Sabathia Shines Again, Yankees Bounce Back To Beat Royals 6-2
Sabathia (1-0) gave up an unearned run and three hits over five innings, improving to 15-1 in the regular season following a Yankees loss since 2017.
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Sabathia (1-0) gave up an unearned run and three hits over five innings, improving to 15-1 in the regular season following a Yankees loss since 2017.
The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the singer.
Despite facing a journeyman starter, the Yankees' offense looked nothing like the team that seemed to turn things around against Boston.
Brasier got ahead 0-2 as Gardner took a slider and fouled off another. Brasier left a fastball up that Gardner drove 364 feet over the right-field scoreboard.
Something had to give Tuesday night. The Yankees (6-9) and the Red Sox (6-11) couldn't both keep losing as baseball's greatest rivals faced off in the Bronx.
The Yankees have placed first baseman Greg Bird on the 10-day injured list with a left plantar fascia tear, giving the team a dozen players on the shelf less than three weeks into the season.
Ravaged by injuries, the New York Yankees hardly resemble the 100-win team that set a major league record for homers last year.
On Saturday, the lefty made his return and looked like a future Hall of Famer in a storybook debut.
New York dropped to 5-8 despite leading in 12 of 13 games this season.
New York is more than halfway to its 2018 total of 20 players who had disabled list stints.
Jose Altuve hit two homers, Carlos Correa homered with three RBIs and the Houston Astros completed their first ever sweep of the New York Yankees
George Springer's two-run double in the eighth inning helped the Houston Astros to their third straight comeback win, 6-3 over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
The Yankees will be shutting Severino down for six weeks, in the hopes that both injuries will subside and the young flamethrower can restart his rehab pain-free.
Jose Altuve hit a long home run and Carlos Correa's broken-bat RBI infield single in the eighth inning helped the Astros rally past the Yankees 4-3 on Monday for their fourth straight victory.
New York Yankees ace Luis Severino is returning to New York to have more tests on his injured right shoulder.
