Game 128: Guardians (Williams) at Yankees (Cole)

Two excellent games against a good team and a series win. Lets keep it rolling. On to the next one.

Hedges is the last chance for Cleveland.
Takes a FB more or lees down the middle,
Slider above the knees in the middle is rolled over to Cabrera at 3rd, he sets and throws it to Rice, Game over, Yanks win 6-0!
A combined 1-hitter for Cole and three relievers, the only hit was Kwan's leadoff single, a solid liner to right in front of Soto.

The Yanks win their 2nd straight, getting back to 22 over .500 at 75-53 with the Rockies coming in for 3 games over the weekend.

Yanks gain a 1/2 game on the idle Red Sox; they're now 7 games behind again.
For the moment, they gain 1/2 game on the rest of the East, and have the best record in the AL. Now behind only the Dodgers, who, having been challenged by the hot streaks of the Padres and D'backs, have all of sudden gotten hot themselves, winning 4 in a row and 10 of their last 13.

The Rockies come in next, a 3-game series over the weekend. All 3 games on YES. YES!!

Friday evening game is at the usual 7:07 pm: Yanks face another lefty, veteran Kyle Freeland (3-5, 5.97 ERA). Freeland had a run of 4 good starts just before and after the break, but has struggled lately, 0-2 with a 6.85 ERA in his last 5 starts. Carlos Rodon starts for the Yanks. He's 13-8 with a 4.34 ERA. He got him hard by the Tigers last time after throwing 4 good starts in row.

Saturday afternoon's game starts at 1:07 pm: Righty rookie Bradley Blalock makes his 3rd MLB start for the Rockies. He's 0-0 with a 2.92 ERA in just 12 innings. He pitched a good game last time vs. the Padres, giving up just 1 run in 5 2/3 inning, but got a no-decision. Marcus Stroman (8-6, 3.82 ERA) starts for the Yanks; he had just about pitched himself out of the rotation with 6 bad starts from his last start in June through his first start in August, but has turned it around with back to back good starts against Texas and Detroit.

Sunday's game is the usual slightly delayed start at 1:37 pm. Yanks face another lefty, Austin Gomber (4-8, 4.64 ERA. Gomber had a bad run of 5 beating in 6 starts from late June through the end of July, but has come back to pitch 3 good ones in his last 4 games, including good ones against the Padres 4 starts ago, and against the D'backs two starts ago. Not having been used in long relief yesterday or today, Will Warren is almost certain to take the start on Sunday, he was hit hard his first two starts, but did a credible job against a terrible White Sox team, giving up just 2 runs in 5 innings, and keeping the Yanks in the game until they broke it open with 3 in the 8th and 6 in the 9th in a 10-2 win in the rubber game in Chicago. Warren is 0-1 with an 8.59 ERA, 19 hits and 3 HR allowed in 14 2/3 innings, but also 17 K's.

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