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In the last four years, Yankee fans have enjoyed endless milestones achieved by some of the team’s legendary players. Derek Jeter broke the all-time franchise hit record in 2009, and then slugged his way to number 3,000 in 2011. Mariano Rivera passed Trevor Hoffman that same year to top the MLB save list. When he [...]
It’s easy to be excited about the 2013 Yankees. After 44 games the Yankees are tied for the second best record in Baseball, are on a 103 win pace, are 8-3 in one run games, virtually all of Cashman’s thought-to-be desperate offseason acquisitions have worked out, and for the first time since 1996, the New [...]
New York Yankees 5 — Toronto Blue Jays 0 Kuroda gave up a lead-off double to one-time Yankee Melky Cabrera to start the game, but then struck out the next two batters (Bautista and Encarnacion). This brought up J.P. Arencibia, who hit a line drive back to the mound, which was caught by Kuroda. A [...]
Seattle Mariners 3 — New York Yankees 4 Felix Hernandez exits and the comeback is in effect in tonight’s 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. The matchup of aces lived up to the hype. Until the sixth inning, Felix Hernandez and CC Sabathia were in a battle in a one-run game. The lone [...]
New York Yankees 7 — Cleveland Indians 0 Yankees split the doubleheader with a 7-0 win over the Cleveland Indians. For the second game today, Vidal Nuno started the game. Vidal Nuno was effective and pitching in a timely manner. Through his five innings of work, he constantly faced the tying run as [...]
New York Yankees 4 — Kansas City Royals 2 A pair of home runs in the third send Yankees to Cleveland with a sweep after today’s 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. The Royals got to Kuroda early in the first inning with some productive outs. After a leadoff double, the Royals [...]
New York Yankees 3 — Kansas City Royals 2 Vernon Wells would regain the Yankees lead in tonight’s 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. The way tonight’s game was going, it seemed starter Andy Pettitte was much more effective than his previous two starts (11 runs allowed in 9.1 innings). An early [...]
New York Yankees 11 – Kansas City Royals 6 Lyle Overbay drove in five in tonight’s 11-6 win over the Kansas City Royals. This is Joe Girardi’s 500th career win as Yankees manager. The Yankees struck quickly against Royals starter Wade Davis. In the second inning, Travis Hafner led off with a walk. [...]
New York Yankees – Colorado Rockies Rain could not dampen the bat of Robinson Cano in today’s 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies. The Yankees sent CC Sabathia to the mound for this rubber game and looked strong in a rain-shortened appearance. The lone run that Sabathia allowed came in the first inning. Right [...]
New York Yankees 3 – Colorado Rockies 2 Vernon Wells came through in many ways in tonight’s 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies. Colorado Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio got into trouble early in tonight’s game. After a leadoff single by Brett Gardner, the speedy outfielder would steal second, his fifth stolen base of the [...]
David Phelps is trying to stop a 2 game losing streak for the Yankees tonight as they play the second game of a three game set in Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies. Phelps is making his second start of the season and enters the game with a 1-1 record, a 5.56 ERA, and a 1.50 [...]
Oakland Athletics 2 – New York Yankees 4 Phil Hughes put together his best start this season in today’s 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Phil Hughes started today’s game and was outstanding. Defense helped him right from the beginning. The first batter, John Jaso, almost went deep like Rosales yesterday but Ichiro [...]
Houston Astros 4 — New York Yankees 5 Yankees take the series with the Astros in tonight’s 5-4 win. The Yankees looked to have a good game from the beginning. Spot starter David Phelps had a quick nine-pitch first inning with three groundouts. The offense got started with a bang too. Ichiro Suzuki [...]
Houston Astros 4 — New York Yankees 7 Yankees rebound well from embarrassing loss yesterday with 7-4 win over the Houston Astros. Hiroki Kuroda started tonight, a game after the Yankees surrendered nine runs to the weak Astros. Kuroda righted the ship with a dominant start. Walks appeared to be the lone flaw [...]
The month of April is a weird month. Players can either come out firing and have the backing of fans through the early-going or they can stumble for the first few weeks and critics come out in droves trying to dissect their every move. (Heck, I even did it to Ichiro in an article last [...]
Toronto Blue Jays 2 — New York Yankees 3 Yankees complete the sweep on a former Blue Jays’ impact in today’s 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Phil Hughes started today’s game and came out with an outstanding slider. He started the first inning with a strikeout and struck out slugger Jose [...]
Toronto Blue Jays 4 — New York Yankees 5 In a gritty start, CC Sabathia is assisted by Travis Hafner in today’s 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. In his sixth start of the season, Sabathia trailed by one going into the fourth inning. A leadoff home run by Jose Bautista increased [...]
The Yankees took the first two games of this four game set against the Blue Jays and are looking to win their third game in a row. Taking the mound for the Yankees is ace C.C. Sabathia, who is 3-2 with a 3.34 ERA on the season. In a meeting of initials, J.A. Happ [...]
Toronto Blue Jays 4 — New York Yankees 6 Yankees pull together and overcome early injuries in tonight’s 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The injury bug could not wait to get the Yankees tonight. In the first inning, just five pitches into the game, Francisco Cervelli would be forced to exit [...]
Toronto Blue Jays 3 — New York Yankees 5 Home runs was the name of tonight’s game in a 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees had Hiroki Kuroda start tonight’s game. Kuroda has had a history of poor first innings and tonight had a similar feel to it. A leadoff [...]