With Pitching in Shambles, Yankees Hitters Prove Punchless
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Baltimore's Sidney Ponson held the Yankees to two hits in his fourth career shutout. The Yankees have not scored a run in the last 17 innings.
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The New York Yankees ended their slump despite the ongoing struggles of Alex Rodriguez. Bernie Williams homered, Derek Jeter drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk, and the Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
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A night after scoring 16 runs with a murderous lineup, the Yankee bats were deadly silent Thursday night, quieted by an unlikely candidate to pitch a gem: Daniel Cabrera.
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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 and Boston were scoreless after two innings of play as the Red Sox fought to avoid a shocking Yankees sweep of the AL championship series Sunday.
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Neither the Yankees nor the Mets can win. Whichever way they go with their payrolls, they encounter critics.
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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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BOSTON -- They leaped off their benches like a couple of desperate heavyweights, sweat and mouthpieces flying. The Yankees and the Red Sox tried to knock some sense into each other.
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The Red Sox rebuilt their pitching staff with untrustworthy David Wells, underachieving Matt Clement and injured Wade Miller. The free-spending Yankees took no such chances.
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NEW YORK - After a daylong wait for an afternoon doubleheader that was turned into a single night game, the New York Yankees found their 1-2-3 punch.
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A night that started so promisingly for the Yankees, with Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter standing on second and third, respectively, when the game was two batters old, veered toward the absurd quickly.
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The Yankees enter another postseason with such a star-studded lineup that only their own insecurities or a strong pitching staff can derail them.
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The Yankees, who scored 10 runs in the eighth on Monday, fell silent against Royals starter Jorge De La Rosa while Mike Mussina gave up four runs over five innings in his return.
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Kenny Rogers silenced the Yankees in Game 3 of their division series Friday, humbling a lineup that seemed invincible in the first game on Tuesday.
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&#39;There&#39;s a certain element of embarrassment, no question,&#39; manager Joe Torre says as his Yankees suffer their worst loss ever.
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The Yankees loss dissolved any momentum they had after winning Friday, and brought them back to where they stood before this series: seven games under .500, 13 Â½ out of first place.
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The Yankees missed Mariano Rivera on Monday, using four relievers in the ninth to finish off a shaky victory over the Blue Jays.