Knowing the competition: Tampa Bay Rays
In 19 games last year against the Yankees, Longoria somehow cracked 9 home runs and had 20 RBIs. That seems excessive, Evan. (Photo courtesy of ign.com) Threat Level: 10 The Rays always find a way to...
View ArticleAL East Round-Up: Starting Rotations
This day has been marked on our calendars for five long months, but the start of the 2014 MLB season is finally upon us. Technically 2 have been played already in Australia but unless you stayed up...
View ArticleAL East Round-Up: Bullpens
With only a few hours left until the baseball season gets underway on American soil, we continue our look at the five teams in the AL East. Earlier today we took a look at the starting rotations that...
View ArticleAL East Round-Up: Lineups
We can all exhale; the 2014 season is finally upon us as the Dodgers took on the Padres last night. The full swing of action gets going in just a few hours, and Yankees baseball is just one day away....
View ArticleYankees Game 16: Three’s the theme in win
(Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) New York Yankees 10 — Tampa Bay Rays 2 The Yankees opened a four-game series visiting the Tampa Bay Rays by facing the ace, David Price. The Yankees wouldn’t make...
View ArticleYankees Game 17: Late game collapse
(Photo by Scott Iskowitz/Getty Images) New York Yankees 5 — Tampa Bay Rays 11 With five wins in a row, the Yankees turned to the veteran righty, Hiroki Kuroda, to keep the streak going against the...
View ArticleYankees Game 18: Blown out from the beginning
(Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) New York Yankees 1 — Tampa Bay Rays 16 As you can see from the score, tonight’s game at Tampa Bay will not be one to look back on. A scoreless first inning by Ivan...
View ArticleYankees Game 29 Lineup 5/3/14
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Day game after a very long night game, manager Joe Girardi is giving Derek Jeter and Carlos Beltran the day off. Alfredo Aceves rejoins the team today as the long man....
View ArticleYankees Game 29: Cold start, hot finish in win
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Tampa Bay Rays 3 — New York Yankees 9 The Yankees as a whole struggled early on but a second time around proved different for Masahiro Tanaka and the offense. Over Tanaka’s...
View ArticleYankees Game 30: Offense cannot get going in series finale
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Tampa Bay Rays 5 — New York Yankees 1 The game went bad from the first batter in today’s series finale with the Tampa Bay Rays. Logan Forsythe hit a double to start the...
View ArticleYankees game 81: Rally back but fall in extras
Tampa Bay Rays 4 — New York Yankees 3 (12 innings) The Yankees fight back but could not find the walk-off winner in extras. The New York Yankees sent David Phelps to the mound for tonight’s game and...
View ArticleYankees game 82: No offense for great Kuroda
Tampa Bay Rays 2 — New York Yankees 1 An unproductive offense does not support the outstanding pitching effort. After five relievers were needed in yesterday’s extra inning game, Hiroki Kuroda was...
View ArticleYankees game 83: Back and forth game goes Rays way
(Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) Tampa Bay Rays 6 — New York Yankees 3 The Yankees were mixed up in a see-saw affair in today’s matinee game. After a scoreless first inning by Vidal Nuno, the...
View ArticleYankees lineup: Game 120 8/15/14
Courtesy of: EPA/JUSTIN LANE Yankees start the 3-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at the Trop, where they have struggled since 2010. Regardless they have to turn it around now, and manager Joe...
View ArticleYankees game 120: Offense held silent behind strong McCarthy start
Jim McIsaac/Getty Images New York Yankees 0 – Tampa Bay Rays 5 The struggles of the offense for the 2014 season continues tonight. Brandon McCarthy was greeted with a pair of hits, starting with...
View ArticleYankees game 121: Greene pitches gem, Captain comes up clutch
New York Yankees 3 – Tampa Bay Rays 2 The Yankees are looking to end a five-game losing streak and they turn to the rookie Shane Greene to snap the skid. In the first inning, Desmond Jennings would...
View ArticleYankees game 122: Kuroda great, offense good in series win
New York Yankees 4 – Tampa Bay Rays 2 Hiroki Kuroda starts for the Yankees and the first inning would continue to haunt the righty. After getting the first out, Ben Zobrist and Matt Joyce would hit a...
View ArticleYankees game 142: Yankees fall short to Rays
Tampa Bay Rays 4 — New York Yankees 3 A strong start would have a bad finish for Hiroki Kuroda. After striking out the side on 10 pitches, Hiroki Kuroda’s start would begin going downhill. His first...
View ArticleYankees game 143: Bullpen, offense overcome early deficit in win
Tampa Bay Rays 5 — New York Yankees 8 The Yankees overcome an early mess to win. Chris Capuano got the start for the Yankees today and he could not get it going. Capuano would surrender a single...
View ArticleYankees game 144: Chris Young starts and ends the night
Tampa Bay Rays 4 — New York Yankees 5 After fearing a no-hitter, the Yankees celebrate a walk-off win. Michael Pineda got the start for the Yankees tonight and he was bailed out despite three hits in...
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