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For the second game in a row, the Yankees vaulted into the lead in the 8th inning to beat the Nationals — this time Ben Rice hit a 2-run triple to turn a 3-2 deficit […]

The Yanks were down 2-0 all afternoon until the 8th inning, when Ryan McMahon hit a solo HR, Trent Grisham hit a 2-run HR to put NY ahead 3-2, and Paul Goldschmidt hit an insurance […]

Jazz Chisholm Jr. turned a loss into a win by launching a towering 2-run HR with 1 out in the top of the 9th, vaulting the Yanks from a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead […]

Ben Rice hit 2 HR’s — a 2-run HR in a 6-run 3rd inning, and a 3-run HR in the 6th to put the game away, as the Yankees torched the Rays 12-4 on a […]

The Yankees ran into another good pitcher on his game. This time it was Shane McClanahan — and he threw a 4-hit shutout into the 7th as the Rays beat NY 3-0 on a Wednesday […]

A single, double, and back-to-back HR’s off Will Warren in the 4th inning turned a 3-2 Yankee lead into a 6-3 deficit and spelled doom for the Yankees, as Tampa beat them 6-4 on a […]

In a Must-Win game for the Yankees, Cam Schlittler rose to the occasion and pitched a GEM — 8 innings of 4-hit, 1-run ball, striking out 8 with 0 walks — in leading NY to […]

It’s been that kind of stretch for the Yankees — losers of 9 of their last 10 — when they don’t blow a game they were ‘this close’ to winning, they get shut down by […]

With Carlos Rodon on the 15-day Injury List due to left elbow inflammation, the Yankees started rookie Brendan Beck — who is having a fine year in AAA with a 7-2 3.07 record. But he […]

Trent Grisham returned from the injured list and sparked the Yankees to a 5-2 win over Minnesota on a hot, humid night at Yankee Stadium — the game delayed 1.5 hours by a tornado-like thunderstorm […]