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Ichiro leads Yankees to comeback win over the Rays

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Behind Ichiro Suzuki and a little bit of small ball, the Yankees tied the game in the eighth and then took the lead in the ninth inning as they came from behind to beat the Rays 4-3 at the Trop Tuesday. Ichiro started things in the top of the eighth with a one out single. He ...

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Bad start by CC Sabathia leads to Yankees loss to Rays

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CC Sabathia allowed four runs in the first and another in the third as the Yankees offense failed to show up in their 5-1 loss to the Rays in Tampa on Monday. CC's command was atrocious early on and the Rays made him pay. Ryan Roberts homered to get it started followed by an Evan Longoria ...

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Yankees take 2 of 3 from the Blue Jays

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The Yankees took two of three from the highly touted Blue Jays over the weekend as they won Friday and Saturday and failed to finish off the sweep with a loss on Sunday. FRIDAY (9-4 win) Friday's win was all about Andy Pettitte. His line: 7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, ...

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Yankees rally but fail to take care of business in extra-innings loss

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The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and send it to extra innings, but they failed to finish the job as they lost 6-2 in 12 innings against the Diamondbacks on Thursday. Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth, Francisco Cervelli hit one just over the left field ...

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Late rally leads Yankees to 4-3 over DBacks

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The Yankees were trailing 3-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but they rallied to tie it at 3-3 that inning and then took a the lead in the bottom of the eighth on a Travis Hafner pinch-hit home run to beat the Diamondbacks 4-3 at the stadium Thursday night. The Diamondbacks jumped out to ...

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Yankees beat the DBacks 4-2 on a night they all wore No. 42

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With the entire team wearing No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, Robinson Cano provided the big blast and Ivan Nova and the bullpen handled the rest as the Yankees beat the Diamondbacks 4-2 in the Bronx Tuesday night. The Yankees loaded the bases in the first two innings, but failed to score until they were trailing ...

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Hiroki Kuroda tosses a shutout as Yankees take the series from the O’s

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Hiroki Kuroda was at his best and gave up just five hits over nine shutout innings as the Yankees beat the Orioles 3-0 to take two-out-of-three against the O's in the Bronx this weekend. Kuroda's splitter looked great as he generated 21 ground balls to just four fly outs. He struck out five and didn't walk ...

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Three-run error leads to 5-2 Yankees win over Orioles

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A seventh inning three-run error by Orioles center fielder Adam Jones opened the doors for a 5-2 Yankees victory with CC Sabathia on the mound at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees and O's were tied going into the bottom of the seventh inning when the Yankees got a two-out rally going when Kevin Youkilis was walked intentionally ...

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5 home runs propel Yankees to third win in a row

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The Yankees were expected to have less power than last year, but they hit five home runs and got a strong performance by Andy Pettitte in a dominating 14-1 victory in Cleveland. Robinson Cano, Kevin Youkilis, Brennan Boesch, Ichiro Suzuki, and Lyle Overbay all homered. They were all kind of tack on home runs too as ...

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Cano and Hafner power the Yankees to win against the Tribe

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Robinson Cano hit two home runs and Travis Hafner hit one homer with four RBI's as the offense carried the Yankees to a 11-6 win against the Indians in Cleveland this afternoon. This was Hafner's first return to Cleveland since he left the only team he's ever known for the Yankees this offseason. He got a ...

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