
The move looks like a stroke of genius after Sears pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and got the win as the Yanks (55-20) beat Oakland, 2-1, Tuesday night.
To make room on the roster for Sears, Manny Banuelos was DFA’d.
Sears has now pitched in four MLB games, starting two, and is 3-0. He has not given up a run in 12 2/3 innings.
The Yankees sent Sears back to SWB after the game, as Aroldis Chapman is ready to come off of his rehab.
The Yanks got a run in the first inning when D.J. LeMahieu led off with a walk. Two outs later, Josh Donaldson doubled D.J. to third. Jose Trevino’s single scored LeMahieu, but Donaldson was thrown out at home for the third out.
Marwin Gonzalez homered (3) in the second to put the Yankees up 2-0.
Oakland got an unearned run in the ninth inning off of Clay Holmes, with help from a catcher’s interference call on Trevino.
Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone was ejected in the eighth inning for arguing balls and strikes. It’s the same thing we’ve seen for years. A lousy, lazy home plate umpire who doesn’t adjust his strike zone. Aaron Judge is 6 feet, 7 inches tall. His knees aren’t where, say, my knees (I am about 5’8 1/2″) are. What is a strike to me is below the knees for Judge. But umpires keep calling the low strike on Judge that isn’t a strike. Boone was sticking up for his guy. I wish Boone would just come out of the dugout, bring Judge over and point to where Judge’s knees are—in front of the whole stadium.
Gonzalez 2 hits, Solo HR (3)
Sears (W, 3-0) 5 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
Marinaccio (H, 2) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.60 Bunch of scoreless outings lately.
Peralta (H, 7) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.20
King (H, 12) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.38
Holmes (S, 13) 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.50