The Yankees had an opportunity to lock up a collection win in opposition to the rival Orioles on Wednesday, however they coughed up a lead and misplaced, 6-3, after rookie Randy Vásquez shined in his third main league begin.
The Yankees scored twice within the fifth due to a solo shot from Josh Donaldson — his ninth house run of the yr — and an RBI single from Kyle Higashioka. But issues took a scary flip in between the runs, as an errant throw from Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson sailed into the digital camera properly subsequent to the Yankees dugout and struck YES Network cameraman Pete Stendel within the head.
The Yankees’ in-dugout personnel instantly rushed to assist Stendel and handed towels his approach as gamers and coaches watched in concern. A primary assist workforce finally carried Stendel off on a stretcher and golf cart.
Fortunately, he was in a position to throw up a peace signal on his approach off the sector as followers chanted “MVP.” YES later introduced that Stendel was acutely aware and present process checks.
“Definitely praying for him,” Aaron Boone stated. “It was good to see him coherent and raising his hand going off. But I saw it pretty well right away, and it was very scary.”
Jake Bauers agreed, stating, “That was scary. I think I speak for all of us when I say our thoughts are with him. I hope he’s doing all right. Hope he’s feeling better, and hope to see him back here soon.”
Once play resumed 17 minutes later, the Orioles answered proper again within the sixth.
With Vásquez now not within the recreation, Baltimore plated 4 runs off relievers Nick Ramirez and Michael King. Colton Cowser’s first main league hit, a single, gave the O’s their first run, whereas a Jordan Westburg triple — lined previous a diving Bauers in left — drove in a pair.
“I got a good jump on it, took a good route to it, and right when I went to dive, it got stuck in the lights,” Bauers stated. “I was kind of flying blind at the end there trying to knock it down, do anything I could. Unfortunately, it got by me, and I feel like it would have been a different game had I come up with it, so it sucks.”
Westburg then scored on a grounder from Adam Frazier.
Baltimore’s massive sixth spoiled a stellar efficiency from Vásquez, who threw 5 scoreless innings. He solely allowed three hits whereas strolling three and hanging out one over 75 pitches.
“What I like tonight is, on a night he doesn’t give up any runs, by no means was it perfect. But he wasn’t fazed by any traffic,” Boone stated of Vásquez. “He’s got the stuff when he does [execute] to have outings like that.”
Vásquez, 24, has pitched properly when the Yankees have wanted him for a spot begin. The right-hander now has a 1.17 ERA over 15.1 main league innings regardless of proudly owning a 5.11 mark at Triple-A this season.
“I want to show that I can come up here and help this team any way possible and keep working hard to keep getting that trust from the team,” Vásquez stated. “Regardless of where I am, I gotta go and do my job.”
MLB.com considers Vásquez to be the Yankees’ Twelfth-best prospect.
Anthony Volpe added a solo dinger of his personal within the eighth inning, however the Orioles’ Ryan O’Hearn smacked a two-run insurance coverage homer, hit off Ian Hamilton, within the ninth.
Orioles starter Dean Kremer loved a formidable outing as properly, as he struck out 10 Yankees, setting a brand new profession excessive. The right-hander solely allowed one earned run and 4 hits whereas totaling seven innings. Kremer additionally walked one whereas throwing 103 pitches.
“That’s probably as good as I’ve seen him,” Boone stated. “He had a little presence with everything. The cutter was good for him. He could slow us down with the breaking ball. The four-seam [was] up, but then he also used the sinker effectively, too. We weren’t able to get any real traffic against him.”
The Yankees now personal a 2-1 lead on this four-game collection, and so they can take the set on Thursday evening. A rebound from Luis Severino, their possible starter, will surely assist.
The righty allowed seven earned runs to the Cardinals his final day out, and he’s largely struggled over his final six begins. While Severino threw six scoreless innings two turns in the past, he’s allowed 26 earned runs over 28.2 innings since June 2. He has a 6.30 ERA this season.
Kyle Bradish, who owns a 3.58 ERA, will begin the collection finale for Baltimore.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com