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the New York Yankees are having a tough enough time with Houston. Scott Feldman
shut down the slumping Yankees again, and Robbie Grossman snapped a
seventh-inning tie with a two-run single that sent the Astros to a 5-2 victory
Wednesday night. Dexter Fowler had an RBI double, Jose Altuve added a
run-scoring single, and the Astros (54-73) did more damage to New Yorks
post-season chances with their fourth victory in five meetings this year.
Houston, which has finished with the worst record in the majors each of the past
three seasons, won a series at Yankee Stadium for the first time in four tries.
The fourth-place Astros improved to 4-7 in the Bronx and will go for a
three-game sweep Thursday afternoon. "We havent been giving up toward the end of
the game. We just keep grinding out at-bats, and things are working out for us,"
Grossman said. Stephen Drew hit his first homer for New York, and Ellsbury drove
in a run with a bunt single. But the Yankees (63-61) lost for the seventh time
in nine games and dropped five games out of a playoff spot. They are 2 for 17
with runners in scoring position during the series and have totalled 20 runs in
their last nine games, never scoring more than four in that stretch. "Weve got
to score more than two runs. Its hard to win when you only score two runs,"
manager Joe Girardi said. "Our pitching has been pretty good, but thats a pretty
tall task." Ellsbury flied out against Jose Veras with two on to end it. New
York stranded 10 in all. "I knew it was in the park. It was a great sinker,"
Veras said. Feldman (7-9) matched a career high by throwing 121 pitches and
worked out of trouble to last 6 2-3 innings. He gave up two runs and eight hits,
striking out a season-best seven. The right-hander tossed 6 2-3 shutout innings
to beat the Yankees on opening day. Houston had lost his previous six road
starts, but he entered with a 2.30 ERA during four straight quality starts
against New York. "Hes a veteran guy and hes been around the game for a long
time. He knows how to pitch," Fowler said. Making his second start since a long
injury layoff, Michael Pineda took a 2-1 lead into the seventh. He threw 89
pitches and was pulled after a leadoff walk to Jason Castro. Looking to rest his
best relievers following a heavy workload the past few days, Girardi turned to
David Huff (2-1) and Esmil Rogers. They failed miserably, ruining the managers
bobblehead night. Houston smacked five straight one-out singles, four off
Rogers, in a span of 10 pitches. "We have relied on the home run quite a bit,
and today was a prime example of keeping the line moving," Astros manager
Bo Porter said. "I felt like guys had great at-bats." No. 9 batter
Jake Marisnick tied it with a single to left, Grossman put the Astros up 4-2,
and Altuve added an RBI single as the boos increased for Rogers. "When the other
guys are used a lot, guys have to step up," Girardi said. "It just didnt happen
tonight." Kevin Chapman struck out Ellsbury with runners at second and third to
end the bottom half. Veras worked the ninth for his first save since Sept. 2,
2013, with Detroit. "It was nice to see Chapman come in, probably the biggest
part of the game, and pick me up. I owe him a dinner or something like that,"
Feldman said. Seemingly resigned to trying small ball, the Yankees went 4 for 5
on stolen base attempts in the first five innings. But one pitch after
Chase Headley was caught at second in the fourth, Drew hit his fifth home run of
the season. The other four came with Boston before a July 31 trade. TRAINERS
ROOM Astros: Regular closer Chad Qualls was unavailable because of a stiff back.
He is day to day. Yankees: Slumping DH-RF Carlos Beltran sat out because of pain
in his troublesome right elbow and was examined by a doctor. He had his third
cortisone shot and is day to day. "Hopefully, this is the last one," said
Beltran, who hopes to return to the lineup on Friday. "At the end of the year I
have to address it and get the surgery to get it over with, but right now Im
just trying to finish the season." ... RHP David Phelps (elbow inflammation)
played catch and will try to get ready to come off the disabled list as a
reliever, Girardi said. UP NEXT LHP Dallas Keuchel (10-8, 3.11 ERA) makes his
first career start against the Yankees in the series finale. RHP
Brandon McCarthy is 4-2 with a 2.30 ERA in seven outings for New York since he
was acquired from Arizona in early July. HERE COMES TROUBLE Fowler is 9 for 20
(.450) with six extra-base hits against the Yankees this year. NICE GRAB Yankees
LF Brett Gardner tumbled head over heels over a low retaining wall to make a
courageous catch in the ninth.
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any of New Orleans final five games this season.Even without their most reliable
offensive weapon, the Toronto Raptors continue to score at their best pace in
franchise history. That pace is likely to continue Sunday night against the
Denver Nuggets, who rank among the worst defensive teams in the NBA. DeMar
DeRozan, who led Toronto (23-7) in scoring each of the past three seasons, has
been sidelined since late November with a groin injury, yet his absence has done
little to slow the best team in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors have reached
the 110-point mark in each of their past four games, including Saturdays 110-98
victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in the second stop on a season-long
six-game road trip. Kyle Lowry has emerged as an elite guard with DeRozan out.
Hes averaged 22.0 points and 9.0 assists in the 14 games DeRozan has missed
after tallying 18.6 and 6.4 in the first 16 contests. Lowry had a game-high 25
points and seven assists Saturday. Were a full team, Lowry said. I mean, we need
DeMar back, we want him back and we cant wait for him to get back. But for now,
we cant make excuses because DeMars not playing. Its all about the next man up.
Were a very deep team. Toronto has also produced quality defensive play during
its 7-1 run, holding opponents under 100 points five times in that span. The
Raptors are 13-0 this season when accomplishing that feat. Toronto snapped a
nine-game skid in Denver (13-17) with a 100-90 victory on Jan. 31, and also took
the first meeting this season, 112-107 in overtime on Dec. 8. Lou Williams
scored 26 points in that game and has become a key component for one of the best
second-units in the NBA.
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headline a bench that scores 39.6 points per game - among the highest marks in
the league. Weve got a great bench and we feed off of each other, Vasquez said.
It may not show in the stats, but a lot of different guys do a lot of different
things. The second (unit) doesnt get as much credit as the starters, but we dont
care. Denver won its third straight at home, 106-102 over Minnesota on Friday,
as Kenneth Faried collected a season-high 26 points and a career-best 25
rebounds. Facing the defensively-challenged Timberwolves obviously helped as the
Nuggets scored 106 points after averaging 84.7 over the previous three games.
The other end of the court remains an issue for Denver, which has allowed an
average of 106.0 points in its last eight games, excluding a 76-73 win over
Indiana on Dec. 20. Everything starts with defense, coach Brian Shaw said. We
have to do a better job defensively and have more consistency on that end of the
court. Were slipping in terms of were fouling too much. Arron Afflalo chipped in
13 points Friday but shot 4 of 16. Hes connected on only 29.7 percent (19 of 64)
from the field over his last five games and is 2 for 21 from 3-point range
during that span. He scored 25 on 9-of-14 shooting in the loss to Toronto
earlier this month. The Nuggets were without Faried in that contest due to a
lower back strain, yet still managed to outrebound the Raptors 49-44.
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