Indians have won four of last five at Yankee Stadium

After more than 3,300 professional innings, the warranty on Sabathia’s right knee-the one on which his 300-some-pound bulk lands on every pitch-has long since expired.

There was not a lot of rumination late Sunday afternoon about anything but Sabathia, whose surgically repaired right knee has been a problem all year and forced him out of the game in the third inning. “I felt a little bit of pain warming up in the bullpen and when I was in the game, ” Sabathia said.

I’m siding with the over in this matchup, as both pitchers have given up their fair share of runs this season and the Yanks usually light it up at home.

The Yankees said Sabathia was taken for an MRI and will be examined by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.

“It was a bad decision on my part”, Sabathia said, per Andrew Marchand of ESPN.com. “It’s tough, especially when you’re trying to help this team win. Having a setback like that (stinks)”. “It’s hard just not being able to get through it”.

It marked the first home run Betances (6-3) has allowed to a left-handed batter, a span of 302 hitters.

The Yankees had scored a total of two runs when he was on the mound in his first three starts combined.

Beltran’s ground-rule double tied the game, but that was short-lived thanks to Lindor’s homer. Lindor also singled off Severino in the fifth and right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall singled in the fourth.

Michael Taylor hit a home run for the third straight night, connecting on a two-run shot for Washington, which had lost 8 of 10 and began play five games behind the Mets in the National League East.

Severino needed a career-high 107 pitches to get through six innings.

With Jacoby Ellsbury on third, Brett Gardner attempted to swipe second.

Gardner’s stolen base was the 200th of his career, making him the sixth Yankee to reach the milestone.

The Diamondbacks loaded the bases against Burke Badenhop (1-3) on Yasmany Tomas’ single, Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s pinch-hit double and Ender Inciarte’s walk, setting up Pollock’s two-out hit.

With plenty of former greats on hand to honor Jorge Posada, whose No. 20 was retired during a pregame ceremony, the current Yankees made sure they remained at the top of the AL East for at least one more day.

The catches proved much more vital when Cody Allen wobbled barely within the ninth earlier than choosing up his 24th save in 27 alternatives.

Indians: All-Star 2B Jason Kipnis was held out of the starting lineup for a rest day. “I was watching him during the course of the game and he usually doesn’t walk people and that kind of what tipped us off that maybe something was bothering him”. Not coincidentally, they are 8-10 in those games, concluding with the 4-3 loss Sunday at Yankee Stadium. “So I think he’s going to try to take BP tomorrow and we’ll see where we are”. “I’m not sure about that now”, Girardi said…. Bryan Mitchell is now on the 7-day concussion disabled list, but Mitchell has been cleared to resume baseball activity. The game is in the middle of the second.

Indians: Cleveland heads to Wrigley Field for a makeup game with the Chicago Cubs. The Yankees will oppose with righty Masahiro Tanaka (9-5, 3.56). The real problem for the Yankees was that Sabathia was not their real problem.