Cole Has Sharp Playoff Prep As Yankees Rout Blue Jays
Cole (7-3) struck out seven and walked none, inducing 11 ground-ball outs and 14 swings and misses.
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Cole (7-3) struck out seven and walked none, inducing 11 ground-ball outs and 14 swings and misses.
Despite dismal results against the New York Yankees this season, at least the Boston Red Sox didn't have to watch their longtime rivals enjoy clinching a playoff berth at Fenway Park.
Less than two weeks removed from a slide that threatened to derail their season, the New York Yankees are on the cusp of another postseason berth.
Gary Sanchez hit a tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning, DJ LeMahieu had a double in the 12th and the Yankees rallied past the Red Sox.
Brett Gardner, DJ LeMehieu and Luke Voit homered on consecutive pitches for the New York Yankees -- and that was just the start of the night's power surge.
Kyle Higashioka was as surprised as anyone.
Luke Voit and Aaron Hicks homered to key a seven-run second-inning burst and the Yankees went on to a 20-6 rout of the Blue Jays to move back into second place in the AL East.
Derek Jeter's mansion, nicknamed "St. Jetersburg" by locals is now on the market.
The Yankees have won five straight and moved 5 1/2 games ahead of the Orioles for the eighth and final AL postseason spot.
New York started the shortened season 15-6, plummeted with a 5-16 funk and now is on its longest winning streak since taking six in a row from Aug. 11-17.
Mark Newman, a key front office executive for the New York Yankees during their run of five World Series titles from 1996 through 2009, was found dead Saturday at his home in Tampa, Florida.
The Yankees moved 3 1/2 games ahead of the Orioles for the AL's final postseason spot as the teams began a four-game series.
The Yankees have lost 15 of their last 21 games and entered Thursday third in AL East at 22-21, just 1 1/2 games ahead of the Orioles (20-22).
The Yankees had lost 15 of 20 and fallen to the edge of the expanded playoff field.
At 21-21, the Yankees are at .500 or worse in September for the first time since 1995.
Chad Green and Adam Ottavino were routed during a 10-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Yankees 12-7 Monday night.
Dean Kremer allowed one hit over six innings in his major league debut, DJ Stewart homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the skidding New York Yankees 5-1 on Sunday.
Cole (4-3) lost a third straight start for the first time since July 30-Aug. 10, 2018, with Houston. Prior to this skid, the right-hander had reeled off 20 straight regular-season victories.
The Yankees homered in 22 straight games against Baltimore before being contained in the nightcap, leaving them one short game of matching the mark by a team against a single opponent.
The Mets came back from deficits of 4-0 and 7-4 at Citi Field to earn a split of the six-game season series, all of which was played over the last six days.
Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman was handed a three-game suspension by Major League Baseball that he's appealing.
Chapman's first pitch to Brosseau with two outs in the ninth inning whizzed past Brosseau's head, and umpires met before issuing warnings to both benches amid a budding rivalry that's been dominated this season by Tampa Bay.
The AL East leaders improved to 7-1 against the Yankees this season and stretched their division cushion to 4 1/2 games.
The Yankees won the final three games of this five-game Subway Series, snapping a seven-game skid that was their longest since 2017.
