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Garcia start bright sign in dim loss
Freddy Garcia got a big favor from his teammates Monday night when the Yankees scored two runs in the first inning off Rays lefthander Matt Moore. For a pitcher making his first start in more than two...
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Cano, Teixeira, help Yanks end drought at the Trop
There weren’t many fireworks for the Yankees on this Fourth of July, but they will take any victory they can at Tropicana Field. Former teammate Kyle Farnsworth practically handed the game to the...
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Rays spoil A-Rod’s return
Alex Rodriguez, who returned to the lineup Monday for the first time in six weeks, said before the game that he should not perceived as a savior for a Yankees team that has tumbled down the American...
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Yanks’ lineup undergoes shakeup
The Yankees are getting closer back to whole. The timing could not be better. With their lead in the American League East down to one game going into Tuesday night’s action at Tropicana Field, the...
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Yanks, Rays differ on value of bunting
It was a tale of two teams in the first inning Wednesday night at Tropicana Field. The Yankees and the Rays each got their leadoff hitter on base. The Yankees did not score. The Rays did. The...
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Very positive outing for Hughes
Phil Hughes is still looking for his first victory of the season, but if he continues to pitch the way he did Tuesday night he will pile up a bunch of triumphs before the year is out. The righthander...
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Yanks over Tampa Bay thanks to Overbay
Two outs, nobody on base and watch out for Lyle Overbay. That is pretty much how the Yankees came up with a 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Rays Saturday. Oh, sure, there were plenty of other factors...
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Woes continue for Sabathia
For so long CC Sabathia has been high among the things you can count on around the Yankees that it is surprising to see him go through the stretch he has had the past month. CC bottomed out Sunday in...
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Kuroda overpowered by Rays
Hiroki Kuroda has picked up the Yankees all season. Now his teammates can pay him back by picking up the rest of this series for him. Kuroda simply was not himself Friday night in a 7-2 loss to the...
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Sabathia missed latest date with Price
CC Sabathia’s hamstring injury that has terminated the season prevented another matchup against the Rays’ David Price. The two former Cy Young Award winners have been paired against each other on a...
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McCann thwarts Maddon’s strategy
Yes! Give Brian McCann a hearty cheer. The catcher got the Yankees off to a quick, 1-0 lead in the first inning Thursday night at Tropicana Field by crossing up Rays manager Joe Maddon’s over-shift...
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Yanks end bumpy trip on upbeat note
So when is a 2-3 trip considered good? When it starts out 0-3. That was the situation with the Yankees at the end of a somewhat bumpy ride through Baltimore and St. Petersburg. They finished in an...
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Sweep has Yanks motoring into Motor City
After limping out of Baltimore where they lost two of three games to begin the current trip, the Yankees got upright at Tampa Bay. Did they ever. Their first sweep of a series of three or more games at...
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Yankees have plenty of pop at the Trop
Tropicana Field was where the Yankees began to turn their season around last month with a three-game sweep of the Rays to get back to .500 after a 3-6 start. Good times at the Trop continued for the...
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Castro has perfect timing in ruining no-hit bid
Starlin Castro picked an ideal time to break up a no-hitter with a two-run home run Sunday that gave the Yankees a one-run lead. After all, it came in the top of the seventh inning at Tropicana Field....
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Sanchez continues to make history
The Yankees’ hopes for a postseason berth grow less frail as long as Gary Sanchez keeps making history. They climbed to 2 1/2 games of the Orioles for the second American League Wild Card berth...
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