Yanks rookie Torres delivers once again
Gleyber Torres made a throwing error on the very first pitch of the game. The second baseman let a two-hopper kick off the heel of his glove in the seventh for the fourth of the Yankees’ five errors.
He came to the plate in the 10th after Miguel Andujar’s two-out double, got upset with a called strike and stepped out. Then, just weeks into his big-league career, the 21-year-old delivered his second game-ending hit.
“I just take a breath and stay focused,” Torres said after his opposite-field single against Brad Peacock that lifted host New York over the Astros 6-5 on Tuesday night. “And after that, enjoy the moment.”
Torres has a .321 average and 26 RBIs in 32 games. Torres’ gameending, three-run homer beat Cleveland on May 6.
“Being that young and playing for this organization, this is a lot of pressure,” pitcher CC Sabathia said. “Him being able to deliver in these moments just means there’s more to come.”
Brett Gardner led off the bottom of the first with a home run against unbeaten Charlie Morton, then hit a tying, two-run drive with one out in the ninth inning off Chris Devenski. New York, which leads the major leagues with five victories when trailing after eight innings, had not won when making five errors since beating the White Sox 3-2 on April 19, 1997.
“Anytime you make five errors and can hang around and sneak away with a win, you’ll take it,” Gardner said.
New York also came up with a startling defensive play in the 10th when Aroldis Chapman threw a 100 mph fastball to the backstop that took a fortuitous carom to catcher Gary Sanchez, who threw out Tony Kemp at third base.