Sanchez Leads Barrage As Yankees Blast Twins
Gary Sanchez was struggling since coming off the disabled list, and the New York Yankees were off to a so-so September start. Facing the Minnesota Twins seems to be a cure-all.
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Gary Sanchez was struggling since coming off the disabled list, and the New York Yankees were off to a so-so September start. Facing the Minnesota Twins seems to be a cure-all.
Mitch Haniger dashed home to score the go-ahead run on a grounder in the eighth inning, then made a diving catch for the final out Sunday that gave the Mariners a 3-2 win over the Yankees.
Andrew McCutchen got the Yankees started and Dellin Betances made sure they hung on at the end.
Masahiro Tanaka struck out 10 over eight innings, Gleyber Torres and Andrew McCutchen each hit a two-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Friday night.
The Yankees have looked like zombies out on the field of late, sleep-walking their way through a stretch of winnable games before laying an egg on the first leg of their West Coast trip.
Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run single, Matt Chapman and Matt Olson each doubled in a run, and the A's jumped on the New York Yankees early for an 8-2 win Wednesday night.
Mark Canha homered and Matt Chapman hit an RBI double to back Cahill, leading the Oakland Athletics past New York 6-3 on Monday in a matchup between teams in the AL wild-card race.
Judge, the reigning AL Rookie of the Year, took 25 dry swings Monday in Oakland's center-field cage before taking another 25 off the tee at what he called 100 percent effort.
Rookie Victor Reyes hit his first major league home run, doubled twice and singled, leading the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees 11-7 on Sunday.
The Yankees got only two hits, but won for the 11th time in 15 games. New York has the second-best record in the majors, behind AL East-leading Boston.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone fired up the crowd — and got himself ejected — for impersonating a catcher to show plate umpire Nic Lentz what he was missing in the fifth.
The playoff-contending New York Yankees are close to completing a trade for San Francisco Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen, multiple outlets report.
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton joined the 300-home run club Thursday night, the 5th fastest to do so.
Victor Martinez hit his second home run of the game and Niko Goodrum followed with a homer off Dellin Betances in the ninth inning, rallying the Detroit Tigers past the New York Yankees 8-7 Thursday night.
The Yankees' pursuit of the Boston Red Sox got stalled by Ryan LaMarre and Reynaldo Lopez.
Aaron Hicks hit a tying homer in the eighth and rookie Miguel Andujar also had a two-run shot to help the injury-depleted Yankees win for the ninth time in 11 games.
The Yankees appear to have help on the way.
Rodon is 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA in his past nine starts. The 25-year-old left-hander hasn't lost since June 30.
Luke Voit went 3 for 3 with a two-run homer to help Luis Severino earn his major league-leading 17th victory, and the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Sunday night to complete a four-game sweep.
Gray took a three-hitter into the seventh inning, and New York beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 Saturday night for a doubleheader sweep.
Andujar homered and had four RBIs, J.A. Happ pitched six sharp innings to win his fifth straight start with the Yankees and New York breezed to a 10-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday in the opener of a split doubleheader.
The Yankees managed only one extra-base hit against five Miami pitchers. They committed three errors and struck out 11 times in a defeat that ended their four-game winning streak.
In a second half that's tested the fortitude of players and fans alike, the injury bug has claimed another vital piece of the Yankees' puzzle.
The Yankees (79-46) won their fourth game in a row to climb 33 games above .500 for the first time since 2011.
Just when the Yankees thought they were beginning to get healthy, they suffered yet another key injury.
