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- Updated: July 30, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — As Yankees starter Ivan Nova walked off the mound following a laborious 4 1/3-inning start Friday, he exchanged words with home-plate umpire Laz Diaz before hurling his glove against the dugout wall.
Three of the first four batters had reached to start the fifth inning for Tampa Bay. Nova had walked three overall and seen his strike count nearly level with his ball count all night. In the first game of an important three-game series for New York, Nova couldn’t get the job done in a 5-1 loss.
“I think he thought some of those pitches were strikes,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “… I just think it was more of a command issue. He just wasn’t commanding his fastball or his curveball. That, to me, was the difference.”
Nova agreed that he felt like he made some pitches where …
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