NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone says he did not communicate effectively when ace Gerrit Cole intentionally walked Boston's Rafael Devers with one out and no one on base in the fourth inning.
“I’m not going to go back and litigate everything that was done and not said,” Boone said before Sunday's series finale. “At the end of the day, I certainly pride myself on communicating at a really high level and yesterday we didn’t do it well enough and that falls on me. So we’re going to learn from it. We’re going to grow from it and hopefully make sure we can eliminate those gray areas.
“Can’t always do it but eliminate those gray areas as much as possible and ultimately that falls on me to make sure we’re buttoned up in that sense all the time.”
Having held the first 10 batters hitless and with the Yankees holding a 1-0 lead Saturday, Cole issued his first intentional walk since Sept. 12, 2017. Devers stole second and scored in a three-run inning. Devers hit a two-run single in a four-run fifth that sent the Red Sox to a 7-1 victory.
After the game, Boone termed it “a little overthinking” and said he and Cole had discussed being more aggressive in the use of intentional walks. Cole said he talked about the possibility with pitching coach Matt Blake while in the tunnel before the fourth, viewing the strategy as a way to get a starter to go deeper into the game on a day when New York’s bullpen was thin.
In between Boone and Cole’s comments, Austin Wells said wasn’t made aware of the plan, though Boone noted catchers typically are not involved in intentional walk discussions.
“Austin’s game planning is involved on how we’re attacking, how we’re getting out, what pitches he’s calling and stuff,” Boone said. “So those are a lot of times in the moment decisions that happen from the dugout that you’re getting the attention of the catcher."
Cole allowed seven runs, his most since June 9, 2022. He hit a career-high three batters and left after 4 1/3 innings.
Cole retired nine of his first 10 batters, allowing his only batter to reach when Devers was hit on a cutter in the first inning that Boston manager Alex Cora felt was intentional, which Cole denied. Before the rivals concluded their season series, Cora said he conveyed a similar message when he spoke with Boone after Saturday’s game.
“We talked,” Cora said. “There’s two ways of seeing it, their dugout and our dugout. Like I told him, put yourself in our shoes and you will understand why we feel this way.”
New York’s earliest bases-empty intentional walks had been in the sixth inning: to the Philadelphia Athletics’ Al Simmons by Roy Sherid leading off on Sept. 22, 1930, and to Washington’s Frank Howard by Fritz Peterson with two outs on April 22, 1970.
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Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers smiles after hitting a two-run single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole reacts after Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida, of Japan, hit a two-run single during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street rolled to more records, with Hong Kong's benchmark losing more than 3%.
Oil prices shed more than $3 a barrel.
Germany's DAX gained 0.3% to 19,564.16, while the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.7% to 7,547.36. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.5% to 8,253.07.
The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell less than 0.1%.
Chinese shares extended losses after the government reported late Monday that growth in exports fell sharply in September, adding to signs of weakness in the economy.
The Shanghai Composite index lost 2.5% to 3,201.29, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gave up 3.7% to 20,318.79.
Weaker than expected data on lending and prices have undermined already fragile market sentiment that has wavered as investors await fresh details on the government plans for stimulus to help rev up the economy.
“Market participants continue to seek for clarity around fiscal stimulus support from Chinese authorities, but the lack of commitment remains a source of reservation for risk-taking in Chinese equities,” Yeap Jun Rong of IG said in a commentary.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.8% to 39,910.55, while the Kospi in Seoul gained 0.4% to 2,633.45.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.8% to 8,318.40.
Also early Tuesday, the dollar fell to 148.89 Japanese yen from 149.83 yen. The euro rose to $1.0915 from $1.0911.
U.S. benchmark crude dropped $3.73 to $70.10 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, skidded $3.79 to $73.67 per barrel.
“The oil market is on a wild ride, caught in a whirlwind of geopolitical tension, OPEC+ strategy shifts and a slowdown from its biggest customer, China,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a report. China's usual growth in demand of about 600,000 barrels per day has fallen to 200,000 barrels.
Despite uncertainty over how conflict in the Middle East might affect oil supplies, “the real threat to crude isn't war, it's oversupply,” he said, noting that many oil exporters are committed to ramping up their output.
Besides oil, prices also have been falling for copper and other commodities that a healthy Chinese economy would devour.
On Monday, Wall Street rolled to more all-time highs.
The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to build on its record set on Friday, closing at 5,859.85. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% to 43,065.22, adding 201 points to its own record. The Nasdaq composite gained 0.9% to 18,502.69.
The gains followed relatively quiet trading in Europe, while the U.S. bond market remained closed for the day because of a holiday.
This week will have few top-tier economic reports outside of an update Thursday on sales at U.S. retailers. That leaves the emphasis on corporate earnings reports, which will pick up the pace this week after big banks began the reporting season last week.
Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson and UnitedHealth Group will all report their latest results on Tuesday. Later in the week will come United Airlines, Netflix, American Express and Procter & Gamble.
Analysts expect S&P 500 companies to deliver overall growth of 4.1% in earnings per share for the latest quarter from a year earlier, according to FactSet. If they’re correct, it would be a fifth straight quarter of growth.
Stocks have broadly rallied to records on relief that interest rates are finally heading back down, now that the Federal Reserve has widened its focus to include keeping the economy humming instead of just fighting high inflation.
Recent reports showing the U.S. economy remains stronger than expected have also raised optimism that the Fed can pull off a perfect landing where it gets inflation down to 2% without causing a recession that many had thought would be necessary.
FILE - People pass the entrance for the Wall Street subway station on Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
FILE -A passerby moves past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index and stock prices outside a securities building Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
