was limited to
two innings because of rain. He has surrendered 13 runs in his past three
games.Eovaldi is 2-3 with a 2.82 ERA in 13 career starts against Atlanta and is
2-1 with a 2.06 ERA in six interleague starts for the Rays and Red Sox this
season.Price will throw off the mound while the Red Sox are in Atlanta and could
start against Houston next weekend in Boston.“It should be Houston or the next
series,” Boston manger Joey Cora said on Sunday before the Red Sox concluded a
series against the White Sox in Chicago. “We’re not worried. He’s in good
spirits. He should be fine.”Toussaint made an impressive debut on Aug. 13 in a
spot start, limiting Miami to two hits and a run in six innings. He struck out
four and walked two.“Very excited to see him again,” Braves manager Brian
Snitker said. “When he left here, he continued to pitch really, really good.
He’s had some kind of year and come a long way.”The 22-year-old made eight
starts for Triple-A Gwinnett after starting the season in Double-A and was 5-0
with a 1.43 ERA. He struck out 56 and walked 17 in 50 1/3 innings.Facing the Red
Sox, who have the best record in the majors at 94-44 and a 7 1/2-game lead in
the American League, will be a step up for Toussaint after facing the Marlins in
his debut.“You dream of this as a little kid,” he said. “You want to be in the
World Series pitching against the best.”The Red Sox took two of the three games
against the Braves in Boston. The Red Sox are 11-3 in interleague games and the
Braves are 8-9. NEW YORK — For the first 14 innings or so in their series
against the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees appeared lethargic or
sluggish. Maybe it was the combination of heat or a long four-game series in
Baltimore that featured a Sunday night game preceded by a day-night
doubleheader.Regardless of the reason, the Yankees seemed headed for another
loss to the White Sox, but after rallying Tuesday, New York can get a series win
over Chicago on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.Article continues below
...“Just scuffling a little bit
http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-paul-o_neill-jersey ,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I’ve talked a lot through these last two,
three weeks, it’s not easy for us. We’re kind of grinding through some things,
it’s a tough stretch, but these guys continue to find a way.”New York faced a
four-run deficit going into the bottom of the sixth but chipped away when Miguel
Andujar hit a two-run homer. Aaron Hicks tied the game in the eighth with a
two-run shhot and pinch hitter Neil Walker won it with a first-pitch homer in
the ninth.Walker’s drive sent the Yankees to their ninth win in the last 11
games and helped New York stay 6 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the
American League East.Although Walker is batting .224, he is (34-for-118) over
his last 37 games, with six of his nine homers in his last nine games.“We’ve
seen the professional hitter he is really reveal itself, especially in the
second half of the season,” Boone said.Walker’s hit came on a night when the
Yankees continued to press on without Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius and Gary
Sanchez. Judge is uncertain when he might return from a fractured right wrist
that has sidelined him since July 27 while Sanchez (groin) and Gregorius (heel)
appear close to returning.“It’s getting better every couple of days,” Judge said
before Tuesday’s game. “That’s been the great thing. It’s still broken. I’m
still waiting for it to heal, but there’s some stuff that we can kind of get
through. They told me I can play before it completely heals. I’m just trying to
get better every day.”The White Sox will attempt to rebound from seeing their
four-game winning streak stopped and get a chance to win a series in New York
for the first time since their championship season in 2005. Despite Dylan Covey
allowing Walker’s homer, the White Sox are 10-4 in their last 14 games and 10-3
in their last 13 road games.“We’ve been playing really good baseball over the
last month really,” Chicago right-hander James Shields said. “Putting together
some series wins. Obviously as of late we’ve been playing really good
baseball.”The White Sox will likely have shortstop Tim Anderson available.
Anderson bruised his left ankle in a collision with left fielder Nicky Delmonico
in the eighth inning, but manager Rick Renteria seemed to think he was fine and
Anderson is day-to-day.Anderson had a quiet night, but Delmonico has a hit in 10
of his last 12 games. Adam Engel is batting .410 (16-for-39) in his last 11
games while Yolmer Sanchez is hitting .290 (18-for-62) in his last 16 games.“I
think individually you can see some of the jumps that some of the guys have made
and are making
Jacoby Ellsbury Jersey , which is a little bit different from last year,” Renteria said Tuesday afternoon. “To be honest, I didn’t really know where we’re
at with the record until somebody mentioned it to me because we’re looking at so
many other things. But, that being said, I do think there’s some individual
pieces of the guys that are certainly improving.”New York’s CC Sabathia will
make his second start since returning from the DL. After missing a little over a
week with a knee injury, Sabathia returned and allowed two runs on five hits
over six innings during Friday’s 7-5, 10-inning win at Baltimore.Sabathia (7-4,
3.30 ERA) owns 244 career wins and his next victory with tie him for 51st place
on the all-time list.The left-hander is 19-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 36 career starts
against Chicago. His .760 winning percentage against Chicago is Sabathia’s
highest against any American League team.Sabathia struck out 12 in 5 2/3 innings
during his last start against the White Sox on Aug. 7 in Chicago. He is 0-2 with
a 4.01 ERA in his last three starts against Chicago since Sept. 4, 2013.Reynaldo
Lopez (4-9, 4.66) hopes to end a long winless streak when he starts for the
White Sox. Since winning at Texas on July 1, he is 0-4 with a 6.70 ERA in his
last nine starts.During Lopez’s winless skid, opponents are hitting .277 off him
and have slugged 12 homers. One of his best starts during this stretch occurred
in his first career outing against the Yankees on Aug. 7.In a no-decision, he
allowed one run on four hits in seven innings during a game the Yankees won in
the 13th.The right-hander’s last start was also a no-decision. He allowed two
runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings and the White Sox scored six times in the
eighth to get a 6-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
