Yanks Clawing To Get There With A Big Win!

The Yankees are doing what they can to get to the playoffs.  Beating the Red Sox is obviously huge, but they just can’t stop winning, even after they play them.

Everyone is contributing at the right time. NJ.com writes about Anthony Rizzo and how this guy is a real leader:

“You’re just playing baseball and you try to keep it as simple as that,” Rizzo said. “There’s going to be moments where you get punched in the face and you’ve just got to bounce back and not have that one moment define the whole game. It’s just staying in that moment at all times and not looking ahead just because we jumped out to a 3-0 lead. There’s a lot of baseball to be played.”

“Bouncing back from perhaps his worst start of the season, Cole allowed three runs on five hits and three walks, striking out six in six innings.

“Coming into Friday, Stanton had hit just .192 (10-for-52) with two extra-base hits, 22 strikeouts and a .569 OPS in 16 games against the Red Sox this season.

Stanton lofted a long single off the Green Monster in the fourth inning, then ripped a double down the third-base line in the sixth. His quest for the cycle came up short in the eighth inning, when he flew out near the Pesky Pole.”