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Yankees finish off Blue Jays behind Kuroda’s gem

Chris Carelli — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:13:13 +0000

One thing teams do not want on getaway day is a long drawn out game. The New York Yankees had Mother Nature and their own offense working against that desire yesterday. Fortunately, Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda offset rain delays and the offensive rallies with quick and efficient work when he was on the mound. In the end mother nature helped out by being too strong and the Yankees swept the Toronto Blue Jays by winning the series finale 6-0 in seven innings. (more…)

Series Preview: Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees

Chris Carelli — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:00:23 +0000

The New York Yankees won their first series after the All-Star break taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Bombers (54-34) maintain an eight-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. Their next opponent, the Toronto Blue Jays, also resides in baseball’s strongest division. (more…)

Second place is the first loser

Andrew Corselli — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:07:17 +0000

Ricky Romero shut down the Yanks as the Jays took an 8-2 victory on Tuesday, knocking the Yanks out of first place. However, they still lead the Wild Card by 5 1/2 games over the Red Cox, who come to town for a four-game set this weekend. (cue the ominous music)

Romero retired 15 Yanks in a row at one point and 25 of the final 26 batters he saw. Toronto’s third baseman (Encarnacion), left fielder (Snider) and right fielder (Bautista) didn’t field a ball all night as the Yanks made all of their outs up the middle.

The Bombers tied a season high with their third straight loss and are 1-4 over their last five with a .169 average (27-for-160), .105 (2-for-19) with RISP and 15 runs.

In other words: it’s been a shitty past few games.

On the bright side, Dustin Moseley pitched very well. He gave up five runs on nine hits in 7 1/3 innings but was much better than his line indicates. He kept the team in it for a while but the offense couldn’t muster shit of Romero.

Fun fact: all five of Kerry Wood’s outs recorded with the Yanks have been of the strikeout variety.

Things look pretty bleak for the Yanks right now but just remember this: last August 3rd the team was a half-game up with a .600 winning percentage and +71 run differential, whereas this year on August 3rd they are a game back with a .623 winning percentage and +130 run differential. So it’s not the end of the world.

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