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sports Diasabra 12 september 2020
Cole throws 2-hitter, Yankees beat O's 6-0 in DH opener
(AP) — Gerrit Cole pitched the fourth-most of his career, and Gardner followed with a
a seven-inning two-hitter, including the postseason, ac- two-run shot, ending a run
DJ LeMahieu led off the first cording to MLB.com. He got of 11 consecutive solo home
inning with the first of three 11 misses with his fastball runs for the slumping Yan-
Yankees homers and New and 10 via slider. kees. Higashioka added his
York beat the Baltimore Ori- two-run homer in the sec-
oles 6-0 Friday in a double- Cole tied Cincinnati's Trevor ond. It was the first homer
header opener. New York Bauer for the major league this season for New York’s
moved 2 1/2 games ahead of lead with two complete backup catcher, who has
the Orioles for the AL's final games, and neither of Cole's been getting more playing
postseason spot as the teams lasted nine innings. The oth- time amid Gary Sánchez’s
began a four-game series. er was a rain-shortened, five- struggles. Sánchez was the
The Yankees had lost 15 of 21 inning effort that beat Wash- designated hitter and went
entering Friday amid a rash ington on opening night. Re- 0 for 2 with a walk; his .119
of injuries, dropping to third nato Núñez got the Orioles' batting average is the lowest
place in the AL East behind second hit when he singled in the majors among players laid a wreath on the 19th an- James Paxton's status remains
Tampa Bay and Toronto. with two outs in the seventh. with 100 or more plate ap- niversary of the terrorist at- unclear following a setback
José Iglesias nearly had a hit pearances. tacks. Yankees players and in his recovery from a flexor
Cole (5-3) opened with 4 2/3 for Baltimore in the fourth, coaches wore NYPD and tendon strain in his throwing
hitless innings before Hanser but right fielder Clint Frazier New York hit eight balls at FDNY hats throughout the arm. Boone said there's “still
Alberto singled, although his dived and caught it. Cole had least 90 mph against Cobb doubleheader, and a moment a chance on some level” that
effort wouldn’t have result- lost three straight starts for over the first two innings, of silence was observed be- Paxton pitches again this sea-
ed in a no-hitter regardless. the first time since 2018, in- according to MLB's Statcast. fore Game 1. son, and said it's possible the
Baseball Commissioner Fay cluding an outing last Satur- Cobb settled somewhat after 31-year-old could return as a
Vincent chaired a commit- day at Baltimore. He’s never that, getting five of his next TRAINER'S ROOM reliever. Paxton can become
tee in 1991 that voted unani- lost four straight. six outs via strikeout. He Orioles: Cobb was added to a free agent after the season.
mously to define no-hitters was lifted after four innings the roster as Baltimore's 29th ... RHP Jonathan Loaisiga
as games of nine innings or LeMahieu, Brett Gardner trailing 5-0. Mike Tauch- man for the doubleheader. (non-COVID, unspecified
more that ended with no and Kyle Higashioka hom- man added an RBI single for Manager Brandon Hyde said medical issue) was set to
hits. Doubleheaders this year ered off starter Alex Cobb in the Yankees against Thomas the team will demote a differ- throw a bullpen Friday and
were shortened to a pair of his return from the injured Eshelman in the sixth. The ent player before Saturday. another Sunday with the ex-
seven-inning games to short- list. The right-hander had teams played a doubleheader Yankees: OF Aaron Judge pectation he could rejoin the
en time in ballparks during been sidelined since Aug. 29 after Thursday's series open- (right calf) and DH Giancar- bullpen Tuesday.
this pandemic-shortened for undisclosed reasons. er was postponed by rain. lo Stanton (left hamstring)
season. The Yankees' $324 LeMahieu greeted Cobb (1- NEVER FORGET Yankees could report to the team's UP NEXT
million ace struck out nine 4) with his fourth leadoff general manager Brian Cash- alternate site for at-bats this Yankees RHP Masahiro
and walked one, finishing his homer this season, tying the man, manager Aaron Boone weekend, putting them on Tanaka (1-2, 3.38) opposes
gem in 114 pitches. He in- Cubs' Ian Happ for the major and Gardner visited the 9/11 track to return to the lineup Orioles LHP Keegan Akin
duced 27 swings and misses, league lead. Luke Voit singled Monument on Friday and by next weekend. ... LHP (0-0, 2.08) in Game 2.
Hamlin seeks to regain mojo at Richmond in home track race
( AP ) - Kevin Harvick lington Raceway didn't harm and 17 top-10 finishes in 27 ficult." be all information coming
grabbed the first win of Hamlin in the standings and career starts. He has finished back to me from Jacob. Obvi-
NASCAR's playoffs while ri- he is still ranked second head- lower than sixth only once in Interim crew chiefs ously the car back at the shop
val Denny Hamlin finished a ed into Richmond Raceway the last nine races at Rich- Reigning series champion is all set up by Adam. It’s just
distant 13th. Disgusted with for the second round of the mond yet believes he long Kyle Busch and Clint Bow- a guy on top of the box.”
his finish, Hamlin threw his playoffs. Hamlin has enough ago lost the edge he held over yer will both have interim
water bottle in anger. playoff points to easily ad- his competitors on the 0.75- crew chiefs at Richmond af- No hard feelings
“I was so mad. I hate not fin- vance into the next round. mile, D-shaped oval. ter inspection infractions at Chase Elliott and Martin
ishing where I should finish He didn't want to hear about Darlington. Truex Jr. quickly moved past
or run,” Hamlin said. “I'm the playoff points after Dar- Hamlin believes data sharing Greg Zipadelli, the competi- their on-track incident at
such a competitor, I want to lington. “I just want to win has allowed his rivals to catch tion director at Stewart-Haas Darlington that cost both a
win every week. I look at the every week,” Hamlin said. him at his favorite track. Racing and a former champi- chance at the victory. Truex
top five and for 95% of the “We have this playoff cushion “Basically I left my notebook onship-winning crew chief, was trying to pass Elliott for
race we outran those guys because we earned it during on top of the car and it spread will fill in for Bowyer. Busch the lead late in the race when
and they go steal a win or a the regular season. It doesn't all over the racetrack and will be led by Jacob Canter, he failed to fully clear Elliott
top five. It's just so frustrating make me get over it.” every driver picked it up,” an engineer on his Joe Gibbs and the two cars made con-
for me.” The race Saturday night will Hamlin said. “(Data shar- Racing team. It shouldn't be tact. Truex had to pit for re-
be at his home track, where ing’s) been a benefit for me a difficult adjustment, Busch pairs and Elliott was chased
The mediocre finish at Dar- he has three career victories at other racetracks. But cer- explained, because of “war down by Harvick, who won
tainly I felt like when I went rooms” teams established the race.
to Richmond, went to Mar- during the pandemic. Be- Both drivers understood
tinsville, I had a tremendous cause NASCAR has strict there was no ill intent and
advantage over the field. Not roster limits at the track, move forward to Richmond
an unfair advantage, just a teams have already been uti- with their relationship in-
skill advantage. “The way I lizing off-site command cen- tact. “I do think that situa-
drove those racetracks helped ters to communicate with tion was a racing incident. I
me perform and when other engineers. “With the com- think we were both battling
drivers got to see that, it re- munications and all that stuff really hard for a win,” Elliott
ally kind of opened things up that we have going on right said. “I think any other time
and it took away any advan- now, (not) that much is going in the race, I probably would
tage that I might have on the to be different,” Busch said. give him the position. But
driver side. Now we’ve had "Me talking on the radio is in that situation, you have to
to rely on just putting a better basically me talking directly know that nobody is going to
race car on the racetrack than to Adam, it’s just I can’t hear let anybody in for a race win
them, which is very, very dif- back from Adam. That will with 15 laps left.”