The Yankees provided a preview of what was an amazing firework display on (7/4) to celebrate the USA's 242nd birthday, by mashing 3 HRs in a 6-2 series winning victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Kyle Higashioka , Giancarlo Stanton , and Aaron Judge all went deep, while backed up by a gem , from the "Big Lefty" CC Sabathia.
The pitching matchup was obviously CC Sabathia for the yankees, while Juilo Teheran , went for the Braves.
The Yankees got to Julio early and often , in this game as in the bottom of the second inning,Greg Bird ripped an RBI single to right field that brought in DIDI Gregorious to make it 1-0 Yankees.
The firework preview would however, start in the 3rd inning ,as with 2 men on ,Giancarlo Stanton drilled a 3 run HR to right field to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead ! The daytime firework show in the bronx would continue the 4th inning,when Kyle Higashioka, stroked one to left filed for a solo shot that gave the Yanks a 5-0 lead.
However, just like the previous night, the Braves would show their resiliency , as they once again put a scare into CC Sabathia and the Yankees. It all started in the top of the 5th, as a Danny Santana RBI ground out got the Braves on the board, then Josh camargo launched one to left filed to cut the Yanks lead to 5-2. That was the last inning CC participated in , on Wednesday afternoon, as he went 6 innings , while allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, meanwhile striking out 5.
In the 7th, the red hot Chad Green came out of the yankees bullpen and after allowing two straight singles to lead off the inning , Green would come right and force 2 flyouts to Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner , and a lineup to Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge. Judge would keep it up in the bottom the the7th, when he mashed in oppo-taco to right filed to give the Yankees some breathing room, at 6-2, and continue his run of offensive production for the Yanks. In the 8th, Delin Betances , continued his own hot streak with a shutdown inning, as he allowed 0 Atlanta runs, and in the 9th AJ Cole came in, and sealed the Yankees series wining 6-2 victory over the Braves.
KEY STATS:
THSI WAS THE 243RD WIN OF CC SABTHIA'S CARRER, AS HE IS NOW TIED WITH HALL OF FAMER ( AND GIANTS LEGEND ) JUAN MARICHI FOR 53RD ON THE ALL TIME WINS LIST.
YANKEES WIN THE SERIES 2-1. (3-5, 8-5, 6-2)
ANNOUNCER OFF!!!
YANKEES TV ANNOUNCER MICHEL KAY , AND YANKEES LONG TIME RADIO ANNOUNCER JHONN STERLING (WHO CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY ON WEDNESDAY , HAD THE SAME REACTION CALL TO GIANCARLO STANTON'S 3 RUN BLAST, SURE IT WAS ALL FUN AND GAMES, BUT IF YOU ASK ME, I THINK THE MAN WHO FIRST SAID " STANTONIAN BLAST" (WHICH IS ONLY PART OF THE HOME RUN CALL) JHONN STERLING DID IT BETTER.
HOME RUN OR NOTHING!
KYLE HIGASHIOKA HAS 3 MLB CARRER HITS, ALL 3 OF THEM HAVE BEEN HOMERS. HE HAS HOMERED IN 3 OF THE LAST 4 GAMES.
STANTON IS HEATING UP!
GIANCARLO HAS BEEN ERASING THOSE EARLY SEASON BOOS, WITH SOME AMAZING PLAY, AS HE NOW HAS A 314 BATTING AVRAGE OVER HIS LAST 30 GAMES!
GLEYBER TO THE DL
GLEYBER TORRES LEFT THE GAME EARLY ON WEDNESDAY, WITH A RIGHT HIM FLEXER STRAIN , AND WILL BE OUT FOR 10 DYAS, AND MOST LIKELY WON'T START UNTIL AFTER THE ALL-STAR BREAK.
IN HIS ABSENCE , THE YANKEES HAVE RECALLED TYLER WADE WHO IN 36 AT BATS THIS YEAR,AS A YANKEE, IS HITTING .086. THE YANKEES HOPE THAT AFTER ALMOST 3 MONTHS IN TRIPLE-A HE WILL BE B A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
ON DECK:
THE YANKEES WILL HAVE A TRAVEL DAY ON THURSDAY, AS THEY HEAD NORTH OF THE BOARDER TO BATTLE THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS (40-46) FOR A WEEKEND IN CANADA.
SONNY GRAY ( 5-6,5.44 ERA) WILL START FOR THE YANKEES , WHILE SAM GAVIGLO ( 2-2,3.97 ERA) WILL START FOR THE JAYS. GAME TIME IS AT 7:07 ,AS THSI WILL BE THE FIRST GAME OF A 10 GAME ROAD TRIP FOR THE YANKEES TO FNISH OFF THE IRST HALF OF THE SEASON.
YANKEES RECORD (55-28 , SECOND IN AL EAST, AND MLB , HALF A GAME OUT OF THE FIRST PLACE BOSTON Red Sox)
OPINION : VERY IMPRESSED BY THE BRAVES THIS SERIES, I THINK THEY ARE A RELIVER OR TWO AWAY FROM BEING A REAL CONTENDER FOR THE WORD SERIES)
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