yankees recap

Reds (21-19) starter Johnny Cueto breezed through the Yankees (21-20) lineup on Sunday afternoon, outdueling C.C. Sabathia. Cueto went seven strong innings gave up two runs on eight hits and struck out five. Sabathia went seven innings as well, gave up three runs on six hits and struck out six, but failed to hold the two run lead the Yankees gave him in the bottom of the sixth inning...

Despite Ivan Nova’s career high 12 strikeouts and a rally in the ninth inning the Yankees (21-19) could not get past the Cincinnati Reds (20-19) on Saturday afternoon losing 6-5.  Nova, who had a strange start where he struck out 12 and still gave up five runs in six innings pitched had great stuff, but just made a few costly mistakes...

The Yankees (21-18) started up their first series of interleague play on Friday night when the Cincinnati Reds (19-19) came into town and Andy Pettitte shut them down in the 4-0 victory. Pettitte was phenomenal in his second start since his return to the team...

The Yankees bats were once again very silent as they were swept in the short 2 game series with Toronto losing 4-1 on Thursday night.

The Blue Jays (20-18) hammered the Yankees (20-17) on Wednesday night 8-1, Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda got pounded for seven runs on eight hits in his five innings of work making costly mistakes along the way giving up three home runs...

Baltimore Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen shut the Yankees (20-16) offense down on Tuesday night during the Orioles (23-14) 5-2 victory. Chen is having a great start to his rookie season at 4-0 with a 2.35 ERA, he only allowed the Yankees two runs on four hits and struck out seven in seven innings of work...

In rain filled, long and dreary four hour game on Monday night the Yankees (20-15) were able to get past the first place Baltimore Orioles (22-14) in Baltimore 8-5. The game started about 15 minutes late due to the rain but was never delayed by the weather after that...

The Yankees (19-15) couldn’t get anything going offensively for Andy Pettitte in his return start, losing 6-2 to the Seattle Mariners (16-20) on Sunday afternoon. Pettitte in his comeback to the big leagues made his first start since October 18th, 2010 in the ALCS against the Texas Rangers...

Phil Hughes dominated the Seattle Mariners (15-20) lineup in the Yankees (19-14) 6-2 victory on Saturday. Hughes who has struggled so far this season put together an impressive 7 2/3 inning start giving up only one run on five hits He struck out four and walked only one...

The Yankees (18-14) bats came alive against Seattle Mariners (15-19) ace Felix Hernandez during the 6-2 victory on Friday night. They tagged the 2010 Cy Young winner for 11 hits and four runs in his 6 2/3 innings of work. The Yankees gathered 14 hits in all with every one hitting safely aside from Russell Martin...

After faultering in the 9th inning on Wednesday, the Yankees came back to take the series with the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night with a 5-3 win.