The Yankees entered Tuesday with a 6-1 record against Tampa Bay and when New York loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning it seemed like more evidence of the Yankees having the Rays number this year. Rays starter Chris Archer had other ideas, though, as he escaped the early jam down just […]
Author: Nick Shlain
Recap: Yankees 1 Blue Jays 5
It was all Blue Jays in this one as the Yankees fell in Toronto by a score of 5-1. Despite taking an early 1-0 lead on a first inning ground out by Mark Teixeira, the Blue Jays took the lead in the second inning with a two-run single by Ezequiel Carrera and never looked back. […]
Recap: Yankees 1 Blue Jays 3
Generally when the Yankees only score one run and lose, the fans are upset with the offense and lack of runs, but anytime this bullpen has a lead in the eighth inning and comes up short it feels like a real missed opportunity. The Yankees had a late 1-0 lead in Toronto Monday as starter Chase Whitley […]
Recap: Yankees 8 Red Sox 5
The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 8-5 Sunday night completing a three-game sweep of the Red Sox in Boston for the first time since August of 2006. Top WPA Play: Despite the close final score and the Red Sox making it interesting against Andrew Miller in the ninth, the top WPA play of the game […]
Recap: Yankees 2 Rays 3
The Yankees were bound to lose a game to the Rays eventually and it happened for the first time this season in a 13-inning one-run Wednesday matinee in the Bronx. New York starter Michael Pineda nearly provided his club with a quality start as he went five and 2/3 innings while allowing two earned runs […]
Recap: Yankees 4 Rays 2
As I touched on in the recap for Monday’s game, Brian McCann hits Rays starter Jake Odorizzi quite well and that continued Tuesday in the Yankees 4-2 victory over Tampa Bay in the Bronx. With the Yankees already leading 1-0 in the first inning, McCann drove in another run with a double. With a 2-1 […]
Recap: Yankees 4 Rays 1
With the 4-1 victory over the Rays Monday night, the Yankees are 12-8 on the season, in sole possession of first place in the American League East, 4-0 against Tampa Bay, and 6-1 over the last week. The Rays came to the Bronx on a five-game winning streak, but the Yankees snapped the streak with […]
Recap: Yankees 6 Mets 4
Despite the Yankees offense getting shutdown by Matt Harvey on Saturday, the boys in the Bronx were able to clinch a series victory over the Mets with a 6-4 win Sunday night. Alex Rodriguez lead the Yankees offense with a solo home run to right-center field in the first inning. The Yankees broke out in the […]
Recap: Yankees 2 Tigers 1
After having won the last two games against the Tigers by scores of 5-2 and 13-4, the Yankees went back to their pitching and defense model for winning and outlasted Detroit in a 2-1 affair at Comerica Park Thursday afternoon. Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka was stellar in this one as he went 6 and 1/3 innings while […]
Recap: Yankees 13 Tigers 4
On a cold night that even included brief snow flurries, the Yankees offense pounced on Tigers starter David Price early, batting around in the first inning and scoring six runs. The Yankees beat Price last August in Detroit, bouncing him from the game with nine consecutive hits in one inning, though a few of those hits […]