Sweet Home Chicago

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The Red Sox had to  once again shut down Whitlock so  the defiance  surrounding  Cashman gave away  the farm scenario  has evaporated. The Red Sox poached a really good set up  reliever 7th / 8th  inning guy, but they  got greedy once they  extended him for 4 yr’s and $17M. They made him a  starter  and he’s been hurt  ever since. See Joba.

Plus now Boston  is watching Verdugo  bat clean-up  for the Yanks, and they  got  him  for practically  nothing, unless Dick Fitts pans out.

Yanks  Hold Off the White Sox 4-2

The Bombers took  a 1-0 lead on a Judge 2-out Bomb in the first  inning.

They broke a 1-1 tie with  2 runs on a walk (Judge)  and a pair of  RBI doubles  (Verdugo  and Stanton) in the fourth  to  take a 3-1 lead.

Then capped off their  scoring with  a solo Dinger by Stanton in the 6th, the 4 runs was just  enough  to  scratch past Chicago  for their 5th win in a row.

The W kept them  1 game ahead of the Orioles in the AL East, the  31-15 record is tops in the AL..  The Phillies with  a  32-14 record leads all of baseball  in winning percentage.

Nestor Cortes gave the Yanks a solid 7 inning, 5 hit, 1 run outing… He got in trouble in the  first  inning but  wiggled out of trouble. An error  a stolen  base and an RBI single in the  third  tied  the  game 1-1.

For the  most part he  cruised through  the  7th inning nursing a  4-1 lead

Hamilton  continued to be a box of chocolates in the  8th  inning allowing   a single and a pair of  doubles that made it  4-2 ….So Kahnle can’t get here fast enough

Ferguson  bailed Hamilton out in the  8th,  and Holmes  dominated in the  9th  to  close it 

Yanks  had 9 hits, everybody but Wells and Cabrera joined the  party

Batting

2B Verdugo (9, Clevinger); Stanton (7, Clevinger); Soto, J (9, Clevinger).
HR Judge (12, 1st inning off Clevinger, 0 on, 2 out); Stanton (10, 6th inning off Banks, 0 on, 0 out).
TB Judge 4; Rizzo 2; Soto, J 2; Stanton 6; Torres; Verdugo 2; Volpe.
RBI Judge (30); Stanton 2 (24); Verdugo (21).
2-out RBI Judge.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outWells, A; Verdugo 2.
GIDP Trevino.
Team RISP 2-for-8.
Team LOB 7.
Fielding

E Cabrera, O (4, throw).
Pickoffs Cortes (Remillard at 2nd base).

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