White Sox waste Quintana’s effort in 2-1 loss to Yankees

That would be the last the Yankees would score in the game. 3-1 White Sox headed to the top of the 3 inning.

“Just when he made that pitch, I just kind of noticed _ he kind of, he just looked amusing”, Girardi said. “If you don’t get anything early you’re going to end up with that back end of the bullpen”.

Though Quintana is 2-1 in three career starts against the Yankees – all between 2012-13 – he’s posted a 5.27 ERA.

Panik turned on 92 miles per hour fastball from right-hander Shelby Miller (1-4) and drove it deep into the right field seats for a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning.

The White Sox are 5-1 in their last six Saturday games, and 4-0 in Quintana’s last four starts. Brett Lawrie later doubled in the inning, but Nova struck out Avisail Garcia to strand the tying run.

Nova pitched neatly into the sixth to give New York’s ailing rotation a much-needed boost. He walked Headley on four straight balls (only his 10th base on balls issued this season) and Aaron Hicks followed with an opposite-field RBI double over Adam Eaton’s head to put NY ahead 1-0.

Matt Harvey (3-5) struggled in his first start at Coors Field, allowing five runs and a season-high 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

“It seemed like (Yankees manager Joe) Girardi couldn’t wait to get Betances in there”, Frazier said. “He was as good as they come and he won the game”.

Impressive as a rookie last year, the 22-year-old Severino is 0-6 with a 7.46 ERA in seven starts.

“His sinker was great today”.

From there, it was lights out.

A day after striking out all four batters he faced, Betances (1-2) was wobbly. “We said before this injury, if it was in the best interest to be in Triple-A, we’d do that”.

The formula will be to get a lead by the sixth/seventh innings, and hand it to the three fireballers, and that is exactly what happened on Saturday, as they all appeared in a game for the first time to close out a win. The hard-throwing lefty joined the team Monday after serving a 29-game suspension under baseball’s new domestic violence policy.

NEW YORK (AP) – Chris Sale became the major leagues’ first eight-game victor, working quickly and efficiently in a six-hitter that led the Chicago White Sox over the New York Yankees 7-1 Friday night.

Didi Gregorious, who went 3-for-3, singled in another run to make it a two-run contest.

“I think I started a little slow, I missed a lot of pitches but I tried to get the outs”, Quintana told MLB’s official website.

Gregorius had to stop at third on Austin Romine’s ground-rule double, and NY never scored again.

“The way it’s going, you try to go six, and let those three guys finish it”, Nova said. “We’ve got to jump on them”.

“No, no, no”, Cashman said. “He was a performer, but not someone with ceiling”. That same year he set a White Sox record with seven consecutive no-decisions. Chicago is now sitting atop the AL Central standings, while the Yankees are dead last in the AL East.

Yankees: OF Jacoby Ellsbury, who hasn’t played since straining a right hip muscle on May 6, is likely to be back in the lineup before the homestand ends Sunday, according to Girardi. New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) delivers a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 14, 2016, in New York.

He had a career mark of 63-58 with a 4.15 ERA over seven big-league seasons.

Cubs 9, Pirates 4: Addison Russell, David Ross and Kris Bryant homered, and Chicago stopped its first losing streak of the season – a two-game skid.