The Yankees took care of business on Sunday night by defeating the Los Angeles Angels 11-5 in New York to win the series.In Florida, Andy Pettitte took care of his own business by pitching well in another minor league start.Pettitte pitched in his second minor league start for the Class A Tampa Yankees, and it looked like vintage Pettitte on the mound.The 39-year-old left-hander threw four shutout innings against Clearwater, allowing two hits, no walks and struck out three while throwing just 47 pitches.Of the 47 pitches, 31 of them ...
Phil Hughes recorded his second straight poor outing on Saturday against the Angels en route to a 7-1 loss.It took Hughes 84 pitches to record just 10 outs, and he allowed six runs on eight hits and two walks. Two of the eight hits were home runs.Rookie David Phelps—making his Yankee Stadium debut—came on in relief of the struggling Hughes.Phelps was fantastic through 5.1 innings, allowing just one run on one hit and two walks. The one run was a home run by Vernon Wells. He also struck out four.The ...
Howie Kendrick finished with three hits and three RBI, and C.J. Wilson limited New York to one run over six innings as Los Angeles of Anaheim won 7-1 Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The Angels snapped a three-game losing streak while ending the Yankees' four-game winning streak. After stranding two runners in the first inning, the Angels opened the scoring in the second inning. Vernon Wells singled to center field with one out. Chris Iannetta then hit a fly ball down the right field line that just cleared the wall to give the Angels a 2-0 lead. Kendrick ...
In two starts this season, Phil Hughes has yet to show the New York Yankees that he belongs in the team's starting rotation and in turn, could be sent packing to the bullpen when Andy Pettitte returns. Hughes pitched worse than he did in his first start against the Tampa Bay Rays when he went 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out five. Against the Los Angeles Angels in his second start of 2012, Hughes went 3.1 innings and allowed six runs on ...
HIROKI KURODA vs. ERVIN SANTANA compared to C.J. WILSON vs. PHIL HUGHES: If you looked at Kuroda and Santana’s career stats vs. the active hitters prior to yesterday’s game, the Yankee win was already a lock. Not taking anything away from Kuroda, but no one foreseen a less than an inning away from a complete game performance considering his last and only two both took place in 2008. Kuroda also did have some success and experience against Angels Albert Pujols back when he was a Dodger, and that is advantage that the other ...
Michael Pineda lost velocity on his fastball, Pineda lost control of his pitches, Pineda is injured and will miss the first month of the season.The news suddenly got worse and worse, and Yankee fans are outraged that they traded away their top prospect for "damaged goods."The New York Yankees have been on the wrong end of some lopsided trades and here are the top three from the last decade.Begin Slideshow
After a difficult start to the season, being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees are heating up after sweeping the Baltimore Orioles and an exciting win at their home opener against the Los Angeles Angels.Fans were treated to a great day, with Alex Rodriguez hitting an historic home run that tied Ken Griffey Jr. at 630. One more home run will give Rodriguez the spot in fifth place.Rodriguez had an impressive home opener, going 3-for-4 with that home run, his first RBI of the season, a ...
Alex Rodriguez had a great day in the New York Yankees home opener against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday afternoon. He went 3-for-4 with a home run, which happened to be the 630th time he has gone deep in his career. That total ties him with Ken Griffey Jr. for fifth on the all-time list, 30 behind Willie Mays. Everyone has their own opinion about Rodriguez, most of them negative for one reason or another, but just looking at things in a vacuum, can we realize that he has been ...
In the first game of a three-game set at Camden Yards, the Yankees took home the win on Monday, 6-2. The game featured a pleasant performance from Ivan Nova en route to the Yankees' first win of the young season.The most interesting part of the game may have happened after the final pitch was thrown, though.Russell Martin exchanged heated words with Robert Andino after the final pitch, believing that the Orioles' second baseman was relaying pitch locations in the bottom of the ninth inning after he laced a one-out double.While ...
As he gets older, the questions about Derek Jeter's viability as the New York Yankees shortstop will continue to arise. Unless, of course, he can continue to play at a high level like he has thus far in 2012.In his first four games in 2011, Jeter was 2-for-14, and that led to a bad month of April that saw the Yanks' shortstop hit .256 at the top of the order. So far in 2012, Jeter is 7-for-17 (.412), and that could be indicative to a solid upcoming month.If not for the slow ...