Sabathia Shines, Carter Plates Four As Yankees Blank Red Sox
CC Sabathia won his fifth straight start to beat Rick Porcello in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners.
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CC Sabathia won his fifth straight start to beat Rick Porcello in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners.
Boston Red Sox announcer Jerry Remy apologized Wednesday for his on-air remarks a night earlier that pitchers such as Yankees star Masahiro Tanaka shouldn't be allowed to have translators on the mound.
Could they just keep their flowering core of young studs -- led by phenoms Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez -- and dip their financial toes in the market by bagging Harper?
The overpowering closer struck out five in 1 1/3 innings to seal the win.
The Yankees open a big home series against the Red Sox on Tuesday.
As far as Pedro Martinez is concerned, the Yankees have a major liability in their rotation in the form of their No. 1 starter.
The Yankees are no fluke. And they are fun to watch. That's what the first third of the season has told us. The result? A 32-22 record and first place in the AL East.
The Yanks are knocking balls over the outfield fences at an astounding, highly entertaining rate. But it's the ones that don't fly out in fair territory that should concern their loyal followers.
On a day 20,000 Donaldson bobblehead dolls were given to fans, Donaldson connected on a 3-2 fastball from Clippard (0-3) for his sixth home run this season and third in the series.
Brett Gardner, Matt Holliday, Starlin Castro and Didi Gregorius all hit solo home runs in the eighth inning, leading Jordan Montgomery and the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Saturday.
Ellsbury suffered a concussion and sprained neck after banging his head into the center field wall while catching a fly ball on the opening pitch of the May 24 game against Kansas City.
Josh Donaldson hit two solo home runs, Francisco Liriano won in his return from the disabled list and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-5 on Friday night.
CC Sabathia won his fourth consecutive start, Aaron Hicks had a career-high six RBIs and Gary Sanchez homered twice to lead the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi compared Tanaka's situation this year to what Houston's Dallas Keuchel endured last year.
Baltimore took two of three from the AL East leaders after coming in with a seven-game losing streak.
