Yankee batters hit wall
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Sidney Ponson pitched a two-hitter for his fourth career shutout, and Rafael Palmeiro hit one of the Baltimore Orioles&#39; three homers yesterday in a 7-0 victory in New York over the suddenly punchless Yankees.
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The New York Yankees are struggling to score and their once-huge lead in the AL East is suddenly shrinking. Manager Joe Torre refuses to panic just yet.
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Sidney Ponson pitched a two-hitter for his fourth career shutout, and Rafael Palmeiro hit one of the Baltimore Orioles' three homers yesterday in a 7-0 victory in New York over the suddenly punchless Yankees.
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Randy Johnson has a long memory, of good games and bad. In two years as a Yankee, there have been plenty of each.
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Looking hung over from their three-game sweep of rival Boston, the Yankees botched an easy rundown play and mustered only Alex Rodriguezâs RBI single in the fourth.
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BOSTON - The New York Yankees had a record-breaking Saturday night on offense and forced the Boston Red Sox to focus on trying to pull off a history-making comeback in the AL championship series.
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Starter Kei Igawa ran into early trouble against the Athletics while Oakland starter Chad Gaudin baffled the Yankees, who have now lost 8 of their last 10 games.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this season.
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Kevin Brown might have punched himself out of the pennant race, and the New York Yankees are angry about it. Brown broke his non-pitching hand when he punched a wall in the clubhouse Friday night during New York's 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
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They had just been on the bottom side of the greatest el foldo in major league baseball playoff history. Maybe at some point down the road, that will irk the Yankees.
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The New York Yankees failed to get a win from their starting pitcher -- again -- and lost another game to the Red Sox.
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Kevin Brown might have punched himself out of the pennant race, and the New York Yankees are angry about it. Brown broke his non-pitching hand when he punched a wall in the clubhouse Friday night during New York&#39;s 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its biggest performance of the season.
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NEW YORK -- With Thursday night&#39;s epic defeat, the Yankees&#39; hold on first place in the American League East became increasingly tenuous.
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Hold the champagne. Another big home run by Alex Rodriguez wasn't enough to help the New York Yankees clinch a 13th straight playoff appearance.
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Mike Mussina did all he could to keep the Yankees close &#151; he just didn't get any support from his offense.
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The New York Yankees' hopes of gaining an automatic playoff place suffered a setback with a 4-1 defeat at home to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.