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Green is golden in 11-K start for Yankees
- Updated: August 16, 2016
NEW YORK — Chad Green lost his bid for a perfect game in the fifth inning Monday, but in helping the Yankees to a 1-0 win against the Blue Jays, the righty became the second rookie in Yankees history to record at least 11 strikeouts with no runs and no walks in a game. The other was Stan Bahnsen against the Red Sox on Aug. 1, 1968.
It was the type of dominant performance the Yankees had yet to see from Green, the type of performance that’s helped him dominate at Triple-A. He threw 104 pitches and allowed just two hits.
“I’ve caught him a lot down in Triple-A, so this is what I’m used to seeing from him,” catcher Gary Sanchez said through an interpreter. “He had really good command today. The pitches were moving nicely. So this is what I’m used to seeing from him.”
It’s not what manager Joe Girardi has been used to seeing from Green, though. The 25-year-old was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 4, a day after he was pulled following 3 2/3 innings against the Mets, a start during which he …
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