yankees recap

The Red Sox may be in last place, but the rivalry continued on Tuesday night with the Yankees. The Sox would come out on top by the score of 3-4.

The Yankees would rally late, but a questionable call would seal their fate as the Orioles won Saturday night 5-4.

The Yankees (78-60) and the Orioles (77-61) played the second game of a four game series on Friday night with the top spot in the AL East on the line. The Yankees came out on top 8-5 thanks to three long balls from the Yankee offense and solid pitching from Phil Hughes...

Up one game in the American League East, the Yankees needed a win against the Baltimore Orioles to maintain sole possession of first place. They couldn't get one and have slipped back into a tie with the O's, losing 10-6. Baltimore gained the upper hand in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Adam Jones...

The Yankees (77-59) were able to avoid the sweep on Wednesday night beating the Rays (75-62) 6-4. Hiroki Kuroda pitched well going six innings giving up four runs on eight hits for the Yankees earning the win (13-10). The Yankees also gained back sole possession of first place in the AL East leading the Orioles by one game after they lost in Toronto...

After jumping out to an early lead in the first inning the Yankees (76-59) looked like they might start to turn things around after falling from kings of the AL East in this past week, it was all downhill from there though. Freddy Garcia was hit hard and the Yankee offense completely disappeared in the Yankees 5-2 loss to the Rays (75-61) on Monday night...

Getty Images Phil Hughes was rocked in his start on Sunday in the Yankees (76-57) 8-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles (74-59) with Baltimore slugger Mark Reynolds doing a majority of the damage hitting two mammoth home runs. Hughes went five innings gave up five runs on eight hits and struck out six...

After looking like a lifeless free falling ball club for the first 15 innings of the weekend series, the Yankees (76-56) rallied and beat the Baltimore Orioles (73-59) 4-3 on Saturday. The Orioles came into the day only trailing the Yanks by two games in the AL East standings and got a great start from Wei-Yin Chen until the Yankees were finally able to put some runs on the board in the seventh in

The Baltimore Orioles (73-58) took care of business in the opening game of the weekend series against the New York Yankees (75-56) on Friday night. The Orioles won 6-1 and now stand only 2 games behind the Yankees in the AL East standings...

After coming up short Monday night, the Yankees pitching would be great as they defeated the Blue Jays 2-1 on Tuesday Night.

Getty ImagesIn the middle of a playoff hunt with 35 games to play the Yankees (74-54) welcomed the last place Toronto Blue Jays (57-70) to Yankee Stadium on Monday to start a three game series. The Yankees would lose 9-8 in extra innings after a wild ninth inning...

Jason Miller/Getty ImagesThe Yankees (74-53) were able to edge the Indians (55-72) 4-2 in the rubber game of the weekend series thanks to some timely hitting and solid extended bullpen work after a short yet effective outing from Freddy Garcia...