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Nathan Eovaldi pitched scoreless, five-hit ball into the sixth inning, Garrett Jones homered and the New York Yankees snapped their three-game skid with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Ivan Nova made only two major mistakes Tuesday night. Albert Pujols and Erick Aybar deposited them both into the trees beyond center field at the Big A.
The Yankees seem to have many irons in the fire, especially when it comes to starting pitchers.
I only had to watch Mike Trout for one game to know what the starting center fielder in the All-Star Game should look like. But his counterpart in the Yankees' dugout deserves a trip to Cincinnati, too.
From his glove to his bat to his feet, the Yankees were powerless to stop Trout, the Derek Jeter fan from New Jersey currently manning center field for the Angels.
Boomer and Craig got things underway Tuesday morning discussing the baseball scene, which these days features two relevant locals.
Where he actually cost the Mets money, the veteran has been nothing short of a Filene's Basement steal for the Yanks.
Houston rookie Carlos Correa has amassed enough big plays to fill a highlight reel despite being in the majors for less than a month.
Brian McCann hit a grand slam and Chris Young homered to give New York an early lead, and Mark Teixeira had a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth after the Yankees squandered that cushion in a 9-6 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
Girardi's confidence stems from the fact that Tanaka did not allow more than two runs in any of his previous five starts and had a 1.71 ERA while winning two of his first three since missing more than a month with a strained forearm.
Chris Young had a go-ahead, three-run homer among three hits in his hometown, lifting lifted the New York Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
Dallas Keuchel pitched a six-hitter and struck out a career-high 12 in his second shutout in less than a month to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
Let's take a look at this week's best and worst stories in the N.Y.-N.J. sports landscape.
The Yankees' offense exploded for 10 runs, but it was Ivan Nova who stole the show in Wednesday's series finale.
With Boomer out, it was once again left up to Chris Simms to keep Craig from going to crazy on the floundering Mets.
