Brian McCann and Stephen Drew homered as the Yankees enjoyed a respite from their recent offensive woes, snapping a five-game losing streak with an 8-6 victory over the Indians on Thursday night at Progressive Field.
The Yankees remained a half-game behind the Blue Jays for the American League East lead, knocking around Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer for six runs and seven hits over 3 1/3 innings. McCann slugged a three-run shot in the first and Drew hit a solo blast in the second off Bauer, who also gave up a pair of run-scoring doubles in the fourth.
“When you play 162 games, there’s going to be times when you struggle and you don’t hit,” McCann said. “It happened to us this past week. We have a deep lineup that can hurt you. I’ve been saying that all year long. Tonight was good to get back on track.”
Drew scored a career-high four runs as Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi enjoyed strong run support on the way to his career-high 12th victory, permitting four runs and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. Yan Gomes had three hits for the Indians, who saw their four-game winning streak snapped.
“It’s a good win, no doubt about it,” Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez said. “We could have easily won two out of three, but we’ll take that one and hopefully take the momentum to Canada.”
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