CC Sabathia: CC Sabathia (knee) could be done for season

Francis Lindor sent a 2-2 pitch off Tanaka just past the glove of third baseman Chase Headley, sending Jose Ramirez home to give the Indians the lead in the top of the third inning.

Jacoby Ellsbury and Beltran drove in runs in the second off Danny Salazar (11-7), helping the AL East leaders improve to 2-4 against the last-place Indians this season.

Cody Allen pitched the final 1 1-3 innings for his 25th save, his second four-out save of the series.

“It kind of bailed me out of some big spots and then left and disappeared in the middle of the game”, Bauer said. He is slated to throw a simulated game Tuesday in Tampa and could return to the Yankees’ bullpen shortly. The four walks set a season high. He voiced his confidence in Sabathia along with Stephen Drew and Brendan Ryan.

Lindor’s eighth-inning blast was his second in as many days and the first home run Dellin Betances (6-3) has allowed to a left-handed batter in his career, a run of 302 batters.

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“We were talking about that when we came in here”, Francona said. Lindor responded with three hits in five at bats, highlighted by the eventual game winning home run in the eighth inning.

Given his performance level, the Yankees aren’t likely to miss Sabathia much if he misses an extended period. He hasn’t been able to put together any prolonged stretch of success in 2015, and over the last three seasons, Sabathia has been worth just 3.5 fWAR.

“Of course”, Lindor said, flashing a smile, minutes after his solo shot over the right-field fence pushed the Indians to a 4-3 victory against the Yankees.

On a day that the New York Yankees honored Andy Pettitte, most thought the energy from the pre-game ceremonies would carry onto the field. Since Michael Pineda went down July 30th, Sabathia has made three starts before exiting against the Indians Sunday, going 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 18 ⅔ innings to go along with 15 strikeouts. The game started in typical CC Sabathia fashion as he gave up a two-run home run to Carlos Santana in the first inning, but then it went from bad to worse. First and foremost, Jason Kipnis did not score from third for some reason.

“I just wanted to check with them – because I know what I saw – but I wanted to talk to them first”, Francona said. Despite a rigorous offseason workout program and diligent in-season maintenance, Sabathia broke down after 24 starts – he said on Sunday he has been pitching through pain for the past month – and when asked what the Yankees could do differently next season to make Sabathia an effective pitcher again, Girardi had no answer.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — R.A. Dickeys teammates werent too concerned about the five runs he gave up in the first inning.

“I’m guessing it’s a DL off the bat because he left the field without throwing another pitch”, General Manager Brian Cashman said. He also regularly contributes to SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, ESPNews, ESPN New York 98.7 FM and ESPN Radio.

Swisher homered from both sides of the plate in the same game for a record-tying 14th time to drive in four runs.