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New York Yankees Survive Late Rally to Top Royals »
After coming back from a five-run deficit to defeat Texas on Wednesday, New York nearly blew a late lead on Thursday. CC Sabathia pitched 8.2 innings and New York survived a ninth inning rally to defeat Kansas City, 4-3, Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. New York played in their fourth consecutive one-run game, going 2-2 during the stretch. [...]
James Shields Pitches Tampa Bay Rays To Series Win »
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher James Shields is nicknamed “Big Game.” While Sunday’s series finale against the New York Yankees may not have been the biggest game of the year, Shields lived up to his nickname. Shields tossed 7.1 scoreless innings to lead Tampa Bay past New York 3-0 at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay shutout the Yankees for [...]
Matt Joyce’s Blast the Difference in Rays Win »
Tampa Bay entered their weekend series against New York with the opportunity to reclaim first place in the American League East. On Friday, one swing of the bat put the Rays closer to their goal. Matt Joyce’s two out, two-run home run erased a 2-0 deficit en route to the Rays 3-2 win Friday at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay matched a season-high [...]
Rays-Yankees: Reid Brignac Powers Rays Past Yankees »
Entering Saturday’s game, Reid Brignac had totaled two home runs in 66 games this season. Brignac equaled his total on Saturday and drove in half of Tampa Bay’s runs in a 10-5 triumph over New York at Yankee Stadium. Tampa Bay improved their major league best road record to 29-15. New York lost for only the third time this month. With [...]
New York Yankees-Seattle Mariners: Alex Rodriguez »
For the second time in a week, Seattle reliever David Aardsma was victimized by Alex Rodriguez. With the score tied at one in the top of the ninth, Rodriguez delivered a two-out, two-run double to lift New York to a 3-1 win over Seattle Thursday night at Safeco Field. Last Thursday, Rodriguez hit a two-run, go-ahead home run off Aardsma in [...]
AJ Burnett Helps New York Yankees Sweep Oakland »
After a miserable June, A.J. Burnett has apparently returned to form. Burnett limited Oakland to two runs over seven innings as New York topped Oakland, 6-2, Wednesday night at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. New York won their fifth straight while sweeping a three-game series in Oakland for the first time since May 13-15, 2005. Oakland [...]
Yankees-Athletics: Alex Rodriguez and C.C. Sabathia »
Alex Rodriguez provided most of the offense and CC Sabathia took care of the Oakland offense Monday night. Rodriguez homered twice and drove in five, while Sabathia allowed one run in 7.2 innings as New York defeated Oakland, 6-1, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. New York won their fourth straight and guaranteed their fifth consecutive [...]
Yankees-A’s: Javier Vazquez Pitches Yankees To »
Javier Vazquez entered Monday’s game as the only Yankees starter with a losing record. Not only did he improve his record to the .500 mark, but he also won for the first time in more than three weeks. Vazquez limited Oakland to one run over seven innings as New York topped Oakland, 3-1, Monday night at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. [...]
Extra-Inning Heroics Lead Blue Jays Past Yankees »
Alex Gonzalez’s RBI single with the bases loaded in the top of the 11th inning started a five-run rally as Toronto topped New York, 6-1, Friday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Toronto ended a five-game losing streak with the win. New York lost for the third time in their last four games and dropped to 1-4 this season against the Blue [...]
A-Rod’s Blast Helps Yankees Avoid Sweep »
Hitting a home run with the game tied has all of a sudden become commonplace for Alex Rodriguez. With the scored tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Alex Rodriguez hit a go-ahead, two-run home run to lift New York to a 4-2 win over Seattle Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. It was the second time in less than a week that [...]