Luis Gil reminds Yankees why he’s not long for rotation with logjam coming
HOUSTON — Pulled from Sunday’s game in the fifth inning, Luis Gil hung his head as he walked off the mound. Left behind were two runners in scoring position, courtesy of a leadoff walk and a Yordan Alvarez double. While New York Yankees reliever Paul Blackburn allowed both Houston Astros to score, those two runs were charged to Gil.
So were four others in a 7-4 Bombers loss that snapped an ...
HOUSTON — Pulled from Sunday’s game in the fifth inning, Luis Gil hung his head as he walked off the mound. Left behind were two runners in scoring position, courtesy of a leadoff walk and a Yordan Alvarez double. While New York Yankees reliever Paul Blackburn allowed both Houston Astros to score, those two runs were charged to Gil.
So were four others in a 7-4 Bombers loss that snapped an eight-game winning streak. Gil also totaled four complete innings, five hits, three walks, zero strikeouts and a pair of two-run homers, courtesy of Christian Walker and Isaac Paredes, in his fourth start of the season. Most alarming of all, Gil only induced three whiffs from the Astros.
Zero came on 22 swings off a four-seam fastball that averaged 95. 4 mph. For Gil, Sunday was especially disappointing after he held the Red Sox scoreless for 6 1/3 innings in his last start.