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Kuroda knocked out as the Yankees fall to the Red Sox 7-4

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The Red Sox literally knocked Hiroki Kuroda out of the game in the second inning, and the Yankees offense was mostly quiet again as the Red Sox beat them 7-4 during a cold night at Yankee Stadium. A liner off the bat of Shane Victorino looked like it barely grazed Kuroda's fingers. Larry Rothschild and Steve ...

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Yankees drop Opening Day to Red Sox 8-2

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CC Sabathia was typical Opening Day CC which is to say that he was bad, the Yankees lineup could only muster two runs on six hits with nobody coming up with a multi-hit game, and the best pitcher out of the bullpen was Shawn Kelley as the they lost to the Red Sox 8-2. Try not ...

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Yankees season ends as the Tigers sweep the ALCS

CC Sabathia didn't have his good command, but it didn't exactly matter as the Yankees offense continued its no-show in the playoffs as they lost 8-1 and were swept by the Tigers in the ALCS. For a while there was a question as to whether the Yankees would even get a hit in this game when ...

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Yankees/Tigers Game 4 of the ALCS is rained out

Game 4 of the American League Championship Series that was set to take place in Detroit tonight was postponed due to rain. The Yankees and Tigers sat through more than an hour rain delay even though it wasn't raining before they declared a rain out. The game will be made up on Thursday at 4:07 ...

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Verlander wins as Yankees fall to 0-3 in the ALCS

The Yankees needed Phil Hughes to come up big, they needed Robinson Cano to start hitting again. They didn't get either as they lost to Justin Verlander and the Tigers 2-1 in Detroit on Tuesday night to drop to 0-3 in the ALCS. Hughes was solid in the first three innings and then opened the fourth ...

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Yankees shutout by Tigers as they fall 0-2 in ALCS

The Yankees first Derek Jeter-less playoff game since Buck Showalter came and went with a great performance by Hiroki Kuroda and a complete and total no-show by the offense as they were shutout 3-0 by the Tigers to fall to 0-2 in the best of seven ALCS. It was a pathetic showing. Even Kuroda's impressive performance ...

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Yankees lose ALCS opener, Jeter out with broken ankle

The Yankees got a pair of big two-run home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning by Ichiro Suzuki and Raul Ibanez to tie the game at 4-4, but lost the game in extra innings as they lost 6-4 to drop the first game of the ALCS. Losing the game was bad, but perhaps even ...

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Yankees beat Orioles to advance to the ALCS

The Yankees offense has struggled lately so their ace starter CC Sabathia put them on his back and carried them past the Orioles to the American League Championship Series after a brilliant 3-1 victory over Baltimore in Yankee Stadium. The word brilliant is thrown around a lot, but Sabathia really was brilliant in a game the ...

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Yankees lose in 13 as Orioles force Game 5

The Yankees got unbelievable pitching performances from Phil Hughes and the bullpen over 13 innings, but lost 2-1 at Yankee Stadium last night as the offense failed to show up. Hughes gave up just one run, on a Nate McLouth home run, in 6.2 innings. The bullpen took over and eventually gave up a run in ...

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Ibanez hits 2 homers as Yankees win in 12th

Raul Ibanez pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez and two home runs, the tying and go ahead runs, as the Yankees beat the Orioles 3-2 in 12 innings to win Game 3 of the ALDS Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees were trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth when Alex Rodriguez, who was already ...

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