Yankees Fall To White Sox As Winning Streak Ends At 8 Games
Miguel Gonzalez pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning to win a road start for the first time in two years.
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Miguel Gonzalez pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning to win a road start for the first time in two years.
They've gone from the 1969 Yankees to the 1998 Yankees in no time.
Jordan Montgomery took a shutout into the seventh inning for his first major league win.
The 2000 team is fondly remembered because of the buzz a subway World Series against the Mets brought to the Big Apple.
The Yankees have won their first six home games for the first time since opening 7-0 in the Bronx in 1998.
CC Sabathia took a shutout into the eighth inning and the New York Yankees did enough against erratic Carlos Martinez to hold on for a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
The New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
Aaron Hicks and Luis Severino, two of the Yankees' biggest disappointments last year, combined to push them over .500 for the first time this season.
The Yankees enter Thursday night's game against the Rays with a respectable 4-4 record, but for a little while it appeared the Bombers might be headed for a disastrous start to the season.
The team announced Thursday that right-hander James Kaprielian will undergo Tommy John elbow surgery, sidelining him until 2018.
Montgomery worked 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. The 24-year-old left-hander struck out seven and walked one.
Jay Bruce and Aaron Judge may sit at two ends of the baseball spectrum, but they're teaching the same lesson.
The Yankees are baseball's most valuable team for the 20th straight year, according to Forbes magazine.
Montgomery beat out more established pitchers in a group that included Luis Cessa, Chad Green and Bryan Mitchell.
Pineda (1-1) dominated like the pitcher the Yankees have always hoped he would become. He struck out 11, walked none and threw 67 of 93 pitches for strikes.
