For a sixth straight outing, Nathan Eovaldi simply just did not have it. The Yankees righty failed to make it out of the fifth inning, allowing six earned runs in San Diego and losing his fourth straight game by a score of 7-6. Wil Myers stuck the nail in the coffin with a two-run shot in […]
Author: Kenny Ducey
Game 66 Recap: Carbon Copy
It used to take, after some deliberation, a few minutes to find the last effective start that CC Sabathia made. Now, you have to go back months to find his last bad outing, Like he’s been in his past seven starts, Sabathia was on point during his start on Thursday, leading the Yankees to a 4-1 win with […]
Chris Parmelee becomes the fourth Yankees first baseman injured this season
Yankees first baseman Chris Parmelee exited Thursday’s 6-3 win over the Angels after injuring his right hamstring while stretching for a throw in the seventh inning, making him the fourth Yankees first baseman to go down with an injury this season. Manager Joe Girardi said after the game that he “would be completely shocked” if Parmelee didn’t join teammates […]
Game 60 Recap: Back to .500
Ivan Nova, and the Yankees’ offense, haven’t come crashing back down to earth just yet. Nova cruised through six, running into a bit of trouble in the seventh, and finished with a quality start. He allowed six hits and three runs over 6 1/3, and behind a five-run fifth, earned the win in a 6-3 […]
Game 46 Recap: No support for CC
CC Sabathia has been brilliant of late. With a seven-inning quality start on Thursday, the southpaw has now pitched into the seventh two times in his last three starts, and has allowed fewer than three earned runs in 10-of-16. And so had the Yankees’ offense…until Thursday’s 3-1 loss. Unlike Sabathia’s previous two outings, where he received a combined […]
Pregame Notes: Moves galore
NEW YORK — Moves, moves, moves. The Yankees announced a slew of roster moves before Saturday’s game, optioning Gary Sanchez to Triple-A after just one game in the big leagues, and calling up two pitchers in Chad Green and Conor Mullee. The Sanchez move was one the Yankees didn’t hope to make. Brian Cashman said on Saturday […]
Game 34 Recap: Severi-no good
NEW YORK — All good things must come to an end. Remarkably, the Yankees had been playing their best baseball of the season without three of their best players entering Friday, beginning their 10-game homestand with five wins in seven games. Not only did their hot streak come to an abrupt end, they lost yet another […]
Yankees place Luis Severino on 15-day DL with right triceps strain
NEW YORK — After allowing a career-high seven runs on seven hits, four walks and a hit by pitch through 2 2/3 innings, it seemed as if things couldn’t get worse for Luis Severino. Then, he was examined at the hill and escorted off the field by trainer Steve Donahue with soreness in the back of […]
Inside the return of Chase Headley
On Sept. 27, 2015, the world was supposed to end. A rare blood moon appeared in the sky, causing many to theorize that an asteroid was hurling toward Earth at a rate that would wipe out life as we know it. This total lunar eclipse was supposed to be the fulfillment of a prophecy. Well, the blood moon […]
Watch: Chase Headley picks up first extra-base hit of season with two-run homer
Chase Headley entered Thursday without an extra-base hit in his last 111 at-bats, dating back to Sept. 27 of last season. That streak came to a merciful end in the second inning. Headley flipped a four-seamer at 93 mph from Ian Kennedy out to left field and snuck it over the wall for a two-run homer to […]