Articles by paperbacklou

The Yankees got 1 hit. Triston McKenzie — a 24-yr-old, lean 6’5, 160-lb righty nicknamed Dr. Sticks — showed why they call him Dr. Sticks by utilizing a wicked curveball, 87-MPH slider and 92-94 MPH […]

Nestor Cortes Jr calmed all worries by pitching a brilliant 6 innings to lead the Yanks to a 6-1 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep in Cleveland. The Yanks had won the 1st […]

The Guardians left the door open. The Yankees burst through with 4 runs in the 3rd, and 9 runs in the last 4 innings to mix their metaphors and massacre* Cleveland, 13-4. It was a […]

Luis Severino had one bad inning — the 3rd — when with 2 outs and a runner on, he walked 2 batters and allowed a 2-RBI double off the wall in left to Alex Bregman. And […]

Jameson Taillon allowed 3 runs to Oakland in the top of the 1st, but Aaron Judge came right back with a 2-run homer in the bottom of the inning, and Giancarlo Stanton hit a 3-run homer in […]

JP Sears pitched a shutout into the 6th inning, and the bullpen wrapped it up allowing 2 runs against Frankie Montas to stand up for the 2-1 Yankee win. It was Sears’ second shutout start […]

Well that was easy. The Yankees came back from a 5-1 deficit in the 3rd inning, scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th — to win going away, 9-5. In that inning, the […]

The Yankees were being no hit by the Houston Astros for the 2nd game in a row — this time into the 7th inning — when they launched an incredible comeback: A homer by Giancarlo […]

Well that sucked. Cristian Javier pitched 7 no-hit innings, and Hector Neris and Ryan Pressly threw 1 no-hit inning each to blank the Yankees 3-0 on an otherwise beautiful, June Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. “Nasty […]

Luis Severino made one big mistake — a 3-run homer to Kyle Tucker in the 6th inning — while Justin Verlander also made one mistake — but somewhat smaller — a solo homer to Giancarlo […]