Masahiro Tanaka Fans 9 As Yankees Roll To 11-1 Win Over Angels
He had a comfortable 10-run lead when he took the mound for the second time as the Yankees batted around. Waiting can be difficult, but for Tanaka, he made it look easy.
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He had a comfortable 10-run lead when he took the mound for the second time as the Yankees batted around. Waiting can be difficult, but for Tanaka, he made it look easy.
It was Gregorius' 10th homer of the season, tied with the Angels' Mike Trout for the major league lead.
Gary Sanchez had a moment he will remember.
Didi Gregorius homered for the fourth straight game and added two RBIs to his major league-leading total.
Didi Gregorius leads the major leagues with 27 RBIs and has eight home runs in 22 games, totals matched previously in Yankees history by only Babe Ruth in 1921 and Alex Rodriguez in 2007.
The teams hadn't met since New York topped the Twins 8-4 in the AL wild-card game last October at Yankee Stadium.
With a team full of 20-somethings, the New York Yankees played like seasoned veterans.
One of the top prospects in baseball made his MLB debut on Sunday.
Aaron Judge hit an early homer off respected Twitter rival Marcus Stroman, then scored on a disputed play during a seven-run burst in the sixth inning that sent the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 Saturday.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made an impressive major league debut with two hits and three RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 Friday night.
David Robertson went wild and loaded the bases in the eighth inning, and the Yankees weren't all that concerned.
A Pennsylvania girl's emotional plea to stop bullying has caught the attention of the New York Yankees.
Stanton's batted third in every game he's played this season, but manager Aaron Boone hints at the possibility of that changing.
Slumping slugger Giancarlo Stanton struck out two more times and grounded into a double play, finishing 0 for 4 and drawing boos from Yankees fans again.
About the only Yankees bopper who didn't get in on the fun was Giancarlo Stanton, who went hitless and got booed again by the hometown fans in his first game against his former team.
Game 1 was scratched about three hours before the scheduled first pitch, with Game 2 called in the early afternoon.
If one or both games are postponed Sunday, the scramble could be on to find a time when the Yankees can come back to Detroit later in the year.
Aaron Hicks' homers sent the Yankees to an 8-6 victory over Detroit on Friday.
One night after the benches cleared twice and the longtime rivals brawled during New York's 10-7 win, there were no such incidents in the finale of the three-game set.
Tyler Austin rushed the mound after being hit by a pitch from Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly, triggering a bench-clearing brawl Wednesday night.
Tyler Austin rushed the mound after being hit by a pitch from Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly, triggering a bench-clearing brawl as the New York Yankees ended Boston's nine-game winning streak.
After blasting two home runs in his Yankees' debut on Opening Day, finishing the game 3-for-5 with four RBI, Stanton has struggled mightily ever since.
Aaron Judge had three hits for the Yankees, a drive off Sale over the center field wall in the fifth for his third home run of the season.
Giancarlo Stanton heard the boos Sunday at Yankee Stadium after going 0 for 7, with five strikeouts and nine runners stranded in the Yankees' 8-7, 12-inning loss to Baltimore.
Brad Brach escaped his own bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 12th inning and the Baltimore Orioles overcame an early deficit that left their starting pitcher punching the dugout wall, holding off the New York Yankees 8-7 Sunday.
