Category Archives: Game Summary

Yankees go ahead 1-0 in ALDS on 9th inning rally

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

CC Sabathia got the Yankees to the ninth inning with the game tied and Russell Martin provided the go ahead blast en route to a 7-2 victory over the Orioles to go ahead 1-0 in the ALDS in Baltimore Sunday night. They had to wait through a nearly three hour rain delay, but it was worth ...

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Yankees beat up Boston to regain sole possession of 1st

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees ran up the score against Boston last night, beating the Red Sox 10-2 behind an improbable nine-run second inning and a strong performance from CC Sabathia. The win, combined with an Orioles loss against the Rays, leaves the Yankees in sole possession of first place in the American League East. The Yankees nine-run outburst ...

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Yankees pull off a great comeback to remain in 1st place

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Things were not looking good for the Yankees early on in this one. Phil Hughes left trailing 5-1 to the Blue Jays in the fifth inning while at the same time Baltimore was beating Boston 5-1. They managed to turn it around though as they tied the game at 5-5 in the seventh and eventually ...

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Yankees in risk of a 1st place tie after loss

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees bats struck first with two runs in the first and then fell silent as Andy Pettitte got very little run support in a 3-2 loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto this afternoon. The Yankees went up 2-0 right away off Ricky Romero on sac flies by Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson in the ...

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Yankees offense comes alive in blow out victory over Jays

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Hiroki Kuroda didn't exactly pitch well for the Yankees tonight, but it didn't matter as the Yankees offense came alive to lit the Blue Jays starters up in an 11-4 victory in Toronto. Kuroda continued his streak of poor pitching performances, he has a 5.29 ERA over his last five starts, as he made it through ...

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Yankees mowed down by Morrow in loss to Jays

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Ivan Nova made a few costly mistakes and Brandon Morrow mowed down the Yankees offense as they lost to the Blue Jays 6-0 in the first game of a four game series in Toronto. Morrow was impressive. He not only shut the Yankees out through seven innings, but he was economical, and most importantly he showed ...

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Yankees magic number down to 6 after beating Twins 8-2

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

For the second straight start CC Sabathia was lights out as he held the Twins to just two runs over eight innings in the Yankees 8-2 victory that gave them a series victory in Minnesota. The Orioles, who have done a good job keeping up with the Yankees, also benefitted from a blow-out today, beating the ...

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Yankees blow game against Twins

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees certainly had a chance to win this game. They were facing a bad Twins team using a pitcher who entered the game with a 6.75 ERA, Phil Hughes was cruising through six innings, and they had a 3-1 lead going into the seventh. Then suddenly Hughes fell apart, he needed 27 pitches to get ...

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Yankees pull out to biggest division lead in nearly a month

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees got another solid start from Andy Pettitte against the Twins last night as they beat them 6-3 at Minnesota in just his second start off the DL. The win, combined with a split doubleheader by the Orioles against the Blue Jays increases the Yankees lead in the AL East to 1.5 games, their largest ...

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Yankees and Kuroda fail to pull off sweep against Oakland

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

With the bullpen overtaxed from a 14 inning game the day before, the Yankees needed Hiroki Kuroda to step up and go deep into the game, but unfortunately that didn't happen as the Oakland Athletics beat the Yankees 5-4 to avoid getting swept. It was a disappointing game because after falling behind 3-0 the Yankees battled ...

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