The Yankees open a three game series against the Tigers this afternoon at 1:10 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on YES and is available on MLB.TV. Here’s the lineup for New York: Jacoby Ellsbury- CF Brett Gardner- LF Starlin Castro- 2B Mark Teixeira- DH Dustin Ackley- 1B Chase Headley- 3B Didi Gregorius- SS […]
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Mark Teixeira and the rare opposite field home run
Mark Teixeira hit a home run on Thursday. That in itself isn’t very notable, as he tends to do that quite often. There was something interesting about Teixeira’s homer though, and it wasn’t just that it broke a tie and gave the Yankees a three-run lead. • Game 3 Recap: Teixeira wins it in the seventh […]
Game 3 Recap: Teixeira wins it in the seventh
The Yankees clubbed three home runs on a sometimes-sunny, sometimes-overcast day in the Bronx and picked up an encouraging opening-series win over the Astros with an 8-5 rubber game victory. Starlin Castro picked right up where he left off on Wednesday night with a 2-for-4 day at the dish, and blasted a two-out homer in the fourth off […]
Starlin Castro hits another home run, continues positively torrid start
Starlin Blastro. Darlin’ Castro. Gnarlin’ Nastro. Whatever you want to call this guy, he’s absolutely on fire. Castro left the yard for the second time this season in the fourth inning of Thursday’s game to help the Yankees draw within one run of the Astros at the time. He went after an 86 mph cutter from Mike Fiers on 3-1, […]
Pregame Notes: April 7 vs. Houston
This week’s streak of miserable weather in the Bronx will continue this afternoon as rain showers are expected off and on well past the 4:05 scheduled start time of today’s contest against the Astros. There is some hope, however, as the drizzle is supposed to let up by around 6:00. It’s expected that the teams […]
Previewing the 2016 Trenton Thunder
The Double-A Trenton Thunder are set to kick-off their 2016 season against the Erie SeaWolves (the Tigers’ affiliate) on Thursday. The club released an initial seventeen-man roster on April 4, and several more players have been added to it since; as such, the roster currently sits at 25 players. With the Yankees showing more and more […]
Carlos Correa’s interference, and why baseball needs to make a change
It was the turning point of Tuesday’s game. In the eighth inning, Astros shortstop Carlos Correa hit a dribbler on the first base side of the mound. Dellin Betances had to scramble down to get the ball. When he turned to throw it to first base, he chucked it over everyone and into right field. […]
Game 2 Recap: Bombers blast three homers in 16-6 win
Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium featured a midweek slugfest between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, with the Yankees scoring 12 runs in the first three innings en route to a 16-6 win. The Yankees offense scored early and often on Astros starter Collin McHugh, who allowed six runs (five earned) in just one […]
Are the Yankees Vulnerable to Steals?
Unless an injury occurred, drawing a definitive conclusion from a single game of baseball is often impossible. Didi Gregorius probably won’t be the AL home run champion, Alex Rodriguez is unlikely to lead the team in stolen bases for long, and there’s a good chance Dellin Betances won’t be a liability out of the bullpen. […]
Game 1 Recap: ‘Do it. Throw it into the runner’s back’
Masahiro Tanaka warmed up a sellout crowd in the frigid Bronx for a short while, but 47,000-plus ultimately left the ballpark with their arms outstretched and their heaviest insults directed toward the day’s umpiring crew. Tanaka lasted 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out four, but he was once again out-dueled by […]