Red Sox Get ML-Best 20th Comeback Win, Beat Yankees
The Yankees dropped behind Toronto into fourth in the AL East. They are 3-9 in their past 12 games, averaging just 2.4 runs, and fell to 14-21 against division foes.
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The Yankees dropped behind Toronto into fourth in the AL East. They are 3-9 in their past 12 games, averaging just 2.4 runs, and fell to 14-21 against division foes.
New York lost for the eighth time in 11 games. This one took 2 hours, 49 minutes, not the typical 4-hour Yankees-Red Sox battle.
Austin Meadows homered off shaky Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and drove in five runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat New York 9-2 on Thursday.
New York had lost six of seven before winning its past two games against the AL East-leading Rays.
The righty-hitting Frazier turned on a slider from right-hander Andrew Kittredge and stood at the plate to admire the drive, capping a tight finish in which both teams came up short on potential rallies.
The Tampa Bay Rays won for the 16th time in 17 games by keeping up their domination of the reeling Yankees with a 3-1 victory Monday.
Rookie Tarik Skubal pitched six shutout innings, and the Detroit Tigers beat New York 6-2 Sunday for their first home series sweep of the Yankees in 21 years.
New York has dropped the first two games of a weekend series at last-place Detroit after winning seven of eight.
Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman returned from a non-coronavirus illness and pitched a scoreless ninth, but manager Aaron Boone opted against using the left-hander for a second inning.
Aaron Judge swung so hard in missing a 3-1 fastball that he fell, then was way behind in striking out on a 97.3 mph full-count pitch, Alek Manoah's fastest of the game.
Steven Matz returned to New York with his finest outing in two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league-leading 16th home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-2 on Tuesday.
Aaron Judge smiled and chuckled. "A legitimate walk off," he said. "We'll take it. I'm not complaining one bit."
Cole extended the scoreless streak by Yankees starters to 30 innings.
New York (26-19) has won 15 of 20 and moved a season-high seven games over .500.
A big weekend for New York City's sports teams started Friday as several stadiums and arenas expand capacity for fully vaccinated fans.
New York won its sixth straight series and at 25-19 moved a season-high six games over .500.
The pair of New York aces lead the way in MLB.com's expert poll of potential Cy Young Award winners a little over a quarter of the way into the season.
It was the 12th no-hitter in Yankees history, the first since David Cone's perfect game against Montreal on July 18, 1999.
LeMahieu went the opposite way for his double down the right-field line to cap a five-run fourth that put the Yankees up 5-3.
Adolis Garcia and Willie Calhoun homered as the Texas Rangers ended a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees on Monday night.
This week's Baseball Report looks at the Chicago White Sox's early-season success, the New York Yankees' COVID outbreak and Albert Pujols' return with the Dodgers.
Maikel Franco homered and drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles avoided a three-game sweep by rallying to beat the New York Yankees 10-6 Sunday.
After hitting two home runs Friday, Judge provided New York a 5-0 lead with a two-run shot in the second. Six of Judge's 11 homers this season have come against Baltimore.
Judge is now 10 for 19 with five home runs facing the Orioles this season. He has 13 career multihomer games, five of them against Baltimore.
Lauren Anderson bought Yankees tickets off StubHub for May 26. At the time, getting in required proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, but now her section is only for fully vaccinated fans.
