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Didi Gregorius was pleased after ending a long power outage with a pair of home runs. Bryce Harper felt relieved after escaping serious injury when twice hit by a pitch.
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Playing a team with a winning record for the first time this month, the New York Yankees beat the Washington Nationals 3-0 Tuesday night for their 10th win in 12 games.
In a matchup of division leaders, Harper gave the Nationals a scare when he fell to the ground in pain after getting hit on the right elbow by a 90 mph pitch from Sabathia in the fifth inning. The 2015 NL MVP remained in the game but then came out after he was hit on the left foot by Dellin Betances‘ 89 mph slider leading off the eighth.
”I feel fine. Elbow feels OK, and the big toe just hurts a little bit,” Harper said. ”I already got an X-ray on the toe. I’m fine.”
Gregorius has had a ”That’s Life” season, following the song’s lyrics of ”You’re riding high in April, shot down in May.”
He hit .327 with 10 homers and 30 RBIs through the season’s first full month, slumped to a .151 average with one homer and five RBIs in May and began the night with no homers and one RBI in June.
”It’s just getting to know myself through that slump,” he said. ”I’m still not out of it.”
He drove a hanging curveball from Tanner Roark (3-7) into the Yankees bullpen in right-center during a two-run second that also included Austin Romine’s sacrifice fly. It was just the second home run for Gregorius since April 27.
He sent a fastball into the right-field second deck leading off the sixth for his fourth multihomer game, third this season. Gregorius has hit 11 of his 13 long balls in homer-friendly Yankee Stadium. New York leads the major leagues with 105.
”When Didi’s at his best,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained, ”he’s into the ground – his feet really drive into the ground.”
A big league-best 43-19, New York was coming off a 7-2 trip. Sabathia (4-1) allowed four hits over 5 2/3 innings in his first outing against Washington since 2009 and lowered his ERA to 3.27. He is 11-0 in 17 regular-season starts following a Yankees loss since the start of the 2017 season.
Fans applauded at length in the fourth when the video board informed fans the strikeout of Michael A. Taylor was Sabathia’s 1,500th since joining the Yankees for the 2009 season. The 37-year-old left-hander’s three strikeouts raised his career total to 2,893.
”I didn’t know what was going on, and Ro told me turn around Cheap Jason McCourty Jersey ,” Sabathia said, referring to Romine.
Only then did Sabathia toss the ball to the dugout as a keepsake. Boone wasn’t surprised by Sabathia’s obliviousness to his own exploits.
”For being a superstar and everything, he’s so not into himself,” Boone said.
Chad Green, Betances and Aroldis Chapman finished up, with Chapman completing the five-hitter for his 18th save in 19 chances.
Harper, who leads the NL with 19 homers but is hitting .215 since May 1, had been hit by a pitch just once previously this season and had not been dinged twice in a game since Aug. 16, 2013, at Atlanta.
”Kind of worried me when he started walking off the field,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said.
A free-agent-to-be, Harper had walked in his first two plate appearances.
”It just hurt, so trying to walk down the first base line, there was no point,” he said. ”No ill feelings at all.”
MURPH’S BACK
Nationals All-Star second baseman Daniel Murphy made his season debut after recovering from right knee surgery on Oct. 20. He was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts as the designated hitter and did not hit the ball out of the infield.
”His timing could have been a little bit off,” Martinez said. ”He’s going to be fine.”
FAMILY FEUD
Bob Boone Blake Martinez Jersey Youth , father of the Yankees manager, is a Nationals executive and rooted against his son.
”They pay him,” Aaron Boone said. ”My boys are actually with my mom and dad in San Diego right now. They flew in today, so it’ll be a split household. I know my mom will be pulling for me. And my boys will be pulling for me, that’s for sure. So that’s fine. Somebody in the house can cheer for the other team.”
GREAT GRAB
Taylor made a terrific catch on the warning track to snag Neil Walker’s drive with a runner on in the fourth, sliding into the wall with both legs. Taylor stole second two innings later, then was called out on a replay review.
RESTING
Washington gave 19-year-old outfielder Juan Soto his first game off since his major league debut on May 20. He is hitting .328 with three homers and eight RBIs.
