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The Yankees look to sweep the Tribe this afternoon as they send Andy Pettitte to the mound. Pettitte has gone at least six innings in each of his eight starts, and he hasn’t walked more than three in any start. Jeter sits; Martin back behind plate. Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (7-5, 4.59 ERA) is on the [...]
Cleveland Indians 4 — New York Yankees 6 Phil Hughes threw 8 scoreless en route to a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians. Phil Hughes spread 6 hits over 8 scoreless innings for another start without a home run. Through his 8 scoreless innings, he hardly faced any difficult spots. The most difficult [...]
The Yankees will send Phil Hughes to the mound tonight vs. the Tribe. In his last outing against the Braves, Hughes lasted only 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs – including four home runs and was tagged with the loss. For the month of June, the right-hander is 3-1 with a 3.51 ERA in four [...]
Cleveland Indians 1 — New York Yankees 7 Robinson Cano continues his hot hitting in tonight’s 7-1 against the Cleveland Indians. Two runs in each of the first 3 innings provided an easy start for Hiroki Kuroda. The Japanese right-hander went 7 innings with the only run he allowed coming after he had [...]
Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda is on the mound for the Yankees tonight, in game one of a three-game set against the Cleveland Indians. In his last outing vs. the Braves, Kuroda allowed four runs over seven innings for the loss. The 37-year-old is 3-1 in his last five starts. Alex Rodriguez sits; Dewayne Wise gets rare [...]
New York Yankees 6 — New York Mets 5 Robinson Cano broke the tie game and gave the Yankees the 6-5 victory to take the Citi Field part of the Subway Series over the New York Mets. The Yankees had to deal with the seemingly un-hittable R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets. [...]
The Yankees workhorse, C.C. Sabathia, is on the mound tonight in the rubber match against the Metropolitans. In his last start on Monday vs. the Braves, Sabathia threw a complete game, giving up 2 runs while striking out 10. Knuckleballer, R.A. Dickey (11-1, 2.00 ERA) is on the mound for the Mets. The Yankee with [...]
New York Yankees 4 — New York Mets 3 Two big home runs turned the entire game around in tonight’s 4-3 win over the New York Mets. Ivan Nova’s 5.2 innings was not too bad but some errors put extra pressure on him. An error in the 4th inning by Alex Rodriguez put [...]
Ivan Nova toes the rubber for the Yankees tonight in game two of the Subway Series. Nova is 9-2 with a 4.32 ERA in 13 starts, with 73 strikeouts and 23 walks. Right-hander Chris Young (1-1, 3.06 ERA) is on the mound for the Mets. New York Yankees (41-28) Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF [...]
New York Yankees 4 — New York Mets 6 Five-run 1st inning was too much to overcome in tonight’s 6-4 loss to the New York Mets. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees tonight and he struggled right away. A two-run single and a Nick Swisher-assisted three-run home run made a five-run deficit for [...]
Atlanta Braves 10 — New York Yankees 5 A Yankee Stadium record nine home runs between these two teams made for a 10-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves in today’s game. In a day where the temperature reached the 90′s, the bats were just as hot. Phil Hughes could not get things going [...]
The Yankees will send right-hander Phil Hughes to the mound in today’s rubber match against the Braves. In his last outing vs. the Nationals, Hughes went 6 inning, allowing 1 run on 6 hits while striking out 9 for the win. He is 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA in his last three starts. Mark Teixeira [...]
Atlanta Braves 4 — New York Yankees 3 The Yankees had opportunities to continue their winning ways but fell short in tonight’s 4-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves, ending their winning streak at 10. A sharp line drive at Mark Teixeira off of the bat of Jason Heyward brought in the game-winning run [...]
The Yankees will send Hiroki Kuroda to the mound tonight in game two of a three-game set against the Braves. Kuroda will have a hard time topping Sabathia’s outing, but he has pitched well as of late. He took a no-hitter into the sixth inning on June 8, then struck out a season-high eight batters [...]
Atlanta Braves 2 — New York Yankees 6 CC Sabathia goes the whole way in tonight’s 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves for the Yankees 10th straight win. CC Sabathia surrendered a lead-off triple to Michael Bourn that scored but that was just 1 of 2 runs he would surrender through tonight’s game. [...]
When CC Sabathia takes the mound tonight against the Atlanta Braves, the Yankees will have a chance to do something they haven’t done in seven years – have a 10-game winning streak. That streak came in May of ’05, as Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are the only mainstays from that team. If Interleague play [...]
The New York Yankees are back in the Bronx for a three-game set against the Atlanta Braves. C.C. Sabathia is on the mound for New York tonight. In his last outing vs. the Braves, the southpaw went 7 innings, allowing 4 earned runs on 10 hits, while striking out 6 for the win. Nick Swisher [...]
New York Yankees 4 — Washington Nationals 1 Ivan Nova started this 9-game interleague trip with a win and ended it with a win in today’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals, finishing it undefeated. In 7.2 innings, Ivan Nova spread out 7 hits and contained the Nationals to just one run from [...]
The Yankees look to sweep the Nationals this afternoon, as they send right-hander Ivan Nova to the hill. In his last outing against the Braves, Nova went 7 innings, struck out 10 and walked one for his 8th win of the season. As expected, Nick Swisher is not in today’s lineup. Swisher has a bone [...]
New York Yankees 5 — Washington Nationals 3 (14 innings) Mark Teixeira came through in the 14th inning in today’s 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals, their 8th win in a row. In today’s marathon of a game, Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees. In his 7 innings of work, he only gave [...]
