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- Updated: July 27, 2016
12:57 AM ET
HOUSTON — If you believe in miracles, maybe — just maybe — there was a sign to put faith in this 2016 New York Yankees team during the 100th game of the season: Aaron Hicks was racing around the bases with a two-run triple in the fifth.
Yes, that Aaron Hicks. The guy the Yankees have consistently played, despite a .191 average entering Tuesday. The one Yankees fans would probably nominate as the face of this so far disappointing season. A guy whose talent seems to be in exact opposite proportion to his production. Yes, that Aaron Hicks.
Hicks’ first triple of the season, which scored two runs, was part of the Yankees’ latest win, a 6-3 defeat of the Astros. CC Sabathia pitched well, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing just two runs. The Yankees have won three in a row, eight of 10 and 10 of 14 as the Aug. 1 trade deadline approaches.
“Nobody wants to break up,” Sabathia said. “We have good chemistry in here. We have battled all year. You kind of want to plug away with the guys you have been battling with.”
Aaron Hicks’ triple in the fifth broke the game open for the Yankees, who are now on a roll. Bob Levey/Getty …
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