Newsday · Aug 25, 2015
Nathan Eovaldi excels, Yanks win on sacrifice fly in 9th
New York Yankees starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi delivers a pitch against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van DykeFor all the talk about the Yankees not having a true ace, one of their pitchers quietly is doing a pretty good impression of one.
Nathan Eovaldi entered last night on an American League- best eight-game winning streak, and had he received any run support he would have run it to nine. As it was, he and the Yankees happily took the result, a 1-0 walk-off victory over the Astros in front of 37,125 at the Stadium.