NEW YORK: The Yankees ended their skid not with an offensive breakout but with key runs that involved no contact. “We got kicked in the mouth a little bit last week. I think it was kind of an eye-opener for us,” said left-hander Justin Wilson, who stranded the bases loaded in the seventh by getting NL MVP Freddie Freeman to ground into an inning-ending force-out. “But we’ve got a bunch of grinders. New York went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position but the last-place Yankees improved to 6-10 and avoided what would have been their worst start since 1972.

Source: Manila Times April 21, 2021 03:00 UTC