It doesn't look promising at first that Gleyber Torres'stumbled from the Sunday match to. However, the Yankees believe that second baseman is likely to avoid serious injuries.
Torres collapsed while taking a secondary lead, doubling third base with Aaron Hicks' strikeout, and winning the Astros in 10 innings6-3 in the 9th inning of Yanks. Finished. At the stadium. He was helped off the field and was removed from the game by Aaron Boone later saying that he was a "minor ankle sprain."
"I think we diddge the bullet there. He caught Spike and rolled it third," Boone said. "I hope it scares him more than anything else. I'll see what's going on overnight and [Monday], but I don't think it's going to get serious."
Torres stole the second with a slow error by catcher Jason Castro and was walking alone in the ninth before moving on to the third. He has recorded one at bat in the last 18 at bats after going 0-3 on Sunday.
Aroldis Chapman (Achilles) made seven strikeouts against Hartford in the Double A Somerset Patriots on Sunday. He can be activated as early as Monday or Tuesday. Domingo German (shoulder) will pitch to Somerset on Tuesday. Jonathan Loáisiga (shoulder) will have a bullpen session on Monday and Wednesday, and may face a batter's live on the weekend, Boone said.
The Yankees' 16 hitless innings, from 8 Fridays to 7 Sundays, have achieved the longest hitless stretches in MLB since at least 1962. The St. Louis Browns did it to the White Sox on consecutive days in 1917, but a continuous game. Arnie Cube threw no no on May 5, and Bob Groom completed his jewel in the second game Doubleheader the next day.
