SEATTLE (AP) — Aaron Judge scored four runs in his first two at-bats, Juan Soto hit his 40th home run of the season and 200th of his career and the New York Yankees moved close to securing a playoff spot with an 11-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. The Yankees can clinch […]
SEATTLE — The Yankees don’t have a chance to clinch a playoff spot until Wednesday night, in what they hope will be the first of two crucial decisions this month. Tuesday night felt like a prelude to the party. The Yankees faced a big challenge with right-hander Bryan Woo, but they gave it their all […]
But the Red Sox bullpen has become the uninvited guest that shows up at the party, eats everything, and falls asleep on your couch. It happened again when Zack Kelly and Cam Booser combined to allow five runs in the seventh inning, four of them on a grand slam by Aaron Judge that felt like […]
The Red Sox were in control until the bottom of the seventh inning, but Aaron Judge had other plans. Zack Kelly got off to a rocky start in the inning, walking the first two batters he faced. Gleyber Torres hit an RBI single and Boston’s manager sent Cam Booser to the mound. The left-hander walked […]
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Richard Fitts was not in an enviable position on Friday night. Less than an hour before first pitch at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox cut Tanner Houck from the roster and inserted Fitts, who was set to make his second career MLB start. A very short notice to face a […]
Aaron Judge entered Friday night’s 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox with the longest home run drought of his career. The New York Yankees slugger had not hit a home run in his last 16 games. However, Judge chose the ideal moment to fix his blackout and did so with maximum drama. The Yankees […]
Aaron Judge entered Friday night’s 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox with the longest home run drought of his career. The New York Yankees slugger had not hit a home run in his last 16 games. However, Judge chose the ideal moment to fix his blackout and did so with maximum drama. The Yankees […]
They’re trying to win the division title, which would give the Yankees a bye into the first round of best-of-three blitzes. That’s important, but not necessarily the deciding factor. Rather, the priority of manager Aaron Boone and the entire management team in the remaining 15 games and more than two weeks of the regular season […]
The Yankees have to make “difficult decisions,” manager Aaron Boone said Friday after making another decision. The club’s rotation has a new outsider. After Nestor Cortes did not play last week, this time it will be Marcus Stroman who is at least temporarily out of the starting group. Stroman has been the weakest link in […]
Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo reacts to the crowd at Wrigley Field on his return to Chicago Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo greets fans during his introduction following a video tribute at Wrigley Field on Friday, Sept. 6. It was Rizzo’s first appearance as a visitor at Wrigley since joining from the Cubs in 2021. Can the […]
