![]() Ron Marinaccio whiffed Jiménez to end the sixth and pitched 2 2/3 innings. “It was pretty fun to watch, especially seeing him down in Scranton how hard he’s worked,” McKinney said. The right-hander, who was 1-6 at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, struck out three, walked one and got eight outs on groundballs. “He had life on his four-seamer and a sinker that set up the other stuff, but he had power behind everything which I thought really served him well.” “I thought his stuff was really good,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. The rookie retired the next 15 hitters until Gavin Sheets singled, and was lifted after plunking Robert in the back to put two on with two outs in the sixth. Making his second major league start, Vásquez (1-1) allowed a single to Jiménez that put runners at first and second in the first. We’ve played against each other in the big leagues but we’ve never played together in the big leagues.” ![]() “Gleyber and I were talking about that earlier. They re-signed McKinney to a minor league contract last December. He was a minor league prospect when he was acquired with Torres from the Chicago Cubs in 2016 but was injured in the opening series of the 2018 season and the Yankees traded him to Toronto for J.A. McKinney played his first home games for the Yankees. The 28-year-old outfielder tripled in the opener and homered into the right-field bleachers in the fifth inning of Game 2 to make it 3-0. McKinney was called up from the minors Wednesday when star slugger Aaron Judge went on the 10-day injured list with a sprained and bruised right big toe. Torres missed a game-winning three-run homer off Kendall Graveman by a few feet down the right-field line in the opener. In the second game, Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer off Chicago starter Mike Clevinger (3-4) in the fourth. An AQI ranging from 101-150 is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. According to the website IQAir, the air quality was graded 142 before the doubleheader began and was at 135 shortly after the nightcap started. and Yoán Moncada also went deep against the right-hander.Īfter Wednesday’s game was postponed by Major League Baseball because of hazardous air quality from Canadian wildfires, conditions in the Bronx had improved by Thursday’s first pitch. Jake Burger had a two-run shot off Yankees starter Luis Severino before Luis Robert Jr. NEW YORK - Randy Vásquez pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning for his first major league win, Billy McKinney hit his first home run with the Yankees and New York beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Thursday night for a doubleheader split.Ĭhicago extended its winning streak to a season-high five games with a 6-5 victory in the opener, when Eloy Jiménez hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh off Michael King. Vásquez gets 1st career win, Yanks blank White Sox 3-0 for doubleheader split
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