Yankees Set To Face One More Big Arm In Tigers' Porcello
After beating the second of Detroit's three Cy Young Award winners, the Yankees have one more tough pitcher to deal with on Thursday.
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After beating the second of Detroit's three Cy Young Award winners, the Yankees have one more tough pitcher to deal with on Thursday.
Chris Capuano outpitched Justin Verlander while Brian McCann and Chase Headley homered to send the New York Yankees past the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Wednesday night.
He lost his colossal fastball, his control and his craft. And thus ended the Joba Chamberlain Experiment. By the time he returned to his ancestral home, the bullpen, he was a pitching carcass.
Heading to the Yankees game on Wednesday night? You could be in for a special kind of treat. When you walk into the stadium -- and especially if you're buying tickets -- you might run into some familiar faces.
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Tanaka made 50 throws from 60 feet before Tuesday night's game against Detroit. That's twice as many tosses as Tanaka took Monday in his first action since being shut down in early July.
The DEA's investigation into Tony Bosch's operation "revealed previously unnamed MLB players," according to ESPN's T.J. Quinn. And those names, he reported, are bound to be released.
David Price struck out 10 in his Detroit debut and was long gone when Alex Avila homered in the 12th inning to lift the Tigers over the New York Yankees 4-3 Tuesday night.
The New York Yankees have shuffled left-handers in their bullpen, promoting Rich Hill from the minors and letting Matt Thornton go to the Washington Nationals in a waiver claim.
The former clinic owner accused of selling PEDs to Alex Rodriguez agreed to plead guilty in what prosecutors called a wide-ranging conspiracy to distribute steroids to both major-league ballplayers and high-school athletes.
The six-time All-Star tossed a ball to Upton, who was sitting in the first row behind the Tigers' dugout. The model reacted with a loving smile and grin, clearly smitten with her beau.
Despite appearing to have worn out his welcome with at the end of a tumultuous eight years in New York, Chamberlain had only positive things to say Monday about his old team.
"I felt fine all day ... and all of a sudden, I started getting really dizzy, nauseous, the room started spinning," the first baseman said Monday night.
Brandon McCarthy won his fourth straight start with a gritty effort, and the New York Yankees took the first of three straight matchups against Detroit's Cy Young Award winners, beating Max Scherzer and the Tigers 2-1 Monday night.
The right-hander, on the 15-day disabled list with a partial UCL tear, made 25 throws from 60 feet at Yankee Stadium on Monday. He said he felt good and reported no pain.
