I recapped the Yankees\u2019\u00a0incredible 13-run inning against Sacramento, and I was tapped for tonight\u2019s blowout win as well. Should I recap a third blowout, that\u2019s a trend and I\u2019ll be asking my editors for a raise, since clearly I\u2019m having influence here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yankees were down 1-0 three batters into the game, but that was just about the only time it felt like they were in any danger. Two huge innings catapulted them to another win, and they\u2019re now 8-2 in their last 10 \u2014 all without\u00a0Aaron Judge! The 12-2 victory tonight sets them up well for yet another series win against what would ostensibly be called a playoff contender, this time the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until the third inning, you could make a very good case that\u00a0Davis Martin\u00a0would be the runner-up to\u00a0Cam Schlittler\u00a0in the AL Cy Young race. We\u2019re still a little under halfway through this season, but those odds certainly took a hit once the Yankees got a second look at the right-hander. He entered play second in the Junior Circuit with a 2.38 ERA. He left ranked 12th, at 3.31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spencer Jones jumped on a ball to tie us up in the second:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jones paired that with a bases-loaded walk a couple of innings later, and for all my skepticism about his potential as a major-leaguer, being able to cut back on whiffs just a little bit makes him a much more valuable piece of this team. He struck out in the sixth on one of those pitches he has to learn how to take because his levers are so long, but on the whole, well done Spencer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, onto the third inning \u2014 and then the fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben Rice chose a great time to challenge a called third strike, setting up\u00a0Cody Bellinger\u00a0to push the Yankees ahead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jones\u2019 walk and\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Caballero\u2019s sac fly pushed the lead to four, and\u00a0Gerrit Cole\u00a0did exactly what you want your \u201cace\u201d to do \u2014 delivered a shutdown inning and got a weary Martin back on the bump. With one on and one out, Benny Barrels made this a laugher:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And after Benny, New York\u2019s Oldest Man\u00a0Paul Goldschmidt\u00a0ended Martin\u2019s night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But wait, there\u2019s more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled and Jones worked another walk, while\u00a0Ryan McMahon\u00a0continued to build something of a floor for himself with an RBI base hit. Reliever\u00a0Chris Murphy\u00a0threw away another run, committing an error trying to retire J.C. Escarra, and that gave the Yankees their 11th run. It wasn\u2019t quite the 13-run inning that we saw against the As, but those two frames today took eons to finish, for very good reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Cole, he was solid and certainly seemed to be pitching to the scoreboard, another crafty veteran trait to match the new windup and uhhhh, paunch. Six full innings, two runs allowed, and we saw a little more whiff on his pitches than in his previous start. He did leave an absolute sub to\u00a0Andrew Benintendi\u00a0in the first inning and Benintendi did exactly what you\u2019re supposed to do with a pitch like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was really Cole\u2019s only mistake though. He got into a little bit of trouble in the sixth, giving up another run, but if he repeats himself tonight the rest of the way, that vaunted Yankee pitching rotation is gonna be in pretty good shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We got a position player pitching in the bottom of the eighth, and of course Caballero took an absolute daddy hack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I startled my friend with how loudly I laughed at the swing, and the Yankees had a dozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s nice to start the baseball week with a breeze, and it\u2019s even better when you knock around one of the league\u2019s best arms.\u00a0Carlos Rod\u00f3n\u00a0will look to keep this hot streak going tomorrow in game two against fellow southpaw\u00a0Anthony Kay, once again with a 7:05pm Eastern start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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