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 […]
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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 […]
Recap: Yankees 5 Tigers 2
The Yankees evened up their series with the Tigers at one game apiece with a 5-2 victory in Detroit Tuesday night at Comerica Park. Acquired over the offseason from the Miami Marlins, Nathan Eovaldi earned his first win with the Yankees as he went seven innings while allowing just one earned run to the Tigers’ […]
Recap: Yankees 1 Tigers 2
The Yankees lost a tough game on a rainy night in downtown Detroit on Monday. CC Sabathia pitched a complete game as he went eight innings and allowed just two earned runs to Tigers lineup that has been ripping opposing left-handed pitchers to shreds as of late. Sabathia cruised through six innings facing the minimum […]
Recap: Yankees 5 Rays 3
The Yankees’ weekend series in Tampa Bay couldn’t have gone much better for New York. The Yankees won a tight 5-4 game on Friday night behind two home runs from Alex Rodriguez, including a 477-foot blast that is the longest home run anyone has hit this season, and a good showing from the bullpen. On […]