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jameson Taillon throws a pitch to the pentagon during his brilliant day with the Yankees
Jameson Taillon pitched He hit two-hit ball in eight innings, emulating Néstor Cortés to give the Yankees their longest consecutive outings in nine years, and New York won. 2-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
Gleyber Torres put the Yankees ahead with a home run in the fourth off Jeffrey Springs (2-2) and Matt Carpenter, in his second game with New York, connected home run later in that inning.
New York opened a 6 1/2-game lead over the Rays by winning the first two games of the four-game series. The Yankees won for the fourth straight time after their worst three-game losing streak of the season and improved to 33-13, the best start in the majors since 2001 when the Seattle Mariners started 34-12 .
Taillon (5-1) improved 0-5 with a 2.20 ERA in his last seven starts, striking out five and allowing just one walk while posting 62 strikes on 93 pitches. The 30-year-old right-hander hadn’t gotten an out in the eighth inning since Aug. 7, 2018, when he was playing with Pittsburgh in Colorado and completed. his second game in the majors.
For the Yankees, Venezuelans Gleyber Torres, 4-1 with a run scored and an RBI, and Marwin González 3-0; and Dominican Miguel Andújar 4-1.
For the Rays, the Dominicans Manuel Margot 3-1, Vidal Brujan and Wander Franco 3-0 and Francisco Mejía 1-0; Cubans Randy Arozarena 3-1 and Yandy Díaz 3-0.
Cardinals 4
Brewers 2
Paul Goldschmidt hit the jackpot. a home run to extend his hitting streak to 18 games as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Friday.
Dakota Hudson was removed from the game after of four and two-thirds innings, with the bases loaded and after allowing five hits and giving up four walks.
Drew VerHagen (2-0) forced the Andrew McCutchen grounded out for a force out that scored It was the bottom of the fifth inning.
Milwaukee had packed the bases in the third inning, before McCutchen grounded into a double play that ended the game. the inning.
Ryan Helsley struck out. Mike Brosseau and withdrew He grounded out Kolten Wong for three saves and snapped Milwaukee’s three-game win streak.
Helsley hasn’t allowed an earned run in 14 appearances this season.
Brandon Woodruff (5-3) admitted. two runs and two hits. He was removed in the fifth inning due to a sore right ankle.
For the Brewers, the Mexican Luis Urà as 4-1. Venezuelan Omar Narváez 4-2.
For the Cardinals, Dominican Albert Pujols 4-0. Venezuelan Juan Yépez 3-1 with an RBI. Panamanian Edmundo Sosa 1-1 with a run scored and an RBI.