Category: New York Yankees

The Yankees needed this one, and they would have played all night to get it. An RBI single to center by Didi Gregorius was the go-ahead hit for the Bombers in a thrilling 4-1, 16-inning victory over the Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park. Seven innings earlier, Matt Holliday forced extras with a game-tying homer off Craig Kimbrel —... more

Making his 18th career start on the road against the Red Sox, CC Sabathia came away with his first scoreless line at Fenway Park, helping the Yankees win consecutive games for the first time in more than a month. The veteran lefty held the Red Sox to two hits and worked around five walks over a solid six-inning performance that... more

David Price bought the Red Sox another day to figure out their recent offensive woes. And Jackie Bradley Jr. made the tremendous performance hold up with a jaw-dropping catch to take a homer away from Aaron Judge. Price’s eight scoreless innings on Sunday Night Baseball lifted the Red Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Yankees that earned them a... more

The Yankees were one of baseball’s most exciting teams over the first two months of the season, flying high as a complete unit while Aaron Judge’s development into a legitimate American League Triple Crown threat helped carry them a season-high 15 games over .500 on June 12, when they were 38-23. That success exceeded expectations, but when a slew of... more

The New York Yankees head into the All-Star break looking back at a roller coaster first half of the season. After at one point having the second best record in the league behind the Houston Astros, the team finds themselves barely holding on to a Wild Card spot. They are currently 45-41 and 3.5 games in back of first place.... more

Aaron Judge and Joe DiMaggio were born in California towns 57 miles apart, and like the Yankee Clipper, they may be writing songs about this rookie slugger before all is said and done. Either way, the Yankees surely want him on their side. Judge surpassed DiMaggio’s record for home runs hit by a Yankees rookie with his Major League-leading 30th... more

Clint Frazier capped a three-hit, four-RBI afternoon by hitting a walk-off, three-run home run, giving the Yankees a 5-3 win over the Brewers on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Frazier’s first career walk-off hit came against Brewers All-Star closer Corey Knebel, who put himself in trouble by walking Didi Gregorius leading off the inning and Jacoby Ellsbury with one out. Knebel... more

Travis Shaw homered and drove in four runs, and All-Star closer Corey Knebel worked overtime to atone for Saturday’s blown save as the Brewers held off rally after late-inning rally to beat the Yankees on Sunday, 5-3, in the finale of the first half. Shaw’s booming shot off Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka gave Milwaukee a three-run home run in the... more

All rise. Again, again and again. After saying that he just wanted to put on a show for the fans, Aaron Judge slammed nearly four miles of home runs on Monday evening at Marlins Park — including four of more than 500 feet — en route to being crowned the newest champion of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Judge prevailed... more

Russell Martin hit a game-tying home run, then forced in the go-ahead run by working one of four eighth-inning walks issued during a meltdown by All-Star reliever Dellin Betances as the Blue Jays edged the Yankees, 7-6, on Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Martin tied the game with a seventh-inning blast into the right-field bullpen off reliever Chad Green, then... more

Masahiro Tanaka continued his resurgence for a third straight sharp outing, striking out eight over seven strong innings as the Yankees handed the Blue Jays their fifth straight loss, 6-3, on Monday night at Yankee Stadium. Tanaka scattered five hits in a 111-pitch effort, walking one. Darwin Barney’s soft RBI single in the seventh accounted for the only run off... more

Heading into July, we no longer see our New York Yankees in first place in the AL East division. While the Yankees slowly dwindle away their early season magic, their arch rival, the Boston Red Sox, are finally starting to live up to their potential World Series expectations. Led by Cy Young candidate, Chris Sale and last year’s MVP runner... more

J.A. Happ worked through the Yankees’ injury-depleted lineup with ease, and the Blue Jays took advantage of a two-out walk from CC Sabathia in the third, as Toronto ended a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 win on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. Happ (3-5, 3.47 ERA) tossed six innings of one-run ball, allowing four hits and two walks, while striking... more

Jose Abreu’s two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning gave the White Sox their second walk-off victory of the season, a 4-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. Abreu beat Dellin Betances, who walked two and hit one to load the bases with one out. Melky Cabrera flew out to left for the... more

Fans have been arriving early for games at Guaranteed Rate Field, wanting to see the Yankees take batting practice. Specifically, they’re coming to see Aaron Judge take batting practice. Judge hasn’t disappointed, mashing the ball to all fields. He’s launched some epic blasts, the kind that wind up being mentioned during game telecasts. One or two landed onto the concourse... more

So much for the Yankees being weary following an early-morning arrival in Houston on Friday. The Yankees feasted on the Astros’ weary bullpen, tagging relievers Michael Feliz and Reymin Guduan for three runs apiece before Brett Gardner (3-for-5, six RBIs) delivered the kill shot with a seventh-inning grand slam off James Hoyt that sent the Bombers to a 13-4 win... more

Marwin Gonzalez tagged Yankees starter Luis Severino with a two-run homer in the second to ignite the Astros as Houston cruised, 8-1, on Sunday at Minute Maid Park to clinch its 19th series win in 2017. “We’re going to play every game,” said Astros manager A.J. Hinch. “We’re going to play hard, we’re going to win a lot of games... more

Albert Pujols delivered a tiebreaking single and the Angels took advantage of two key errors to complete their surge back from an early deficit, scoring nine unanswered runs to stun the Yankees with a 10-5 victory on Thursday evening at Yankee Stadium. Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro flubbed a potential double-play ball, setting up a four-run Angels seventh inning. Kole... more