The Yankees continued their high-profile Interleague series away to the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. As Fox usually do, they gave as much of the credit as they could to the opposition, talking about the Dodgers, their tradition, their Stadium, and the memories of Vin Scully and Tommy Lasorda, all of them vastly overrated.
The Yankees had the proper response to this. The Herman Edwards response: They played to win the game.
Their ace, Gerrit Cole, was on the mound. He left after 6 innings, due to a cramp in his pitching hand. He allowed 1 run on 4 hits and 2 walks, striking out 5.
Jake Bauers, a native of nearby Newport Beach, California, started in left field, and hit home runs in the 2nd and 4th innings. Oswaldo Cabrera replaced him in the 7th, and he hit a home run in the 9th, so the Yankees got 3 home runs from the position in the game.
Aaron Judge hit a home run in the 6th. In the 8th, he took at least a double away from J.D. Martinez, catching a ball at the right field fence, and falling through the open bullpen gate, but holding onto the ball. To borrow an old expression for getting rid of someone, the Dodgers tried to give the Yankees the gate, but it was the other way around.
There was a moment of worry in the 7th. Aaron Boone sent Wandy Peralta out to replace Cole. This was a stupid thing to do, because he allowed a single, a triple and a walk. Since he has pitched to the minimum 3 batters, Boone got him out of there, and brought Michael King in. He allowed an RBI single, allowing the Dodgers to close to within 5-3, but got the next 3 batters out to end the threat. He then pitched a scoreless 8th, and Clay Holmes pitched a scoreless 9th.
Yankees 6, Dodgers 3. WP: Cole (7-0). SV: Holmes (6). LP: Michael Groves (0-2).
The series concludes tonight, on ESPN. Domingo Germán starts against Bobby Miller.
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