Articles by paperbacklou

Wandy Peralta came in with bases loaded, 2 out, and a 5-4 game in the bottom of the 9th, and dueled Freddie Freeman in a 9-pitch at bat — including 4 straight 3-2 pitches fouled […]

Jordan Montgomery struggled through 5 innings (walking 4) but only allowed 2 hits and 1 run, and the Yankee bullpen pitched 4 shutout innings to power NY to its 10th straight victory, and in the […]

For the 3rd game in a row, the Yankees took a 6-0 lead over the Minnesota Twins en route to a win in this Saturday afternoon romp, with Gerrit Cole escaping a jam in the […]

Finally the Yanks got a blowout. After it has seemed like every game for the last 4 months has featured a roller coaster 9th inning and constant agita — in this one the Yanks cruised […]

This game was not the blowout it looked like it would be when the Yankees took a 6-0 lead and Jameson Taillon was pitching shutout ball into the 6th inning. In the end, it was […]

Andrew Heaney pitched his best game as a Yank — shutting down the Red Sox through 7 innings and leaving with a 4-1 lead, and shortstop Andrew Velazquez had the game of his life — […]

Wandy Peralta got out of a big jam that starter Luis Gil got into in the 5th, then made the play of the game in the 6th — picking up a line drive that hit […]

Jonathan Loaisiga allowed 3 straight singles to start off the 7th and final inning of a HUGE doubleheader at the Stadium against Boston on a Tuesday afternoon — and then — up 5-3 with bases […]

Gerrit Cole and the Yankee bullpen tamed the Angels while Joey Gallo provided a 2-run homer for the only Yankee runs — and the only runs the Yankees would need — as NY beat LA […]

Nestor Cortes Jr.turned in another masterful performance to lead the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the White Sox in Chicago, allowing NY to take 2 of 3 in the weekend series. It pulled the […]