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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 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 – 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 [...]
For the first time this season, the player of the week honors will be shared between two Yankee hurlers, Phil Hughes (Player of the week from April 22-28) and Hiroki Kuroda (1st time honor). In a week where the Yankees played .500 baseball (3-3), the team was bolstered by two incredible outings from an aging veteran, [...]
Oakland Athletics 5 – New York Yankees 4 Yankees lose the rubber match by a score of 5-4 to the Oakland Athletics. Andy Pettitte started today’s game and didn’t have his best stuff for a second straight start. The veteran left-hander created a problem in the first inning with a single and a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New York Yankees 4 — Tampa Bay Rays 3 With the game tied, Ichiro Suzuki came through in tonight’s 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Phil Hughes started tonight’s game and the first inning almost felt as if it was a sign of bad things to come. It all started with a [...]
New York Yankees 1 — Tampa Bay Rays 5 Early home runs spelled doom for Sabathia in tonight’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. In the first inning, CC Sabathia struggled with location and velocity. On an 0-2 slider, second baseman Ryan Roberts went deep with a solo home run, his first [...]
For a team that most people were ready to write off before the season started, the Yankees had a strong third week of the season. The teams record for the week was a respectable 4-2, winning two of three games against both the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Toronto Blue Jays. The player of the week [...]
New York Yankees 9 — Toronto Blue Jays 4 The Yankees offense stayed on point to back Andy Pettitte to his third win of the season in tonight’s 9-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Andy Pettitte missed his last start with back spasms so this was his first start in 10 days. [...]
Arizona Diamondbacks 6 — New York Yankees 2 (12 Innings) A mess of a 12th inning ends the three-game winning streak in tonight’s 6-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Phil Hughes started the game for the Yankees tonight and had a smooth start until the third inning. Rookie shortstop Didi Gregorious made his [...]
Arizona Diamondbacks 2 — New York Yankees 4 Robinson Cano puts the Yankees ahead in tonight’s 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Robinson Cano, named after Jackie Robinson, a man honored throughout baseball, had the hit of the game tonight. On a 3-2 changeup, Robinson Cano hit an absolute bomb into the right [...]
The BronxPinstripes.com Player of the Week for week 2 of the 2013 season is Robinson Cano, and how appropriate that he is selected today on Jackie Robinson Day. After all, he is named after the Brooklyn Dodger great. Cano also wears numbers 24 in honor of Jackie Robinson (inverse of 42). After a slow first [...]
Baltimore Orioles 2 — New York Yankees 5 A three-run error and a triple play take place in tonight’s 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. After two games postponed due to rain, the Yankees finally got to play a game and sent CC Sabathia to the mound. CC looked dominant in tonight’s game, [...]
New York Yankees 14 — Cleveland Indians 1 The Yankees put up 18 hits, including five home runs, in tonight’s 14-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. Andy Pettitte got tonight’s start looking to win again after eight strong against the Boston Red Sox. Tonight, he didn’t need to be sharp but he was [...]
New York Yankees 11 — Cleveland Indians 6 Travis Hafner made his return to Cleveland in a big way in today’s 11-6 win over the Cleveland Indians, their second win in a row. The home opener featured Ubaldo Jimenez as the starting pitcher for the Indians. A walk of Robinson Cano and a [...]
In an interesting move, All-Star slugger Robinson Cano has decided to sever ties with agent Scott Boras, and will be the first client for Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports, which has a partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) – according to ESPN’s Buster Olney. Earlier in the offseason, the Yankees had reportedly offered Cano and agent [...]
Threat Level: 9 In 2012, Tampa finished 90-72, which was the fifth best record in the American League, but missed the playoffs. Even though they traded James Shields and Wade Davis away, they got back to highly coveted prospects in Wil Myers (#4 prospect in all of baseball heading into the 2013 season) and Jake [...]
Threat Level: 5 The Mariners biggest move of the offseason was signing Felix Hernandez to a 7-year, $175 million extension, a record contract for a pitcher. Other than that move, their only other significant move was trading Jason Vargas for Kendrys Morales, who was the odd man out on the Angels. Morales provides some much [...]