May 17th, 2012 at 10:09 PM
By Daniel SirianniThe New York Yankees were swept by the Toronto Blue Jays in a two game series after losing 4-1 on Thursday night. Phil Hughes got the loss for New York, dropping his record to 3-5 this season.
Hughes allowed seven hits, two walks, and two runs in five and a third innings in the loss, adding five strikeouts as well. New York has now lost three straight games and four of their last five.
Relieving Hughes in the sixth was Cory Wade, who gave up two hits and two runs, including a home run, in an inning and two thirds.
Freddy Garcia finished the game for the Yankees by pitching a perfect eighth inning. The veteran right-hander has transitioned well to his role in the bullpen after struggling as a starter this season.
The offensive struggles of the Yankees continued on Thursday night, with the team combining for just five hits and one run. The lone run for New York came from Robinson Cano, who was 1-3 with a double, walk, and RBI.
The Yankees will take on the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at 7:05 PM ET at Yankee Stadium.
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Read more... Join the Conversation... May 16th, 2012 at 9:54 PM
By Karen VankatThe Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees, 8-1 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Yankees’ starter Hiroki Kuroda had one of his worst starts this year leaving a lot of pitches over the middle of the plate, with a majority of them just floating up to the batters with no sinking action.
Most of the damage done by the Blue Jays was with two outs and in four consecutive innings. Kuroda would end up throwing 101 pitches over five innings giving up seven runs on eight hits six strikeouts and three walks. The big blows were the two out hits to drive in the runs.
Toronto scored in the second on a J.P. Arenciba two run home run, three in the third on a three run jack by Edwin Encarnacion and one in the fourth on a single by Kelly Johnson making the score, 6-0.
Jose Bautista hit a line drive home run to left field to extend the lead, 7-0.
Toronto starter Kyle Drabek basically had his way with the Yankees’ batters having a no hitter till Raul Ibanez got a single in the top of the fourth. Drabek would go seven innings giving up only one run on three hits five strikeouts and four walks.
Read more... Join the Conversation... May 15th, 2012 at 10:06 PM
By Daniel SirianniThe Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 5-2 on Tuesday night to split the two game series. The loss just added on to the bad news the Yankees received earlier in the day, when reliever David Robertson was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
New York Yankees' CC Sabathia pitches to the Detroit Tigers from a rainsoaked mound during the second inning in Game 1 of their
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C.C. Sabathia started for the Yankees and got his first loss of the season, giving up eight hits, four walks, and four runs in six innings pitched. He is now 5-1 this season.
Finishing the game for New York was veteran Freddy Garcia, who allowed just one hit and one run in two innings of work. He also had three strikeouts.
The Yankees lineup struggled against Baltimore's pitching, combining for just five hits on the night. Their only two runs came off a Curtis Granderson two run home run in the seventh inning, which now gives Granderson 13 home runs this season.
Read more... Join the Conversation... May 15th, 2012 at 7:13 PM
By Daniel SirianniThe New York Yankees have placed reliever David Robertson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique as injuries continue to deplete the Yankees bullpen. Earlier this month, New York lost closer Mariano Rivera for the season with a torn ACL.
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David Robertson walks to the dugout after giving up home run to Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista in the eighth inning of their American League
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Robertson started the season as New York's eighth inning set up man, but was promoted to closer after it was announced that Rivera would miss the rest of the season.
In 15 appearances this season, the 27 year-old All-Star is 0-1 with a 2.51 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 14.1 innings. He has held the opposing team scoreless in 14 of his 15 appearances, with the Tampa Bay Rays being the only team to score on Robertson this year.
With Robertson out, Rafael Soriano will now be the Yankees closer. However, Soriano has had success in the past as a closer and is very capable of stepping up to the role.
Read more... Join the Conversation... May 14th, 2012 at 11:05 PM
By Karen VankatThe New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 8-5 on a rainy night at Camden Yards.
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Ivan Nova delivers to the Detroit Tigers in the fiftth inning of Game 1 of their
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In the beginning of spring training, once Andy Pettitte announced he was coming back, everyone was saying the Yankees have seven starters for five positions. Well, the old saying is you can never have enough pitchers. The Yankees are finding that out when New York Yankee starter Ivan Nova would be removed from the game in the sixth with a right foot contusion and sprained ankle. Earlier in the game Ivan took ball off his right ankle on a line drive by Nick Markakis. Nova had trouble commanding his fastball and breaking pitch most of the night and never seemed to be comfortable on the mound, whether that was related to the injuries is just speculation.
Baltimore jumped on Nova early in the first with a leadoff double by Xavier Avery who scored on a single by J.J. Hardy. Adam Jones would then double home Hardy making the score 2-0.
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