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Luis Severino didn't think he'd be allowed to finish his marvelous performance Wednesday. When he was told he was going back out for the ninth inning, he made sure to close it out. Severino pitched a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts for his first career complete game, Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees beat the World Series champion Houston Astros 4-0 for the second consecutive night. Continue to Article

May 03, 2018 12:50:am EST

Luis Severino pitched a dominant five-hitter for his first career complete game, and Giancarlo Stanton hit two homers as the visiting New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 4-0 Wednesday night. Severino (5-1) controlled the strike zone and completed a 110-pitch gem, walking just one. Severino entered the ninth at 98 pitches and retired Carlos Correa on a comebacker to the mound, then Yuli Gurriel on a fly ball to right. Continue to Article

May 02, 2018 11:08:pm EST

New York Yankees pitcher Jordan Montgomery was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to an elbow strain. Montgomery was taken out of the Yankees' matchup with the Houston Astros on Tuesday after just one inning. Because of the location of the injury many fans feared the worst as the possibility of Tommy John surgery was thrown out there, but Yankees supporters got good news on Wednesday as New York reported Montgomery simply sustained an elbow strain and will avoid serious down time. Continue to Article

May 02, 2018 7:10:pm EST

Yesterday Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer created a bit of an uproar when he tweeted about spin rates and the Astros with the strong implication that the Astros’ pitchers were using pine tar to get a better grip and, in turn, increase those spin rates. More broadly he called out Major League Baseball for its lax and uneven enforcement of the rules against pitchers using foreign substances which, in turn he argued, created an unfair competitive environment. Continue to Article

May 02, 2018 3:19:pm EST

A few offseasons ago I was in a Quonset hut in Montgomery, Texas, talking to Trevor Bauer about how a pitched baseball spins. As he had done since he was an adolescent, the Cleveland Indians pitcher was training at the Texas Baseball Ranch, a state-of-the-art training facility to improve throwing mechanics, velocity and arm health. Bauer might know more about how a baseball spins than any person in uniform today. Continue to Article

May 02, 2018 11:22:am EST