NEW YORK — Right-hander Domingo German was among the many surprises keeping the Yankees surging as they dealt with injury after injury.
Soon, they expect to have him back. Maybe even in a week.
German will start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, manager Aaron Boone told reporters following a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night.
“If that all goes well there, he’ll probably join our rotation when we get back from London,” said Boone, whose club travels to England to face the Red Sox over the weekend.
German has been on the injured list since June 9 with a left hip flexor strain.
He was 9-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 13 games and 12 starts before he got hurt. He had been taking over for ace Luis Severino, who hasn’t pitched all season, dealing with right shoulder inflammation and a right lat strain.
Here are notes from the Yankees following Tuesday’s win.
• The Yankees are 8-1 on their 10-game home stand...are a Major League-best 10-1 in their last 11G after going 3-8 in their previous 11G...are a season-high 23G over .500.
• Have won six straight games within the division and are 13-3 in the last 16G vs. AL East clubs...are 24-7 within the division in 2019.
• Are 11-0-1 in their last 12 home series (since 4/16), going 27-8 in 35G over the span...are 30-14 (.682) at home this season, the second-most home wins in the Majors (Los Angeles-NL, 34-9).
• Marked their first one-run game since 6/13 at Chicago-AL (5-4 loss) and their first one-run win since 6/9 at Cleveland (7-6 win in 10 innings).
• Yankees batters extended their home run streak to 28 consecutive games, setting a new Major League record set by the Texas Rangers from 8/11-9/9/02...broke the record previously set by the 2002 Texas Rangers’ 27-game streak from 8/11-9/9/02.
• Have hit a total of 51HR during the streak, the fifth team in Major League history to hit at least 50HR during a home run streak...the most all-time is 55HR by Texas in their 27-game streak.
• Have hit multiple HRs in 14-of-28G during the streak: 4HR (3x), 3HR (2x), 2HR (10x), 1HR (13x)...have hit multiple HRs in eight of their last 9G...are an MLB-best 32-3 (.914) when hitting at least 2HR in 2019.
• Have not been shut out in 161 consecutive games, the sixth-longest stretch without being shut out in the Modern Era (since 1900)...broke a tie with Texas (first 160G of 2001)...is the longest streak since Cincinnati’s 208-game streak from 4/3/00-5/23/01.
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