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Yanks, Pineda hope to rebound vs. Miami

Jun 17, 2015 - 1:57 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - Michael Pineda tries to rebound from a poor showing on Wednesday when the New York Yankees' four-game, home-and-home series with the Miami Marlins shifts to Yankee Stadium.

Pineda had a two-game winning streak stopped on Friday, as Baltimore ripped him for six runs (5 earned) and nine hits in just 4 1/3 innings, dropping him to 7-3 on the year to go along with a 3.74 ERA.

The Yankees had skipped Pineda's spot in the rotation due to concerns about his climbing innings total (now 74 2/3), but he did not use the 10-day layoff as an excuse.

"They're trying to take care of me and give me a little rest," Pineda said. "What happened tonight, it happens to everybody. I'm trying to keep my head up and just continue working, get ready for next time."

Miami, meanwhile, will hand the ball to righty Jose Urena, who picked up his first big league win his last time out. Urena defeated the Colorado Rockies on Friday, as he allowed a run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings to improve to 1-2, while lowering his ERA to 4.44.

"It's a great feeling. It's hard to describe," Urena said. "It's what every pitcher goes out there looking to accomplish. It's a great atmosphere when you can exit the game and you see the crowd cheering for you, especially after it's your first win. Just a great night overall."

In his last three starts, Urena is 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA -- five runs allowed in 18 2/3 innings.

"He has earned our confidence and earned the right to go as deep in the game as he can," Miami manager Dan Jennings said. "When you see that out of a young player and watch his confidence grow and the way he competes, he's earned the right. So we'll let him go as long as we need to."

Miami won the first two legs of this series in its ballpark, including a dominating effort on Tuesday that saw it score eight runs in the first inning in a 12-3 shellacking of the Yanks.

Every Marlins position player had at least one hit during the opening-inning barrage to give David Phelps (4-3) far more support than he needed. The right- hander had a shutout through five frames before surrendering single runs in the sixth and seventh.

Giancarlo Stanton hit his MLB-leading 24th home run in the lopsided win, a three-run blast in the fifth. Dee Gordon went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, while Marcell Ozuna and Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits each and put up two RBI apiece during the highest-scoring opening inning in Marlins history.

Nathan Eovaldi (5-2) recorded only two outs while being tattooed for eight runs and nine hits in his first meeting with the Marlins since being involved in last December's five-player swap with New York, a deal that also landed Phelps in Miami.

Brian McCann finished 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the Yankees' fifth loss in their last six following a season-high seven straight wins.






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