In their first road test against baseball’s top team
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Domingo German tossed two-hit ball over a career-high seven innings and Giancarlo Stanton hit one of New York’s four home runs Tuesday night in a 7-2
victory against the Mariners.
”A lot of fun,” Stanton said. ”We were clicking on all cylinders.”
Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks each belted a two-run shot off Marco Gonzales in the fifth. Hicks homered for the third straight day and finished with three
hits from the leadoff spot as the Yankees (48-22) moved a season-best 26 games
above .500.
Coming off a four-hit game, Stanton sent a solo drive to straightaway center field in the first. Aaron Judge had an RBI single in the seventh, and rookie
phenom Gleyber Torres added his 14th home run in the eighth.
The first two batters reached against German (2-4) on a double and an error. The rookie right-hander then retired 19 in a row until Nelson Cruz homered in
the seventh.
”Dominating, man. Just pounding the zone, blowing it by guys and just showing what he can do,” Stanton said.
After beating Tampa Bay for his first major league win last week, German was impressive once again. Featuring a sharp breaking ball, he struck out nine and
walked none while throwing 67 of 96 pitches for strikes.
”I even kicked around sending him back out there for the eighth because he was just so efficient,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. ”He’s really
talented.”
German has 28 strikeouts in his last three starts, a span of 19 innings.
”He was throwing everything. Changeup, curveball – he was commanding everything
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early with breaking pitches. It was his day.”
A.J. Cole worked two perfect innings to complete a crisp game that took just 2 hours, 28 minutes. New York has won 15 of 19 overall.
One of baseball’s biggest surprises so far, the Mariners (46-27) lost for only the eighth time in 30 games as they opened a 10-game trip to the East Coast
that could serve as an early summer measuring stick. Three games at Yankee
Stadium will be followed by three in Boston – the top two teams in the
majors.
”We’re going to play our game. Things didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to,” Cruz said. ”We’ll come back positive tomorrow and try to make things
better.”
Gonzales (7-4) entered 4-0 with 1.41 ERA in his past six starts but wasn’t up to the task in his first career outing against the Yankees. The left-hander gave
up eight hits and a career-high six runs over 6 1/3 innings in his first loss
since May 12 at Detroit.
”They’re a good hitting team. I think they had the right game plan tonight. Just sitting off speed, kind of out front,” Gonzales said. ”They got me early in
the count and I think kudos to them on their approach.”
The three home runs off Gonzales matched a career high and raised his season total to nine.
”It’s a short porch. It’s a boom box in here,” he said. ”I am going to learn from it and get better. What an experience for me. … I think I was very excited
and obviously living out a childhood dream of being able to pitch here.”
STATS AND SUCH
New York improved to a major league-best 27-11 at home – and 17-5 against left-handed starters this season. … Yankees pitchers have a 1.97 ERA in 17 games
this month, best in the majors. … New York has won eight of its last 10 vs. the
Mariners and is 17-6 against them since June 10, 2014. … New York leads the
majors with 118 homers. … Yankees SS Didi Gregorius played in his 700th career
game, passing Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven for the most by anyone born in
the Netherlands.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: RHP Nick Vincent (strained right groin) threw 14 pitches in a scoreless inning Monday for Double-A Arkansas. He is expected to make one more
rehab appearance Wednesday with Arkansas before rejoining the Mariners in
Boston.
Yankees: OF Brett Gardner (swollen right knee) could return to the lineup Wednesday, Boone said. … Torres slept funny on his shoulder a few nights ago but
said he’s fine. Boone would like to get the second baseman a day off soon
regardless.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (6-6
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7-2 with a 2.00 ERA over 11 career starts in the Bronx, including 6-1 with a
1.41 ERA in nine outings at the current Yankee Stadium. The six-time All-Star
and 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner is 10-7 with a 3.04 ERA and four complete
games in 21 starts against New York overall.
Yankees: RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (1-0) gets the ball again after coming up from Double-A Trenton and throwing five shutout innings to win his big league debut
vs. Tampa Bay last Friday. With ace Luis Severino (10-2) set to face James
Paxton (6-1) in a marquee matchup Thursday afternoon, the Yankees are scheduled
to start only pitchers 25 or younger during an entire series of at least three
games for the first time since September 2006 in Toronto.
