The Yankees had an opportunity to win their four-game sequence in opposition to the Astros on Sunday, however they needed to accept a break up after Houston received the finale, 9-7, by launching 4 house runs.
Two of these got here from the Astros’ No. 8 hitter, Jake Meyers. The outfielder crushed a pair of three-run photographs within the second and sixth innings. The preliminary homer, hit off Carlos Rodón, adopted a missed check-swing name on Jeremy Peña.
The Astros’ different longballs had been provided by Yordan Alvarez and Martín Maldonado within the third and sixth innings, respectively. Alvarez drilled a two-run blast to proper.
The Yankees truly began the homer parade when Gleyber Torres went deep with nobody on within the first inning, however most of their runs got here from going station to station with the bases loaded within the fourth inning. That body noticed the Yankees rating runs on a Harrison Bader single, an Anthony Volpe hit-by-pitch and walks from Jake Bauers and Aaron Judge.
Torres added an RBI double within the sixth, whereas Bader got here up with one other bases-loaded single within the eighth. But that wasn’t sufficient for the Yankees to prime their rivals, who occupy a wild card spot.
It didn’t assist that Rodón pitched poorly earlier than departing after 2.2 innings with left hamstring tightness.
Rodón, making his sixth begin for the Yankees, allowed Meyers’ first house run and the Alvarez dinger. The southpaw totaled three hits, 5 earned runs, two walks, 5 strikeouts and 58 pitches. He now has a 7.33 ERA this season.
Despite leaving with an harm, Rodón exited to a refrain of boos after one other subpar efficiency.
Wandy Peralta allowed Meyers’ second house run and Maldonado’s jack.
José Urquidy, Houston’s starter, didn’t final lengthy both in his return from a shoulder harm. The righty tallied 3.1 innings, three hits, 5 earned runs, three walks, one strikeout and 62 pitches.
With the Astros sequence ending on a bitter be aware, the Yankees packed their baggage for Chicago, the place they start a three-game set with the White Sox on Monday.
Gerrit Cole will begin the opener, which is sweet information for the Yankees. They are 9-0 when their ace pitches after a loss this season, and Cole has a 2.19 ERA in these begins.
Dylan Cease will pitch for the Sox on Monday, whereas Clarke Schmidt will face Touki Toussaint on Tuesday. The White Sox will throw Mike Clevinger on Wednesday, which traces up with Luis Severino’s subsequent scheduled begin. However, on Sunday, Aaron Boone didn’t decide to the struggling Severino making his subsequent begin.
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