When the Angels popped two solo home runs in the first inning, it looked like it might be a long afternoon for CC Sabathia and the Yankees. It didn’t turn out to be at all as Sabathia provided a quality start and the Bombers hit three home runs extending the winning streak to six games […]
Author: Nick Shlain
Everything’s coming up Yankees
The Yankees series in Seattle couldn’t have gone much better for New York. On Monday, after the lineup was sent down in order through the first three innings on just 21 pitches, the Bronx Bombers blitzed Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, who allowed seven earned runs in four and 2/3 innings while taking his second loss […]
Recap: Yankees 5 Mariners 3
The Yankees needed to win to maintain a one game lead in the American League East and they came back in dramatic fashion in Seattle to do just that Tuesday night. In his debut, Mariners starter Mike Montgomery provided a quality start pitching six innings of one-run ball. The Seattle bullpen held a 2-1 lead […]
Recap: Yankees 0 Athletics 3
The Yankees failed to get a single run, let alone a split of the four-game series, in Oakland Sunday. Right-hander Adam Warren threw seven innings of two-run ball and now his ERA in his last five starts is 2.87, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Yankees lack of offense as the club has lost five of […]
Recap: Yankees 5 Royals 1
The Yankees are back in the win column again as they beat the Royals 5-1 Tuesday. New York was lead by a quality start from right-hander Adam Warren, who pitched into the seventh inning. Mark Teixeira carried the Yankees offense with a two-run home run in the first inning against Royals starter Jason Vargas and […]
Recap: Yankees 14 Royals 1
After having scored two runs or less seven times in the last 11 games, not to mention having lost 10 of those 11 games, entering play Monday, the Yankees took their offensive frustrations out on Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie. In the first five batters of the game for New York, the Yankees had already taken […]
Recap: Yankees 2 Nationals 3
Another tough loss in Washington, the second in as many days, dropped the Yankees to 2-7 for the road trip. New York returns home for six games starting Friday before heading out to the west coast and they’ll be without outfield Jacoby Ellsbury, who was placed on the disabled list with a knee injury. Anyway, […]
Recap: Yankees 6 Nationals 8
The Yankees rough stretch continues, though at least this time the offense provided some support. The Yankees even had a 6-2 lead in the top of the fifth inning in this one, but right-hander Nathan Eovaldi failed to complete his fifth inning. Eovaldi walked Danny Espinosa and after striking out Michael Taylor, he allowed four […]
A rough week for the Yankees
While it’s only been a week, a lot has seemingly changed for the Yankees. After last Monday’s win 11-5 win over Tampa Bay, New York held a four game lead in the division and looked to be somewhat in control of things despite the injury to Masahiro Tanaka. Since then, the Yankees have sputtered. New […]
Recap: Yankees 1 Rays 6
This won’t be long because I don’t want to depress you any more than this game must have. The Yankees offense almost made it through a third consecutive game without an extra-base hit, after 33 games in a row with an extra-base hit to start the season. Alex Rodriguez ended that drought with a solo […]