LHP Justus Sheffield has been held out of action with an illness the last few days, according to DJ Eberle. He’s expected to pitch tomorrow. This will probably delay his call-up. I don’t think the Yankees would call him up with only one outing under his belt after an illness. I bet Sheffield sticks with the RailRiders through the end of their regular season Monday so he make one more relief appearance before coming up.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (2-1 win over Syracuse, walk-off style)
- SS Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 K
- C Gary Sanchez: 0-4 — caught all nine innings as scheduled … he’s going to catch nine innings again tomorrow night, then be reevaluated Friday … sure would be swell if that evaluation goes well and he rejoins the Yankees on Saturday, the first day roster expand
- 3B Gio Urshela: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- DH Mike Ford: 1-4, 1 K
- 2B Abi Avelino: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — he’d been out the last few days with a shoulder issue
- 1B Ryan McBroom: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — drew the walk-off walk
- RHP Mike King: 6 IP, zeroes, 6 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 45 of 66 pitches were strikes (68%) … 18 up, 18 down … now has a 1.