Yankees can’t get big hit in loss to Astros as win streak ends at five
NY Post
Sometimes, even when Jaws is circling, the swimmers escaped the water.
That’s what happened in The Bronx on Thursday night, as the Yankees appeared set up for another comeback victory in the bottom of the ninth — with Gleyber Torres representing the tying run on second base, Anthony Volpe at the plate and Juan Soto lurking in the on-deck circle.
But this time, the Astros escaped with a 4-3 win, as Josh Hader got Volpe with a 98 mph fastball up in the zone to end it.
Volpe had homered in the third inning, and Soto seems to go deep just about every other day, so it was easy to see why the Yankees remained confident until the end.
“I want to be up there,” Soto said of the game ending with him one batter away. “I know how good Hader is, but I wanted Volpe to get a knock and tie the game to see what would happen. We just couldn’t finish it.”
And with that, the Yankees saw their five-game winning streak snapped after an otherwise excellent homestand — one that started with a ninth-inning comeback win over Detroit.
The Greatest Escape in franchise history was perpetrated by Glen Sather, when the general manager extricated himself and the Rangers from the final five years of Scott Gomez’s contract by moving the $7,357,143-per-year center to Montreal on June 30, 2009 after two years in New York.
The Yankees publicly are on the same page: Hal Steinbrenner, like Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone before him, said that issues with the club’s fundamentals did not hover over the team all season.
The first day of the rest of Daniel Jones’ dwindling time with the Giants arrived Wednesday, with Jones in the building, in the meetings, on the practice field (although not doing very much) and not at all part of the game plan for the next game, relegated to a non-participant role for the remainder of the season.
There will be a little extra magic for Knicks-Spurs on Christmas Day.
The quickest way for the Giants to climb out of quarterback hell is also the quickest way to extend their stay there for at least three more years.
The Lakers’ decision to keep Bronny James away from G League road games has sparked some debate about the level of preferential treatment the franchise is giving to LeBron’s son.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Rangers continue to flex their strength on the road this season.
One of Tom Thibodeau’s stated points of emphasis for the Knicks this season — to increase their volume of 3-point attempts to take advantage of their proficiency from the outside — is starting to come to fruition.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — It’s the best-case scenario for Filip Chytil and the Rangers.
Just to get the formalities out of the way, Juan Soto officially declined the qualifying offer by Tuesday’s deadline.
A look back at the best and worst moves by Jets general manager Joe Douglas, who was fired Tuesday: