Nova Tosses Three-Hit, Complete-Game Shutout In Yanks 2-0 Win

As the New York Yankees attempt to make a run at the postseason, they've needed their starting pitchers to set up, as guys like CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda has been doing to opposite of helping the Yanks win games lately. Coming off Friday night's 8-5 win, all they needed was another good effort from Ivan Nova to help sling them by the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card standings. They got everything...

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Nova And Yanks Look To Move Past O's In Wild Card Standings

Needing to go 23-9 over their last 29 games this season entering Friday night, the New York Yankees walked away with the first of 23 wins, taking down the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 Friday night in the Bronx. CC Sabathia was perfect through three, but that all went out the window in the 4th, when his night started to go south, like so many others have this season. Backed by a five-run 5th inning, Sabathia...

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Yanks and O's Open Up Big Three-Game Series In The Bronx

This is it. Crunch time. Do or die. The New York Yankees only have a month left in the season to secure a playoff spot, and tonight in the Bronx, they open up a big, must win, three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles, one of the teams they're trying to chase down in the Wild Card standings. The Yankees are returning home after a six-game road trip that the Yanks weren't very successful on,...

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Kuroda Gets Rocked, Yanks Fall To Jays 7-2

A night after blowing out the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1, the Yankees sent Hiroki Kuroda to mound looking to capture a series victory without Robinson Cano, who is day to day with a bruise left hand. Kuroda continued his string of poor outings on the mound, giving up a season-high seven runs on nine hits, losing to the Blue Jays 7-2 Wednesday night at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Canada. "It feels like,...

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Kuroda And Yanks Go For Series Win In Toronto

The New York Yankees came as close to having their season end as possible last night when all-star second baseman Robinson Cano took a J.A. Happ fastball of his left hand, forcing him to come out of the game and undergo x-rays that, thankfully, came back negative. As of now, the Yankees are listing Cano as day to day. The Yanks have an off-day Thursday and will open up a three-game series against...

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Yanks Launch Four Home Runs, Beat Blue Jays 7-1

Let me start this recap off by saying this: three major events happened in this game -- two were good for the New York Yankees, and one was almost season altering. Even after Robinson Cano was forced to leave the game in the first inning after taking fastball from J.A. Happ off his left hand, the Yankees still went on to blowout the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1, Tuesday night at the Rogers Center. After...

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Cano Leaves After Being Hit By A Pitch

The New York Yankees biggest nightmare might be coming true. All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano has left Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays after being hit on the left hand by a pitch from Jays starter J.A Happ. Following an RBI single by Derek Jeter in the 1st inning, Cano was hit on a 2-2 pitch from Happ -- that same pitcher that hit Curtis Granderson in Spring Training, fracturing...

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Pair Of Lefties, Pettitte and Happ, Face-Off In Game Two

Well, the New York Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Monday -- a team that had lost seven of their last eight, as well as 12 of the first 13 games against the Yanks this season. Even the third coming of Derek Jeter wasn't enough to put runs on the board, pitch better than Phil Hughes did and has all season, and catch a seemingly routine fly ball that Ichiro managed to drop in right field,...

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Jeter Returns As Yanks Open Three-Game Set In Toronto

It's only late-August, but the New York Yankees are still fighting for their playoff life. Escaping with a win in Tampa against the Rays on Sunday kept them from being swept, and also brought the Yankees to just 3 1/2 games behind the Oakland Athletics for the second wild card. On a gutsy move by Joe Girardi to give Alfonso Soriano the green-light to steal third base with nobody out in the 11th inning...

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Yankee Notes: Gardner Is Fine, Jeter Returns Monday

X-Rays on Gardner's right hand come back negative: Just a couple days after the New York Yankees placed utility man Jayson Nix on the DL for possibly the remainder of the season due to a fractured left hand, the team was given some good news on Saturday regarding Brett Gardner. Gardner underwent x-rays Saturday morning on his right hand following Friday night's 7-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in...

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Yankees Morning Roundup: August 23rd, 2013

The New York Yankees are playing absolutely great right now, coming off a four-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday for their 5th straight win, making them 5-0 since Ryan Dempster plucked Alex Rodriguez on Sunday. With Thursday's 5-3 victory, the Yankees pulled to within 3 1/2 games of the wild card, putting themselves right back into the American League playoff race. The Yankees are...

