Yankees Drop Second Straight, Lose Ground In Wild Card Race
The Yankees lost their second straight after a three-game winning streak and fell 2 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for the AL's second wild-card spot.
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The Yankees lost their second straight after a three-game winning streak and fell 2 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for the AL's second wild-card spot.
Soriano was scheduled to bat cleanup. With the change, Alex Rodriguez was dropped from second to cleanup.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees 8-4 Friday night.
Girardi expects leadoff hitter Brett Gardner will be out for a lengthy stretch and possibly the rest of the regular season.
The Yankees don't need this right now: leadoff man Brett Gardner is heading to New York for tests on his ailing oblique.
Sadly, Derek Jeter will force the Yankees to yank him from the infield, literally rip the uniform off his increasingly creaky body. He won't go quietly.
Brendan Ryan scored the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning on a wild pitch by Jim Johnson, and the New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Thursday night after blowing a four-run lead.
The Dynamic Radio Duo of Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton had plenty to talk about after a night in which the Jets blew a great opportunity to beat their bitter division rivals and the Yankees' winning run in Baltimore scores courtesy of a wild pitch.
His quiet leadership and "intangible" qualities have endeared Jeter to his teammates and his fans.
Randy Levine says Bobby Valentine "should be silent and remember" after the former Mets manager claimed the Yankees were nowhere to be found following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
We now know that Derek Jeter isn't going to ride to the rescue. But Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano still have a chance. Yankees fans just might embrace them both if it happens.
The Red Sox invited fans to be seated by 7:30 p.m. for the tribute, adding that some tickets are still available. The game is scheduled to start at 8:05 p.m.
The Yankees moved past Baltimore and Cleveland in the AL wild-card hunt. New York has hit eight home runs in winning two of three in the four-game series that concludes Thursday night.
Brian Cashman announced on Wednesday afternoon that Jeter has been placed on the disabled list and will miss the remainder of the 2013 season.
The New York Yankees today announced that they have reached a multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS RADIO for Yankees games to be simulcast on WFAN-AM 660 and WFAN-FM 101.9 beginning in 2014.
