Paul Goldschmidt delivers with clutch blast in rare Yankees start

Paul Goldschmidt had done a lot of watching lately. The combination of the trade deadline acquisitions of Luis García Jr. and Heliot Ramos and the Yankees not facing many left-handed pitchers of late led to the veteran first baseman spending a lot of time as a spectator. Entering Friday night, he had just 16 plate appearances in August. But Goldschmidt made the most of a rare start in the opener of a monster four-game series against the rival Red Sox in The Bronx. Goldschmidt homered in the third inning off southpaw Patrick Sandoval, producing the entire offensive output of the evening for both teams in the tense 1-0 Yankees victory. “I’ve had a lot of different roles this year, but that’s what they want me to do, so I’m happy to do it,” the 38-year-old Goldschmidt said. “Thinking back on