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Yanks Sweep The Jays For Their 5th Straight Win

Right now, the New York Yankees might be playing some of their best baseball of the season. Having won four straight coming in, the Yanks sent Andy Pettitte to the mound in hopes that he could help lead them to a four-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. Pettitte, backed by some timely offensive hits, gave he the Bombers six innings of one-runs ball in one of his best starts in a while, leading...

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Ichiro Get's No. 4,000, Yanks Win On Soriano's Late Homerun

Prior to tonight, only two players in baseball history had collected 4,000 career hits. Ichiro Suzuki is now the third player to reach that feat. Ichiro came into the game with 3,999 hits, and lined a single to left field in his first at-bat of the game, in classic Ichiro style, shooting the ball to left field past a diving Brett Lawrie at third base. In a surreal moment, the entire New York Yankees...

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Nix Has A Fractured Left Hand, Could Be Done For The Season

Jayson Nix walked it off for the New York Yankees Tuesday night, and Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, Nix walked off the field for possibly the final time this season. Nix was hit on the left hand by a knuckleball from R.A. Dickey in the bottom of the second inning. Once he reached first base, he quickly called out Yankees trainer Steve Donohue, then proceeded to remove himself from...

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Warren Get's Spot Start, Ichiro Goes For 4,000 Hits

Whether it's because Alex Rodriguez is back in the lineup or not, the New York Yankees are playing very good baseball right now. Winners of three in a row, and 9 of their last 12 games, the Yankees are suddenly looking like a team that could compete for the second wild card spot. The Yanks are coming off a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, in which they came away with a pair...

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The A-Rod Sage Took More Twists And Turns On Monday

Alex Rodriguez told us to expect a new story every day, and he wasn't lying when he said that. A day after reports surfaced that A-Rod had filed a medical grievance against the New York Yankees, as well as reports that Major League Baseball offered A-Rod a 50-game suspension back in April, coming a day after A-Rod's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, fired comments towards the Yankees on Saturday that...

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Alfonso Soriano Named AL Player Of The Week

New York Yankees outfielder Alfonso Soriano has been named the American player of the week after he hit .484 (15-for-31) with 5 homeruns, 18 RBIs and 9 runs scored over the past seven days. Soriano begin his historic run last Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels, going 3-for-6 with a pair of homeruns and six RBIs. He followed up the next day by going 3-for-3 at the plate, with two more homeruns...

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A-Rod Could Have Taken A 50-Game Suspension

A couple weeks ago, Major League Baseball handed down a 211-game suspension on Alex Rodriguez, to which A-Rod is currently appealing, as well as playing in games for the New York Yankees. As Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports, that 211-game suspension could have been far less than 211-games. According to Rosenthal, back in April, MLB "floated a 50-game suspension. Rodriguez, however, was not willing...

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A-Rod Files Medical Grievance Against The Yankees

Alex Rodriguez and legal team have started the process of filing a medical grievance against the New York Yankees within the last two weeks, reports Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York. A-Rod's lawyers contacted the MLB Players Association earlier this month to formally begin the process, claiming that the Yankees have mishandled his medical treatment since the postseason last October. These...

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Sabathia Faces Red Sox In Sunday Night Showdown

Even with their best pitcher, Hiroki Kuroda, on the mound, the New York Yankees failed to walk away with a Saturday afternoon against the Boston Red Sox. Sloppy play, poor offensive production and a pitching effort from Kuroda that wasn't his best, the Yankees dropped yesterday's game to the Red Sox, 6-1. A throwing error in the 4th inning would turn out to be a costly play, when a double play ball...

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Sloppy Play Dooms Yanks in 6-1 Loss To The Red Sox

Coming off Friday night's big 10-3 win in the series opener against the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees sent out their ace, Hiroki Kuroda, to the mound in hopes he could continue dominance on the mound against Boston. Unfortunately for Kuroda and the Yankees, it would not be their day, as a poor offensive showing from the top of the lineup, coupled with sloppy play in the field, Kuroda came...

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Yanks Look To Gain Another Game With Kuroda On The Mound

While the crowd at Fenway Park was busy booing Alex Rodriguez Friday night, the New York Yankees were busy taking care of the Boston Red Sox in the series opener, giving the Red Sox a lose they'll surely want to forget, as the Yankees would game one, 10-3. Alfonso Soriano continued his hot hitting, driving in four more runs to his total to 18 in his last four games, tying him with the great Mickey...

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