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Anthony Volpe hit a clutch, 2 out, 9th inning, 3-run homer to tie the game 3-3 ! And then the Yanks lost in the 10th when Gleyber Torres threw a double-play ball away. Jonathan Loaisiga […]

Gerrit Cole pitched 6 solid innings, Ian Hamilton threw a 3-inning save, and the Yankees got homeruns from Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton, and DJ LeMahieu to beat the Tigers in Detroit, 6-2 on a Wednesday […]

Michael King — in his attempt to climb out of the bullpen and become a starting pitcher again — pitched 4 shutout innings, and Jhony Brito followed with 3.1 shutout innings as the Yankees beat […]

Luis Severino is back, baby. In his second terrific start in a row, Severino pitched 7 shutout innings, allowing the Tigers only 5 hits, striking out 8 with no walks. Gleyber Torres knocked in Aaron […]

Carlos Rodon weathered a nightmarish 1st inning and ended up pitching a good ballgame into the 5th — and the Yankees came back on homeruns by Kyle Higashioka, DJ LeMahieu, and Anthony Volpe to take […]

Clarke Schmidt threw down another terrific start — this time against the good-hitting Tampa Bay Rays — but was out-dueled by Tyler Glasnow and the Tampa pen, as the Yanks were shutout 3-0 on a […]

This was supposed to be the way it worked all year. Yankee batters ripped away all night to support another brilliant performance by Gerrit Cole in taking down Tampa in Tampa, 6-2 on a Friday […]

Aaron Judge hit another homer (his 4th in 2 days), Giancarlo Stanton hit a homer (going 4 for 5), and Gleyber Torres hit a homer, but they weren’t enough to counter two fielding miscues by […]

What was all that losing about? Winning is EASY — when Aaron Judge hits 3 homers including a Grand Slam and Luis Severino pitches 6 innings of 1-hit shutout ball. The formula for success. The […]

This game may forever be remembered as that game where the Yankee outfield made 3 (three) spectacular throw-em-out-at-2nd plays — two in the 4th inning and one in the 5th. Despite that kind of defense […]