Bombers bits

• The Yankees were briefly concerned when Betances slipped on the mound in the eighth inning of Saturday's 6-4 win over the Red Sox. He was fine, but it probably won't be the last time you see the 6-foot-8 hurler overstride; Betances said that it can be difficult for him to keep his mechanics intact, but he's working on it.

"I think I told you guys, it's going to happen more than once and I'm sure it will happen again," Betances said. "I slipped a little bit, and I tried to hold myself with the glove and I wasn't able to do that. I just tried to make it look as good as possible, but it was not good."

• Carlos Beltran entered play on Sunday hitting .375 (21-for-56) with four homers and 12 RBIs in his last 15 games since July 18, a sign that the discomfort in his right elbow has been manageable.

"I think he's just being the player that we thought he would be," Girardi said. "It was just a matter of time, but I'm sure [the elbow] has something to do with that, and maybe getting used to the brace as well."

• On this date in 1959, Yogi Berra connected for his first and only All-Star Game home run. The third-inning blast off the Dodgers' Don Drysdale helped to lead the American League to a 5-3 victory at Los Angeles' Memorial Coliseum. That was the second of two All-Star Games in 1959, the first being a 5-4 NL win on July 7 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.