MOVING AROUND
Brandon Drury shifted to 1B from 3B in the second game of Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s doubleheader.
”Adding some versatility to his game certainly, yeah, puts him in a better position to be able to help our club again at some point,” Boone said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Luis Cessa will get a few more rehab starts. The 26-year-old right-hander, sidelined since mid-April by a left oblique strain, allowed two runs over 1 2/3 innings for Class A Tampa on Monday night.
UP NEXT
RHP Sonny Gray (4-4, 4.81 ERA) starts Wednesday night for the Yankees after allowing two runs and three hits over seven innings to win at Toronto last week. RHP Erick Fedde will be broug The Denver Broncos are singing the praises of rookie outside linebacker Bradley Chubb even if carrying a tune isn't necessarily his specialty.
The No. 5 overall pick recently paired with fellow rookie Courtland Sutton to perform a duet in front of the team.
"I messed up the lyrics a little bit," Chubb said.
No big deal. They didn't bring him in for his voice, just his voracious intensity. In that respect, he's hitting all the right notes.
Chubb believes this group of pass rushers can create quite a bit of "chaos" this season. The defense even has a scheme dubbed "NASCAR" to take advantage of the speed and power of Chubb Mike Napoli Jersey , Von Miller, Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett. Simply put: It gets all of them on the field at the same time to wreak havoc.
"Now that will be dangerous," Ray said. "You can't block any of us one-on-one. It would be too tough, especially if you have all four of us in the game. We have the guys to get a lot of sacks this year."
Chubb was a surprise pick by the Broncos mainly because he wasn't predicted to fall to them. Miller even posted his reaction on Instagram 鈥?complete with a scream.
So far, the 6-foot-4, 275-pound Chubb has been just as advertised through training camp.
"What we saw in college we've seen some out here," coach Vance Joseph said. "Watching him play versus NFL tackles and tight ends, it hasn't been a setback for him. He's a strong guy. He can set an edge. He can rush the passer."
The pressure to produce out of the gate doesn't faze Chubb in part because he has Miller & Co. next to him. The 22-year-old is all ears these days in meetings and on the field. He's taking in every piece of advice offered to him to get up to speed.
"I just need to keep coming out and working," said Chubb, who had 26 sacks, 203 tackles and eight forced fumbles while at North Carolina State. "Having a lot of rushers and a lot of good players who can get to the quarterback out there on the same field and at the same time, I feel like it's going to be chaos.
"That's what we're trying to do, cause chaos."
Chubb's versatility allows defensive coordinator Joe Woods to get even more imaginative with his schemes. Woods plans to use Chubb at outside linebacker, defensive end and even drop him into coverage.
"It's definitely a luxury," Woods said.
About his singing: Turns out Sutton and Chubb elected to do a number together for their teammates. Sutton presented several songs and Chubb didn't know any of them. Finally, they found common ground with "Can You Stand the Rain Cheap Customized Oakland Raiders Jerseys ," a ballad by New Edition . It went rather smooth, outside of a few lapses on lyrics.
"We got a little standing ovation," Sutton said.
Now on to the next rookie ritual: The funky haircut . The veterans get to have a little fun with the razor and trim the hair of the rookies. Or, if a rookie would rather, the eyebrow is always an option.
"I'm not looking forward to it," Chubb said.
What he is looking forward to is rushing QBs.
"We're all coming out here with the same mindset," Chubb said. "We all want to be great and we're pushing each other to be great. When we're all going, it's going to be pretty special."
NOTES: TE Jeff Heuerman and DB Su'a Cravens were held out of practice Wednesday with knee ailments. ... TE Jake Butt didn't participate in all the reps as he makes his way back from a knee injury. "We're just trying to be smart," Joseph said.... The Broncos have a day off from training camp Thursday. "We want those guys to stay off their feet and rest," Joseph said. "It's not an off-day to go out and have a good time. We're in training camp still." ... Asked about the ups and downs of backup QB Paxton Lynch's career, offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave said: "He's young. What did they have, eight plays at Memphis?" ... Ray is wrapping up his sore left wrist in thick tape for practice. He can't put a percentage on how well it's feeling. "I got to go out there and do my best to figure things out," Ray said. "Just play with the cards that I have."
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