s, as Girardi wanted to give him a couple days off after pitching three consecutive games and giving up a walk-off, three-run homer to Hanley Ramirez on Thursday.Its part of

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Opening day at Saratoga didnt get off to a good start for trainer Todd Pletcher. But it certainly ended well.Sweet Loretta, away slowly, took advantage of a hot pace and a good ride by John Velazquez to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes by 4-1/4 lengths on a hot opening afternoon at Saratoga. Fun, a 22-1 shot, rallied from seventh to get second by 1-1/2 lengths over Harlands Thunder.Made Me Shiver, the 8-5 favorite, stumbled at the start and finished fourth. She was followed, in order, by Olive Branch, Summer Sally, Lighting Dove, and Inspired Flight. Platinum Spark scratched.It was the sixth victory in the Schuylerville for Pletcher, equaling the number of wins in this race recorded by Pletchers mentor, D. Wayne Lukas.For Pletcher, the Schuylerville helped ease a rough day. Stradivari, one of Pletchers better 3-year-old males, sustained a career-ending injury, fracturing a leg at the end of a morning workout. As of Friday, veterinarians were optimistic Stradivari could be saved for potential stallion duty.Pletcher, a 12-time leading trainer here, went winless in his four races with five horses. He had a second, two thirds, a fourth, and a fifth.Its nice to have a win in the Schuylerville, Pletcher said. This morning we lost what we projected was going to be one of our Travers starters. Hopefully, hes going to be okay. Its the nature of the business; theres good and bad and you got to try and stay level and keep working at it.Sweet Loretta, a daughter of Tapit, had galloped home a seven-length winner in a maiden race at Monmouth Park.Friday, she was taking on some other smart-looking maiden winners, including Made Me Shiver.Sweet Loretta, under John Velazquez, broke slowly and was sixth early. But the pace was swift as Inspired Flight, gunned to the front by Edgar Prado, set fractions of 21.68 seconds for the quarter-mile and 44.79 for the half, chased by Made Me Shiver, who bobbled at the break, and Olive Branch.Velazquez guided Sweet Loretta to the inside down the backstretch and tipped her into the clear on the turn. After Made Me Shiver took the lead in upper stretch, Sweet Loretta cruised by her inside the eighth pole and widened her advantage through the lane.Sweet Loretta, a $750,000 yearling purchase by Vinnie Violas St. Elias Stable, covered the six furlongs in 1:10.89 and returned $10.80 as the third choice.Velazquez said when his filly broke slow he made it a point to save ground until the middle of the turn.At the three-eighths pole I started easing out and she got to the clear and at the quarter pole she responded right away, Velazquez said. They went fast enough, the track is not speed favoring so it worked out very good.Vans Old Skool Ireland . 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Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville.BOSTON -- David Price is finally pitching like the $217 million man the Boston Red Sox gambled he would be, but he has yet to turn the page against the New York Yankees.Price, who is 1-2 with a 7.79 ERA in three starts against the Yankees this year, hopes to do just that when the Red Sox host the Yankees in the third game of a four-game series Saturday.Boston (83-64) maintained its two-game lead in the American League East with a 7-4 victory over New York on Friday.The Yankees (77-70), meanwhile, dropped six games back in the AL East and are slipping further behind Baltimore and Toronto in the battle for the two AL wild-card spots.Its frustrating, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Weve got to start winning games. Thats the bottom line. Its got to start (Saturday). We know were seeing a good pitcher, but its got to start tomorrow.Aside from his struggles against New York, Price has been virtually untouchable as of late. The former American League Cy Young Award winner is 7-0 with a 2.16 ERA in his last seven starts.Youve got an elite performer whos in a run of starts that might be one of the best of his career, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. David Price on the mound for us is a good day.That hasnt always been the case, as Price (16-8, 3.81 ERA) has had an up-and-down first season in Boston.In Prices last outing against the Yankees, he gave up only three runs but was shellacked for 11 hits and a walk while registering just one strikeout in a 5 2/3-inning defeat.Overall, Price is 14-9 with a 4.35 ERA in 34 games (33 starts) against New York.Mark Teixeira has been one of Prices toughest customers, with three home runs and nine RBI against him, despite hitting just .214 (15-for-70) against the southpaw.Teixeira returned to the lineup Friday after missing two games with a neck ailment, going 1-for-3 wwith a walk and two runs scored out of the eight hole in the batting order.dddddddddddd.Its not something that Ive done a lot of, Girardi said of batting Teixeira eighth. I kind of looked at the matchup.Teixeira is hitting just .199 in 104 games this season.Meanwhile, Brian McCann is 10-for-29 (.345) with three homers and seven RBI off of Price.Former Red Sox hero-turned-villain Jacoby Ellsbury has also enjoyed success against Price, hitting him at a .357 clip (25-for-70) with one homer and six RBI.New York hands the ball to Bryan Mitchell (1-1, 6.14 ERA), who is making his third start of the year after missing a chunk of time with a left great toe tear. It is his first start ever against the Red Sox.Mitchell gave up six runs (five earned) on nine hits in a 2 1/3-inning loss to the Dodgers last Monday. He is 0-0 with a 6.14 ERA in four career appearances against the Red Sox.Jackie Bradley is 2-for-2 with an RBI, Xander Bogaerts is 1-for-3 with a double and Travis Shaw is 1-for-2 against Mitchell.The Red Sox will have Andrew Benintendi back in left field after he had the night off Friday. Benintendi will be playing just his second game back after missing 17 with a left knee sprain.Given the amount of time down, felt like were going to ease Andrew back into this, Farrell said.The Yankees, meanwhile, may be without closer Dellin Betances, as Girardi wanted to give him a couple days off after pitching three consecutive games and giving up a walk-off, three-run homer to Hanley Ramirez on Thursday.Its part of it. Its part of being a closer, Girardi said. As great as he was, we saw (Mariano Rivera) go through a couple times in a row that he would struggle. ... Hell bounce back. ' ' '