NEW YORK (AP) - If the New York Yankees have indeed lost CC Sabathia for the remainder of the season, they might have found a reluctant leader in Nathan Eovaldi.
Eovaldi matched Scott Feldman with eight overpowering innings before Carlos Beltran had a game-winning sacrifice fly in a wild ninth to lift New York over the Houston Astros 1-0 Monday night.
The 25-year-old right-hander was pitching on the day the Yankees learned Sabathia, the 2007 Cy Young Award winner, was put on the disabled list with right knee inflammation. New York had also just come off a deflating series in which they lost three of four to Cleveland.