Ellsbury, Headley lead Yankees to sweep of Orioles

“I wasn’t able to control the situation as I wanted to in the first couple innings”, he said through a translator. For the second time in this game, had picked up a hit after a ball ricocheted off a base. 500 at 46-46. Headley hit the first pitch he saw to the wall in center field. Baltimore has now lost 7 consecutive one-run ballgames. In simple terms, with all the names that are being bandied about as possible orange and black targets – Detroit Tigers outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez, Milwaukee first baseman Adam Lind, to name a few – I see no obvious matches.

Gausman fell behind 3-0 four batters in when Teixeira drove his 1-2 breaking ball down the right field line for his 24th home run. He was recalled from Double-A Corpus Christi on Tuesday. Baltimore ranks third in the league with a 2.81 ERA from their relievers.

All eyes are shifting over to the Bay Area where the second place Toronto Blue Jays are playing the Oakland Athletics in a 3:55 pm EST start. Bautista and Encarnacion each connected for a solo shot. Miller then struck out Jonathan Schoop for his 22nd save in 22 tries. Last year New York, while not positioned as well in the division, were still contenders in the American League East during Tanaka’s rookie season.

The Yankees are 12 over.

Dan Otero (2-4) allowed two runs in three innings for the loss. Entering the seventh, he had an outside chance at his fourth complete game after he was at 74 pitches. Los Angeles starter C.J. After resting and then rehabbing a partial tear in his elbow for 10 weeks, he returned to make two late-September starts.

Schwarber’s homer off Nate Adcock (1-2) gave the rookie his first two-homer game, right in the ballpark where he grew up rooting for the Reds.

The Yankees challenged a pickoff call in the bottom of first.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Francisco Liriano allowed three hits over six-plus dominant innings and Pittsburgh raced by Washington. This will be his fourth start this season against the Rays.

Bolsinger (5-3) retired 14 straight batters before a two-out walk of A.J. He has fanned 38 without a walk in his last three outings.

Brendan Ryan has kept his mustache long after all his teammates abandoned their good-luck growth. The other hits off Latos were a single by Paul Goldschmidt and an infield single by Yasmany Tomas. Brett Gardner leads New York with 98 hits and 42 RBI while Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira have combined for 115 RBI. He struck out six. They are also 28-17 in home games. Did Gregorious added an RBI-single as well before the end of the inning.

Wade Davis (6-1) got the win. Chris Young came at bat after McCann was intentionally walked to load the bases.

CHICAGO | Matt Holliday hit his sixth career grand slam, powering Michael Wacha and the Cardinals to the road win.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – John Lackey threw seven strong innings after a shaky beginning, Trevor Rosenthal escaped his own jam in the ninth and St. Louis beat Kansas City. (Chris Davis had homered in the second, also on a fastball). Seattle’s Hisashi Iwakuma allowed two runs in seven innings. Now he’s in the middle of the batting order, where he’s used to hitting.