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HOUSTON -- In its first test since star closer Aroldis Chapman was traded, the New York Yankees bullpen came through just fine.Austin Romine hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning to make a winner of Michael Pineda, and the Yankees held off the Houston Astros 2-1 on Monday night.Hours after New York shipped Chapman to the Chicago Cubs, All-Star relievers Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller closed out Houston to help the fourth-place Yankees (51-48) move three games above .500 for the first time this season.Youre not asking a young kid to maybe step into something that hes never done before, manager Joe Girardi said. We still have a lot of experience down there; the bridge becomes very important. Obviously we didnt need it tonight, but that becomes very important.Betances struck out the side in the eighth before Miller, back in the ninth-inning role following Chapmans departure, earned his eighth save. The fired-up lefty pumped his fist when he got Carlos Gomez to ground into a game-ending double play with two on.A frustrated Gomez spiked his helmet and kicked at the ground after he was out at first base.Obviously, hes pretty good at what he does, so were going to have to find a way to fill the hole that he leaves, Miller said about Chapman. Weve got talented guys who are capable of stepping up, and its up to them to do it. I think they will.Pineda (5-9) pitched seven strong innings to beat Yankees nemesis Dallas Keuchel (6-10), last years AL Cy Young Award winner.I didnt want to make any mistakes because I knew this team is aggressive for the first pitch, Pineda said. I threw my best pitch for the first pitch.George Springer hit a leadoff homer and Luis Valbuena had three hits for Houston, which had won four straight. Top prospect Alex Bregman went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in his major league debut.Romines double to deep center field scored Chase Headley, who singled to start the eighth.Hes done a really good job all around, Girardi said about Romine. This is a kid thats really persevered. Hes really fought to get to this spot and hes had a really good year.Headley singled in the fifth to drive in Didi Gregorius, tying it at 1.Pineda allowed five hits and struck out eight in his second straight solid outing after throwing six scoreless innings Wednesday against Baltimore.The big right-hander retired 14 of 15 during one stretch, but ran into trouble in the sixth. He loaded the bases with two outs before Bregman flied out to the right-field warning track.Springers fifth leadoff home run of the year was the 11th for the Astros this season, surpassing the previous club record of 10 set in 2001.Keuchel gave up two runs and six hits with five strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings. He has allowed two runs or fewer in four straight starts.The left-hander retired 13 of his first 14 batters. The only hit he gave up was Romines single in the third until Gregorius double in the fifth.I felt like today was the first time even through this whole stretch that I was able to command both sides of the plate, Keuchel said. Fastballs to both sides. The only thing lacking were a few sliders to Romine.BIG DEALChapman was sent to the Cubs for pitcher Adam Warren and three minor league prospects.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: INF Marwin Gonzalez sat out after spraining his left ankle in the fifth inning Sunday. Hes doing OK, manager A.J. Hinch said. We are keeping him out of some baseball activities to monitor his ankle. Well give him the day off, but I would really like him to play tomorrow if hes capable.A-ROD OPTIMISTICYankees DH Alex Rodriguez was out of the lineup for a third straight game. Rodriguez, who is 4 for 31 with one home run in July, is batting .206 this season with nine home runs and 29 RBI, but hes optimistic after speaking to the Yankees sabermetrics department. Theres no question that for the first two months, my mechanics were out of whack, Rodriguez said. I think I found something, and Im excited to put it into play.UP NEXTYankees: LHP CC Sabathia (5-8) will start his 18th game of the season Tuesday. Sabathia has allowed 31 runs -- 29 earned -- in his last 35 innings, spanning six starts.Astros: RHP Doug Fister (10-6) will make his 20th start of the season and look to follow up one of his best outings of the year when he threw seven scoreless innings Wednesday at Oakland. 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Fjallraven Kanken Big Backpack Yellow . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. LOS ANGELES -- Gennady Golovkin is closing in on a deal to defend his three middleweight title belts against Britains Chris Eubank Jr.Golovkins promoter, Tom Loeffler, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the sides are working on finalizing details.GGG is willing to go to the UK to defend his world titles, and it would be a huge event, Loeffler said in a text message. Hopefully we can get the fight signed.Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) would travel to England in September to take on Eubank (23-1, 18 KOs), the son of the former WBO middleweight champion. Eubank Jr. holds Britains 160-pound title, and he once held the WBAs interim 160-pound belt.The fight would air on Sky Sports pay-per-view in Britain and on regular HBO in the U.S., where Golovkin lives and trains.Golovkin holds the WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight title belts. The Kazakh-born power puncher has stopped 22 consecutive opponents since 2008, dominating his division and becoming a pound-for-pound star.Eubank isnt the first choice as Golovkins next opponent for most boxing fans -- or for Golovkin himself.Golovkin and Loeffler were eager for a big-money showdown with Saul Canelo Alvarez next. Instead,, the Mexican star and his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, decided to vacate Alvarezs WBC middleweight title rather than take an immediate fight with the intimidating Golovkin.ddddddddddddAlvarezs surprising reluctance has damaged his once-sparkling reputation among boxing fans. Eubank has expressed no such fears, but he would be a big underdog against Golovkin in their bout, which is expected to be staged in Londons O2 Arena.The 34-year-old Golovkin is determined to keep his promises to stay active while he attempts to hold every middleweight title. The only other major 160-pound belt is held by WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs), who beat Eubank by split decision in November 2014.Loeffler repeatedly has attempted to entice Saunders into the ring, but both fighters promoters have said the unheralded Saunders wants an extraordinary financial payout to risk his belt against the feared Golovkin, who would be an enormous favorite.Saunders is expected to fight on the undercard of Alvarezs meeting with Liam Smith on Sept. 17. ' ' '