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White Sox manager Rick Renteria has been talking with Yoan Moncada about his focus lately.
The talented second baseman sure looked locked in on Sunday.
Moncada broke out of a slump with a three-run homer and six RBIs, and the White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 10-3 for a split of their four-game
series.
”Anytime you’re going through a rough moment, you have doubts, you have questions,” Moncada said through an interpreter. ”But when you keep working
hard, you can answer those questions.
”I keep grinding and just working hard.”
Daniel Palka and Yolmer Sanchez also connected for the White Sox, who had lost nine of 10. Carlos Rodon (1-2) pitched a season-high eight innings in his
fourth start after missing the beginning of the year while recovering from
shoulder surgery last September.
Moncada, who hit .183 over the previous 35 games, gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead with a three-run double in the fifth. Moncada then scored on Avisail
Garcia’s single, and Jose Abreu added another RBI single.
Palka
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for his 10th homer, making it 10-2 Chicago.
”I think he’s probably giving a little bit of a wakeup call to himself in terms of where he sees himself,” Renteria said. ”I think he’s also learned that
truly you have to take every single pitch of a game into consideration because
they all matter.
”I think he’s starting to realize that maybe I have to have a little bit more focus and intensity.”
Oakland set a modern major league record when Mark Canha hit a drive to left on Rodon’s first pitch of the fifth, extending the A’s streak to 25 straight
road games with a homer. Canha also opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in
the second.
A’s right-hander Paul Blackburn (1-2) allowed six runs and eight hits in five-plus innings. He permitted only one baserunner through the first four, but
got into trouble with two out in the fifth.
The rally started with back-to-back singles by Omar Narvaez and Leury Garcia, and then Blackburn hit ninth hitter Adam Engel with a pitch.
”Garcia didn’t look very good on a couple changeups I threw. I threw another one that was a little up and he kind of flipped it over there (right field),”
Blackburn said. ”Then I hit (Engel), and it was kind of downhill from
there.”
Rodon allowed two runs and seven hits. The eight innings matched his career high.
”It was good to go eight and just be ahead of guys,” Rodon said. ”There’s up and down days when you go through shoulder surgery or any kind of surgery for a
player. You just have to work through it, try to make your way back.”
ANOTHER STOP
Well-traveled right-hander Edwin Jackson will be activated on Monday and start for Oakland at Detroit.
The A’s will become his 13th major league team, which ties retired right-hander Octavio Dotel for the major league record. The 34-year-old went 0-1
with a 4.02 ERA in three starts for Triple-A Nashville. He owns a 98-120 major
league record and 4.67 ERA in 15 seasons.
”I’m probably the only guy in the clubhouse that has never met him, but I did earlier today
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Outfielder Nick Martini will be sent to Triple-A Nashville to open a spot for Jackson on the roster.
HISTORIC HOMER
Melvin said the team celebrated Canha’s record-setting home run in the dugout.
”It’s nice to hang your hat on, but it certainly would have been a little better if we had won the game,” Melvin said.
The previous record was set by the Orioles in 1996.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: RHP Daniel Mengden (sprained right foot) returned to the Bay Area to consult with team physicians. The injury is not believed to be related to his
previous right foot injuries. ”We’ll probably know a little bit more in the next
couple of days,” Melvin said. … INF Matt Chapman (right hand contusion) could
have a cortisone shot in the wrist area on Monday and will sit out the Tigers
series. He had an injection in his thumb last Monday. The hope is the trouble
spot has been localized and he’ll be available on the next homestand.
White Sox: RHP prospect Dane Dunning left his start Saturday for Double-A Birmingham with right elbow soreness, Renteria said. He will undergo an MRI.
UP NEXT
Athletics: Jackson will make his A’s debut in the opener of a four-game series in Detroit. RHP Jordan Zimmermann (2-0, 4.95 ERA) goes for the
Tigers.
White Sox: Following an off day, the White Sox begin a three-game set against visiting Minnesota on Tuesday. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (2-5, 3.59 ERA) opposes Twins
RHP Lance Lynn (5-5, 4.64 ERA) in the opener.
