Saturday’s action in La Romana, with hometown Toros del Este hosting Estrellas Orientales, was the second of the season for Gary Sánchez and the fourth for Domingo Germán. The Yankee teammates’ fortunes diverged at the Estadio Francisco Micheli, with Germán suffering the loss in a 9-5 Estrellas triumph while Sánchez did all he could to keep his team in the game.
Promising Steps for The Kraken
My disclaimer on Sánchez from yesterday remains important: the reactions to his performance in DR should not be too swift or too powerful. He once again served as the designated hitter in the cleanup spot, and still has some rust to shake off. This was quite evident in his first at-bat of the night, during which he struggled to establish timing and swung through a hittable 2-2 fastball for a strikeout. But the rest of the game was much kinder to the Yankee catcher, and he was able to demonstrate some of the power that made him so feared in his first season and a half in the majors. In the fourth, Sánchez came up with one on and laid off three pitches outside the zone. He then received a classic get-me-over fastball, letter high and right down the middle, and he didn’t miss it.
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