Top Play (WPA): While today’s game was primarily controlled by New York, the top play WPA-wise belongs to Oakland. In the top of the second, Josh Reddick reached base on a catcher’s interference call. Billy Butler followed by lining a double to left to score Reddick, increasing Oakland’s chances of winning by 14 percent. Bottom Play […]
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Recap: Yankees 5, Athletics 4
Top WPA Play: In the fourth inning, Evan Scribner took over for Athletics starter Scott Kazmir, who left with left triceps tightness. Teixeira greeted the new pitcher rudely by leading off the inning with a home run to tie the game (+.149 WPA). It was the first of two home runs Teixeira hit on the […]
Recap: Yankees 3, Athletics 4
Top Play (WPA): This game had all the makings of a walkoff win for the Yankees. One of the team’s two all-stars, Dellin Betances, was set to face the bottom of Oakland’s lineup in the tenth. Brett Lawrie, his first opponent, fell down in the count 0-2, a count in which batters hit .024 with […]
Recap: Yankees 6 Angels 2
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]