Severino Punches Out 11 As Yankees Top Astros 5-3
If these budding rivals meet again this year, it will be in October.
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If these budding rivals meet again this year, it will be in October.
The Yankees won despite making five errors — including two by Torres at second base — for the first time since 2014.
Justin Verlander tamed the New York Yankees, then toyed with their fans.
When they finally met up once more, Masahiro Tanaka was too much for Shohei Ohtani.
Playing not far from his southern New Jersey hometown, Trout went deep for the third straight game to tie Boston's Mookie Betts for the big league lead with 17 home runs.
Rather than demote one of its eight relief pitchers or first baseman Tyler Austin, New York opted on Saturday to send down Torreyes, who is hitting .339 and can play several positions.
Gleyber Torres became the youngest American League player to homer in four straight games and the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Friday night.
The Yankees are 5-5 since a 17-1 stretch.
Greg Bird may soon know exactly how Brandon Drury is feeling these days.
The Yankees' Boone got his first ejection as a big league manager for apparently arguing balls and strikes while Gary Sanchez was batting in the sixth.
Masahiro Tanaka (5-2) limited the Texas to three hits over five innings, but walked four and gave up two homers. The right-hander struck out three.
Tyler Austin hit a pair of two-run homers, Sonny Gray pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 10-1 on Sunday.
The New York Yankees hit so many home runs against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night that they had just about every variety covered.
Kansas City beat New York 5-2 on Friday night to open a three-game series between teams that had been headed radically different directions.
As unbelievable as it sounds, Didi Gregorius has suddenly become clueless at the plate.
