Yankees: LHP Nestor Cortes is expected to be placed on the injured list Monday or Tuesday due to a shoulder issue. “They know I have a good fastball so I have to have my other pitches working as well.” TRAINER’S ROOM Been working on my slider a lot lately.,” said Miller, who threw 86 pitches, including 39 sliders. Miller retired seven straight between the third and fifth innings before Volpe lined a base hit to center field with two out in the fifth. Miller - the 29th overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft - looked like he might have a short outing after throwing 27 pitches in the first inning. “There were a lot of things we did as far as giving away a couple bases on the defensive side.” “I don’t think they had a chance on both balls.

Good job by the base runners there,” Boone said.ĭodgers manager Dave Roberts said both balls could not have been placed any better by the Yankees’ batters. “It not being hit well helps when the fielders have to move a little. Oswaldo Cabrera drove in Anthony Rizzo with the go-ahead run with a slow roller that second baseman Miguel Vargas could only throw to first. Jake Bauers - who was playing right field in place of Judge - scored the game’s first run in the seventh on Kyle Higashioka’s broken-bat grounder to short.īauers got aboard with a base hit then advanced to third when Brusdar Graterol threw the ball away on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s bunt.Īfter Martinez’s homer, the Yankees retook the lead in the eighth against Evan Phillips (1-1).

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