Overview
- Ryan Weathers started Saturday in Houston and limited the Astros to two runs over 5 1/3 innings in an 8-3 Yankees win, striking out four with no walks.
- Three days earlier, after his wife’s water broke at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, he traveled 180 miles from Boston to Greenwich and reached the hospital at 9:47 a.m., with his son born at 10:04 a.m.
- During a short paternity leave, he threw a bullpen at Yankee Stadium on Thursday and played catch Friday before flying to Houston that night because his leave had ended.
- He said mother and baby are doing well, and he shared that Paul David weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces.
- Manager Aaron Boone said it was good to have him back from paternity leave and that he threw the ball well, while teammates voiced support for his weeklong balancing act.