Articles by paperbacklou

The Mets hit 4 homers off Gerrit Cole in the first 4 innings, taking a 6-0 lead that they increased to 9-1 off the Yankee pen and another key error by Gleyber Torres. The Yankees […]

Max Fried and the Atlanta bullpen outdueled Nestor Cortes Jr and the Yankee pen, winning 3-1 on a HOT Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, temperatures reaching 95 and on-field temperature hotter than that. Nestor Cortes […]

Marcus Stroman came through — pitching the Yanks to victory to break a 3-game losing streak, and losses in 4 of the last 5, the last 2 games of which the Yankee starter — Luis […]

In his first start since being BOMBED by the Red Sox in a big game, Carlos Rodon got BOMBED again — this time by the Atlanta Braves — as the Yanks went down 8-1 on […]

Luis Gil was ripped for 7 runs in 1.1 innings in the hot heat on a Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, game time start 4pm on a 93-degree day. The bullpen didn’t do much better […]

In a see-saw game of heroes and goats that featured clutch hits and spectacular defensive plays — the Yankees — down 5-1 — staged a tremendous late-game comeback, scoring 3 in the 7th and tying […]

Nestor Cortes pitched 6 innings of 5-hit shutout baseball against the tough Orioles lineup to carry NY to a 4-2 win on a beautiful, warm, June Tuesday night in the Bronx. Michael Tonkin and Luke […]

The Yanks were down 4-3 when they loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the 7th — but Gleyber Torres and Jose Trevino struck out against reliever Zack Kelly, and DJ LeMahieu […]

Carlos Rodon had a stinky first 2 innings, as Boston peppered him with 4 doubles — 3 of them off the Green Monster — to put the Yanks in a 5-2 hole. Rodon figured it […]

Alex Verdugo went 3-5 with a homer, a double and 4 RBI’s to lead the Yanks to an 8-1 win over the Red Sox in his first game back at Fenway — the team that […]