Category: New York Yankees

Ronald Torreyes lined a run-scoring single into center field off Matt Bush in the bottom of the 10th inning, driving home Gary Sanchez with the winning run as the Yankees defeated the Rangers, 2-1, on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. After Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka matched zeros in a marvelous pitching matchup, Elvis Andrus raced home on a ninth-inning... more

Rangers rookie right-hander Austin Bibens-Dirkx held the Yankees to one run in seven innings and was backed by home runs from Carlos Gomez and Robinson Chirinos in an 8-1 victory on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Judge’s 26th home run provided the only run for the Yankees, as starter Luis Cessa took the loss. Cessa allowed three runs in... more

Adrian Beltre, Shin-Soo Choo and Drew Robinson cracked home runs to send Michael Pineda to an early exit, and the Rangers held on to defeat the Yankees, 7-6, on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Taking the mound following the 71st annual Old-Timers’ Day festivities, Pineda served up a season-high three homers as Texas grabbed two of three games in the... more

Jordan Montgomery played stopper Monday night, halting the Yankees’ six-game road losing streak while tying a season high with seven innings in a 6-5 win over the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. The loss dropped the White Sox to a season-low 11 games under .500 at 32-43, and gave them their seventh loss in their past eight games —... more

The New York Yankees are currently tied for first place in the AL East division. After originally having a 4 game lead, the team has lost 10 out of their last 12 games. They also went on a 7 game losing streak, their longest since 2007. This includes another underwhelming week in which they went just 2-4. One reason for... more

The tides seemed to change for the New York Yankees this week. After going on a 6 game winning streak that gave the team a four game lead in the division, they would go on to lose the next 6 and now see themselves tied with the Boston Red Sox. They also witnessed some of their key players go down... more

Cameron Maybin continued his hot streak by greeting Tyler Clippard with a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning Tuesday night, lifting the Angels to an 8-3 victory at Yankee Stadium that handed the Yankees their seventh consecutive defeat. The victory was the Angels’ first in The Bronx since April 25, 2014, snapping a nine-game losing streak at the Stadium. Yankees.com:... more

Didi Gregorius and Matt Holliday homered, Austin Romine collected three hits and the Yankees snapped their seven-game skid with an 8-4 victory over the Angels on Wednesday evening at Yankee Stadium. Gregorius put New York on the board in the second inning with a two-run homer, and Holliday helped the Yankees reclaim the lead they had lost, drilling a solo... more

Andrelton Simmons smashed a go-ahead, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to gift the Angels a 7-5 win and capture a series victory over the Yankees in front of a sellout crowd at Angel Stadium on Wednesday night. “I’m happy for me and my team that we came back from that early deficit,” Simmons said. “The bullpen... more

Matt Joyce homered on the first pitch Masahiro Tanaka threw, and the A’s didn’t let up on the Yankees’ starter, going deep three times and handing the American League East leaders their fifth straight loss with a 5-2 win Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum. Ryon Healy added the other two homers off Tanaka, who lasted only four innings. He allowed... more

Left-hander CC Sabathia has a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the Yankees said Wednesday night before their game against the Angels at Angel Stadium. Though the Yankees had yet to place him on the 10-day disabled list, that seems to be a forgone conclusion. Late in 2013 with only a few days left in the season, Sabathia went... more

Gary Sanchez cracked two homers off David Price and Michael Pineda struck out eight over seven dominant innings as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 9-1, on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, taking two of three games in a showdown of American League East rivals. The win increased New York’s lead over second-place Boston to three games. Sanchez hit a... more

Aaron Hicks led off the sixth inning with a tiebreaking homer into the Judge’s Chambers in right field and then launched a two-run roundtripper in the seventh as the Yanks beat the Orioles, 8-2, to pick up their third straight win Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Hicks has put up All-Star numbers as he fills in seamlessly for the injured... more

Luis Severino permitted just two hits and struck out eight in an electric seven-inning performance, and the Yankees hit three home runs off Baltimore starter Chris Tillman — out of five total — in a 16-3 drubbing of the Orioles on Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium. Severino retired the first 12 men he faced before issuing a walk to open... more

The Yankees have seen historic home run surges from both Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge over the last calendar year, and now that both young sluggers are hot at the same time, their offense appears to be unstoppable. Sanchez homered as part of a five-run first inning and Judge went deep twice — including the longest homer hit in the... more

Continuing their matchups against AL East opponents, the Yankees headed back home to take on the Boston Red Sox. After a underwhelming start, the World Series favorites are starting to play a lot better baseball, currently 2nd in the division. The Yankees came in just 2.0 games up, so this series was very important for some separation. Cooling off the... more

Mitch Moreland and Hanley Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs while Andrew Benintendi also went deep to continue Masahiro Tanaka’s baffling slide as the Red Sox defeated the Yankees, 5-4, on Tuesday evening at Yankee Stadium. With the rivals meeting for just the third time this season, Boston’s big bats helped the Red Sox (32-25) close within one game of the... more

CC Sabathia continued his resurgence with his best start of the season while Didi Gregorius and Chris Carter homered off reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello, leading the Yankees to an 8-0 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Sabathia picked up the victory for his fifth consecutive start, permitting just five hits over... more