Yankees last game 2012

Rodriguez singled with two outs in the third. Cano then set off a barrage of long balls in an pitch span with a drive into the second deck in right, again on a first pitch, for his eighth multihomer game.

Nick Swisher followed with a liner to left field and Andruw Jones hit a high-arcing drive to left for a lead. It was the first time Santana allowed three homers in a row. There was no need to worry about a pitch count for Santana. He was lifted after five innings, having allowed six runs and seven hits.

He threw 86 pitches. Kuroda had a poor history against the Mets, going with a 5. This time he had the Mets flailing at a slider that fooled lefties and righties.

There wasn't a hard-hit ball until Quintanilla's double. The most difficult play until then came after Josh Thole reached on Derek Jeter 's error at shortstop. David Wright broke his bat near the handle, sending much of it spiraling toward Rodriguez, while hitting a grounder to third. A-Rod calmly fielded the ball and started a double play as the bat soared over his head.

It's also important, Balkovec added, to be persistent and not lose hope in the face of unequal opportunities. Does it matter? You have to keep standing at that door banging on it. This article has been updated. An earlier version misstated the name of the Miami MLB team. The 3 best books to help you have a happier, more successful career in , according to a career coach of 12 years. We assume this is a bit better.

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Pineda posted career worsts in exit velocity, hard hit rate, barrel rate, xwOBA, and xwOBA on contact, and sat in the bottom third of the league in virtually every Statcast metric outside of walk rate and chase rate.

However, as a pitcher who can still reliably get outs and with some serviceable upside when healthy, the Yankees could do worse than a reunion with Big Mike as one of several moves to shore up the back-end of their rotation. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

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