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sports Monday 22 august 2022
Sagging Yankees win for just 10th time in 30 games, top Jays

By LARRY FLEISHER left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr for Double-A Somerset on
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew in the first. and DJ LeMahieu Saturday night and was ex-
Benintendi hit a tiebreak- hit a go-ahead RBI single in pected to get three to five
ing, two-run homer in the the fourth. at-bats Sunday. Stanton
seventh inning and the Whit Merrifield hit a bizarre will work out Monday after-
New York Yankees got a home run in the Toronto noon in New York and face
win they desperately need- fourth on a ball that twice RHP Luis Severino (right lat
ed, beating the Toronto bounced on the fence be- strain) in live batting prac-
Blue Jays 4-2 Sunday to fore going over. The Blue tice Tuesday but is unlikely
avoid a four-game sweep. Jays had won four in a row. to play in the Subway Se-
On the day Yankees gener- Lou Trivino (2-7) got the final ries. ... RHP Clay Holmes
al manager Brian Cashman seven outs. (back) threw 10 pitches in
was booed while the team New York starter Nestor a bullpen session, a day
retired the No. 21 of former Cortes allowed one run after playing catch for the
star Paul O'Neill, the AL East and three hits in six innings. first time since going on the
leaders won for just the He struck out five. IL Wednesday. … LHP Zack
10th time in 30 games since Manoah allowed two runs, Retired New York Yankees player Paul O'Neill stands next to his Britton (left elbow) threw
number in Monument Park during a number retirement cere-
the All-Star break. They top one of them earned, and mony before a baseball game between the Yankees and the 18 pitches in a bullpen ses-
the division by eight games four hits in six innings. Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in New York. sion Saturday at the team's
over Toronto. TRAINER'S ROOM Associated Press spring training complex in
After New York's frustra- Blue Jays: OF/DH George Florida. … RHP Albert Abreu
tions reached the point of Springer didn't start for the hitter in the seventh… LHP Friday. (right elbow inflammation)
ace Gerrit Cole punching third straight game after Tim Mayza (dislocated right Yankees: OF/DH Giancarlo was placed on the IL and
the dugout roof twice and fouling a ball off his knee shoulder) threw 10 pitches Stanton (left Achilles ten- RHP Luke Bard had his con-
manager Aaron Boone while going 5 for 5 in Thurs- in his first rehab appear- dinitis) went 0 for 3 as the tract purchased from Triple-
pounding his hand on the day. He singled as a pinch- ance for Triple-A Buffalo DH in his first rehab game A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.q
podium during a post-
game news conference
Saturday, the Yankees' only
qualms were with Toronto
starter Alek Manoah.
In the fifth, Manoah plunked
major league home run
leader Aaron Judge in the
left elbow with a sinker.
Judge glanced at Manoah
as Cole started yelling and
a few other Yankees came
over the dugout railing.
Cole was intercepted by
bench coach Carlos Men-
doza before reaching the
umpires. During the com-
motion, Judge and Mano-
ah, who were teammates
in the All-Star Game last
month, appeared to diplo-
matically discuss the pitch.
The Yankees came back
quickly after Wandy Per-
alta walked ninth-place
hitter Jackie Bradley Jr. to
force in the tying run in the
top of the seventh.
Jose Trevino beat third
baseman Matt Chapman's
off-balance throw for an in-
field hit and was sacrificed
to second. Benintendi hit a
long foul ball, then sent a
slider from Adam Cimber
(9-5) into the second deck
in right field.
Benintendi, who also dou-
bled, hit his fourth homer
of the season. It was his first
home run since June 20,
more than a month before
Kansas City traded him to
New York.
Anthony Rizzo scored on a
throwing error by Toronto