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NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino gets a wild-card do-over.After getting just one out for the New York Yankees against Minnesota last
year Brian Dozier Jersey , Severino starts this year’s winner-take-all matchup against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night .“I just want to win,” Severino
said Tuesday. “If I can go four good innings and then the bullpen comes, that
would be great.”Severino was chosen over J.A. Happ and Masahiro Tanaka despite a
second-half slump. Rookie manager Aaron Boone said he made the decision after a
staff meeting Saturday, slept on it and finalized it the next day .“I think he’s
equipped in so many ways to handle this, and perhaps most importantly, he’s
equipped with amazing stuff and the ability to dominate big league hitters
because he’s such a talented pitcher,” Boone said.Severino left last year’s
wild-card game trailing 3-0 after allowing four hits and a walk. Chad Green,
David Robertson, Tommy Kahnle and Aroldis Chapman combined for five-hit relief
as New York rallied for an 8-4 victory.“I was too excited,” Severino said. “It
was a good experience. Now I’ll take that tomorrow and try to treat that game
like a regular game.”A 24-year-old right-hander, Severino was 19-8 with a 3.39
ERA and 220 strikeouts. He was 14-2 with a 2.31 ERA at the All-Star break but
lost six of his next nine decisions before beating Boston and Tampa Bay in his
last two outings.He lost 8-2 at Oakland on Sept. 5 http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-morneau-jersey , allowing six runs — five earned — and six hits in 2 2/3 innings. He threw two
wild pitches and Gary Sanchez had two of his major league-high 18 passed balls
.“I think it was a miscommunication between us,” Severino said. “I think we
didn’t set the right signs.”The wild-card winner advances to a Division Series
against Boston starting Friday. Boone is including Happ, Tanaka and Lance Lynn
as part of a nine-man bullpen Wednesday.Severino rebounded last year to beat
Cleveland in Game 4 of the Division Series, getting a 5-0 lead and allowing
three runs and four hits in seven innings. He lasted four innings in Game 2 of
the Championship Series against Houston, a game the Yankees lost 2-1, then gave
up three runs over 4 2/3 innings in the 7-1 loss in Game 6.Locating his 98 mph
fastball is key.“He’s dealt with massive success. He’s dealt with struggles.
He’s dealt with going to the bullpen. He’s dealt with things this year as far as
having the kind of first half he did and then going through a few-week stretch
there where he struggled on the mound,” Boone said. “So I think he’s equipped in
so many ways to handle this, and perhaps most importantly, he’s equipped with
amazing stuff and the ability to dominate big league hitters.”New York went
100-62, its best record since winning the 2009 World Series, and became the 10th
big league team that won 100 games and failed to finish first. The Yankees set
big league records with 267 homers and 12 players with double-digit home
runs Kirby Puckett Jersey , becoming the first team to get 20 or more homers from all nine slots in the batting order.In his first season after New York
acquired him from Miami, Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with 38 homers and
100 RBIs. This will be the first postseason game of his nine-year big league
career .“It’s a quick turnaround from ‘how did your season go’ to now,” he said.
“That season is over. That’s already in the past, even though it’s a couple days
ago.”EYEBALLSYankees games on their YES Network averaged a 3.60 rating this
season, up slightly from 3.57 last year and the highest since 2012, but viewers
dropped from 334,000 to 326,000. BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox didn’t let a
three-game skid dampen things. After all, nobody has been able to keep the AL
East leaders down for longer than that this season.Xander Bogaerts hit two solo
homers, Andrew Benintendi had a three-run double to cap a big fourth inning and
the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 10-4 on Wednesday night to halt their
three-game skid.“We struggled during the week, but that’s more like
us http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-byron-buxton-jersey ,” Boston manager Alex Cora said.Mitch Moreland added a two-run homer for the Red
Sox, who lost the previous two nights in a matchup of AL division leaders.
Boston is the only team in the majors without a four-game losing streak this
season.“You couldn’t tell if we won or lost yesterday after you waked in (to the
clubhouse),” Moreland said. “That’s the beauty of this group. We know what we’ve
got to do, we know what we’ve got in front of us and that’s all we focus on.
We’ve been really good at it all year.”Boston has the best record in the majors.
Its only other three-game skid came in April.Edwin Encarnacion hit a pair of
two-run homers in his first game off the disabled list for Central-leading
Cleveland. The Indians are 17-5 on the road since July 1 and 21-10 overall since
the All-Star break.Matt Barnes (5-3) pitched a hitless inning of relief and was
credited with the victory after starter Brian Johnson was pulled with the Red
Sox leading and one out in the fifth. Johnson gave up three runs.Carlos Carrasco
(15-7) was tagged for six runs, five earned, in 3 2/3 innings.“They’re really
good hitters and they use the whole field,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona
said. “That’s part of what they do. You’ve gotta make them at least think about
(inside), because they just cover too much. He (Carrasco) was trying to, he just
couldn’t get it there.”Bogaerts tied it 2-all in the fourth by hitting his first
shot completely out of Fenway Park over the Green Monster. The Red Sox took the
lead with three singles on Carrasco’s next three pitches; Ian Kinsler, Brock
Holt, and Blake Swihart’s RBI hit.Following a walk to Mookie Betts Ervin Santana Jersey , Benintendi sliced his liner down the left-field line, making it 6-2.Moreland’s homer made it 8-4. Bogaerts hit his second one in
the seventh.Sidelined since Aug. 12 with a right wrist contusion, Encarnacion
hit the third pitch he saw into the last row of Monster seats in the first. His
second was a drive off a billboard above the Monster.“I feel healthy and that’s
good for me and for the team, because I know I can help this team to win games,”
he said.Carrasco had been on a roll, going 7-1 with a 1.73 ERA since coming off
the disabled list July 6, but he fell to 1-3 with a 7.47 ERA in his career
against Boston.“They hit pretty good pitches,” he said. “That’s what
happened.”ADDING UPBoston’s J.D. Martinez raised his major league-leading RBI
total to 108 with two RBI singles.HOT STARTSThe Indians hit their club-record
28th first-inning homer this season, breaking the mark of 27 set last
year.STAYING COOLCora joked before the game about calls he received regarding
the team’s losing streak.“I got a few phone calls from people around the league
like, ‘Wow, three-game losing streak http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-miguel-sano-jersey ,'” he said. “(Houston manager) A.J. Hinch was one of them. He was laughing about
it. We talked about it a little bit. The way I see it is if this is the second
three-game losing streak for us, we’re in a good place.”TRAINER’S ROOMIndians:
Placed OF Rajai Davis on the 10-day disabled list with a non-life-threatening
medical condition. He’s expected to have outpatient surgery Monday and return
when rosters are expended on Sept. 1. … Francona said Leonys Martin will sit out
the rest of the season. The outfielder had a life-threatening bacterial
infection that entered his bloodstream and created toxins that damaged his
internal organs, compromising their function.Red Sox: Cora said C Christian
Vazquez (DL, fractured right pinkie) might catch LHP Eduardo Rodriguez’s next
rehab start on Monday at Double-A Portland.UP NEXTIndians: RHP Adam Plutko (4-3,
4.62) is slated to make his first career start against the Red Sox in the series
finale Thursday afternoon.Red Sox: LHP David Price (13-6, 3.69) looks to
continue his recent success. He’s 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA since the All-Star
break.
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