After A Year plus Rangers Was Able To Hand Yankees For Their First Shutout.
During the month leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, Mike Minor heard often that he might wind up pitching in the Bronx.
Minor and two relievers became the first pitchers in 221 tries to shut out the Yankees’ vaunted lineup, helping the Texas Rangers to a 7-0 victory on Monday over the American League East leaders on Monday.
Though Before on monday night Yankees had gone 220 games without failing to score.
According, Rangers Manager Chris Woodward said, he almost made it look easy.
The Yankees had the second longest streak without being blanked since at least 1900, behind a 308-game stretch by the Babe Ruth-led Yankees of 1931-33. The Yankees were previously shut out June 30, 2018, by Chris Sale and the Red Sox.
Jose Trevino a first-time battery mate with Minor Delino DeShields and Shin Soo Choo homered to back Minor 12-8 a resurgent All Star who allowed five hits over seven and a third innings.
The left hander struck out five, walked one and threw 111 pitches before being pulled with two on in the eighth.
He is nasty man, Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier said.
His fastball plays up, which means it might say 92 but it feels faster than that, and he obviously threw every pitch that he wanted in every count that he wanted.
Shawn Kelley replaced Minor and retired D.J. LeMahieu and Aaron Judge to end the eighth.
Emmanuel Clase shut down the heart of the order in the ninth to end the Yankees’ streak of 220 games with at least a run.
The 31-year-old Minor was drilled on the backside by LeMahieu leading off the first, but he recovered to make that out and many more after.
He allowed just one runner past second base.
According to Woodward, it felt like he could execute pretty much any pitch in any location, With his stuff got elite stuff at times, when you get that plus the command, it is tough.
Minor, 31 and his deceptive, rising fastball were rumored to be a trade target for the Yankees in July.
He said he had a hard time blocking out the speculation, but since sticking with the Rangers, he has posted a 2.83 earned run average in six starts.
It was a little bit difficult to get through that and pitch.
Minor, adding that it feels good to be here.
It felt good to be wanted too, but at the end of the day nothing happened and I am still here.
Yankees’ scoring streak nearly fell Sunday when they trailed Oakland by 4-0 after the top of the eighth inning, but the Yankees rallied and won, 5-4, on a solo homer by Mike Ford in the ninth.
Anytime we do not score or have a good offensive showing, it is always a little bit surprising just because our guys are so good, but it happens, Manager Aaron Boone said.
When a good pitchers on top of his game, he can make it tough on you, credit to him.
Yankees right hander Masahiro Tanaka 10-8 grinded through six innings of two run ball.
He allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out five for the Yankees, who had won six of seven.
The game was delayed 2 hours 52 minutes by rain, but then played under mostly sunny skies.
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