Just stay fair.' I started blowing on it a little bit. "Then after a couple of steps, I was like, 'No, don't go foul, please. #RallyTogether /vdug5VvyHf- soon as I hit it, I knew it had a chance of going out," Lindor said. Before he left the batter's box, Lindor gave his shot some help.įRANKIE. Lindor then stepped in and hit a towering shot off the inside of the right-field foul pole to make it 8-7. But it's just stuff that happens in the game." Lindor's heroics "I didn't think it hit him, because he never reacted," Sanchez said through a translator. Girardi nodded and held up a finger, asking for time to make a decision. Sanchez caught the pitch on a fly - it would've been strike three if it had been ruled a foul tip - and immediately pointed to the Yankees dugout, indicating they should consider challenging the call. New York catcher Gary Sanchez said he heard something, but wasn't sure what. "There was nothing that told us he was not hit by the pitch," Girardi said. He said the team later saw a slow-motion replay suggesting he should've contested the call, but it was too late. No challenge by Girardi, horrible call /H6025WqtVo- said there wasn't enough evidence within 30 seconds to justify a challenge. Lonnie Chisenhall foul tip that should have been called strike three. TV replays showed the ball slightly change direction - it appeared to hit the knob of Chisenhall's bat. Green came inside and Lonnie Chisenhall was awarded first by plate umpire Dan Iassogna on a hit by pitch. New York starter CC Sabathia was lifted with one on and one out in the sixth for Chad Green, another one of the Yankees' flame-throwers who got an out before Gomes doubled. 28-30.ĭown 8-3, facing New York's vaunted bullpen, the Indians came back. The Yankees lost consecutive games for the first time since they were swept at home in a three-game series by the Indians from Aug. New York's Aaron Judge went 0 for 3 and is hitless in seven at-bats in the series with five strikeouts. Bad breakĪaron Hicks hit a three-run homer off Kluber and Gary Sanchez and Greg Bird hit two-run shots for the Yankees, who may have caught a bad break before Lindor's homer. Josh Tomlin pitched two perfect innings for the win as Francona ran out of relievers in a game started by his best pitcher. The Yankees had their chances late, but they stranded the go-ahead run at third in the ninth and 10th - and had pinch-runner Ronald Torreyes picked off second in the 11th by Gomes from the behind the plate. Carlos Carrasco will start for the Indians against Masahiro Tanaka, who will try to extend New York's season. I'm speechless."įrancisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth to rally Cleveland, which will try for a sweep in Game 3 Sunday at Yankee Stadium. "We just were supposed to win," said Indians outfielder Jay Bruce, who hit a game-tying homer in the eighth. Devastating defeatĪs Jackson sprinted home, Cleveland's players poured out of the dugout and mobbed Gomes at the conclusion of a wild, 5-hour, 8-minute thriller that featured 14 pitchers and a call that may haunt Yankees manager Joe Girardi for months. Gomes went to a full count before pulling his bouncer just inside the third-base bag, easily scoring Jackson. Jackson drew a leadoff walk in the 13th from Dellin Betances and stole second. "Even when we were down 8-3, we didn't believe the game was over. "The tendency of this team is to never give up," Kluber said. Edwin Encarnacion, centre, is helped off the field in the first inning Friday with an apparent right ankle injury.
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