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Ivan Nova won his 11th straight decision with some help from a rangy outfield and Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking single in the fifth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
A federal judge rejected ex-baseball star Roger Clemens request to throw out perjury charges against him and says he must face another trial.
Brian Cashman deserves high praise for a number of intelligent, under-the-radar off-season signings that have each played a part in the Yankees' success in the regular season and possibly could make the difference in the playoffs.
Yankees fans want Ivan Nova to keep piling up victories for the Yankees -- and for himself. The rookie right-hander looks to continue his impressive run of success Friday night when the Bombers host the Blue Jays.
Rays manager Joe Maddon isn't quite ready to deliver a concession speech, even though Tampa Bay is running out of time -- behind New York -- in the AL playoff race.
A.J. Burnett had an awful August, but set it aside to put in a nice performance against the Red Sox in a 4-2 Yankees win on Thursday. But not everyone is convinced he's turned it around.
The lack of clutch hitting cost A.J. Burnett a potential victory as he began September with a solid performance after a horrible August in which he was 1-2 with an 11.91 ERA in five starts.
Tonight might be the final time A.J. Burnett starts a game for the Yankees in 2011 and I couldn't be happier. The only problem is that I want the Yankees to win, so we have a little bit of a Catch-22.
Coming off back-to-back horrendous outings, embattled starter A.J. Burnett could be pitching to stay in the Yankees' rotation. Little suggests that a start against the Red Sox will help his cause.
Could it be A.J. Burnett's last turn in the Yankees' rotation? What happens if he doesn't pitch well? What happens if he DOES pitch well?
The Yankees' bats finally came to life against Josh Beckett. Phil Hughes was looking fairly sharp, then suddenly a moth flies into one of his eyes and the Bombers again unravel against the Red Sox. Yep, a moth.
What a shock, Steve Somers almost fell off his chair listening to Joe Girardi after the Yankees' loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday night! Girardi said he thought Hughes pitched a good game. Hasn't he been saying the same thing about A.J. Burnett recently?
MLB Network's Kevin Millar called in Thursday to talk a little baseball with Boomer & Craig, specifically the Yankees and the Red Sox, who are in the middle of a 3-game series up in Boston.
With A.J. Burnett starting the series finale in Boston on Thursday, many Yankees fans looked at last night's game as a must-win.'
After taking a 5-4 lead into the 6th inning Wednesday night in Beantown, the Yankees were unable to close the deal and went on to lose 9-5 to the Red Sox opposite Boston right-hander Josh Beckett.
