Friday, June 24, 2011

6/23/11

Yankees are off so fact time.

So...

The first Yankees infielder to win a Gold Glove Award was second baseman Bobby Richardson (1961).

Thursday, June 23, 2011

6/22/11 GAME 2

Yanks lost 2-10 in Game 2 of Day-night doubleheader and Game 3 of 3 game series against Cincinnati Reds.

Yanks win the series 2-1 and tie the doubleheader 1-1. Yanks had no pitching from Brian Gordon as he didn't do well. Nick Swisher hit a big home-run that was one of four Yankees' hits.

Win went to Johnny Cueto (5-2)

Loss went to Brian Gordon (0-1)

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NYY: 43-30 CIN: 39-37

Yankee MVP: Nick Swisher

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

6/22/11 GAME 1

Yanks win in Game 1 of the doubleheader and in Game 2 of 3 Game series against Cincinnati Reds.

Yanks win in the series either 2-1 or 3-0. Yanks played well despite resting their big bats for tonight as Jorge Posada hit very well as he was swinging the bat very well. Freddy Garcia pitched well against a team who was hungry for a win.

Win went to Freddy Garcia (6-6)

Loss went to Mike Leake (6-4)

Save went to Mariano Rivera (19)

NYY: 43-29 CIN: 38-37

Yankee MVP: Jorge Posada

6/21/11

YANKEES VS. REDS POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.


MAKEUP: DAY-NIGHT DOUBLEHEADER TOMORROW AT 12:35 & 7:05!!!

6/20/11

Yanks win 5-3 in Game 1 of 3 Game series against Cincinnati Reds.

Yanks got excellent pitching out of Ivan Nova who pitched 8 strong innings as he made it look easy out there on the mound. Yanks had great hitting to keep Ivan Nova in the game that he was amazing, probably his best start of his career.

Win went to Ivan Nova (7-4)

Loss went to Travis Wood (5-5)

Save went to Mariano Rivera (18)

NYY: 42-29 CIN: 38-36

Yankee MVP: Ivan Nova

6/19/11

Yanks win 10-4 in Game 3 of 3 Game series against Chicago Cubs.

Yanks win the series 2-1. They played well as CC Sabathia pitched a great game and got the W because the batters hit the ball well like Nick Swisher with his 3-hit game. Yanks get a good start to Interleague Play begins.  

Win went to CC Sabathia (9-4)

Loss went to Sean Marshall (3-2)

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NYY: 41-29 CHC: 29-42

Yankee MVP: Nick Swisher

6/18/11

Yanks win 4-3 in Game 2 of 3 Game series against Chicago Cubs.

Yanks played well and pulled out an exciting victory under the pitching of A.J. Burnett who pitched especially well. Eduardo Nunez played a really good game replacing Derek Jeter who's 3,000th hit is delayed due to his injury.

Win went to A.J. Burnett (7-5)

Loss went to Ryan Dempster (5-6)

Save went to Mariano Rivera (17)

NYY: 40-29 CHC: 29-41

Yankee MVP: Eduardo Nunez

 

6/17/11

Yanks lose 1-3 in Game 1 of 3 Game series against Chicago Cubs.

Yanks had absolutely no hitting and that's what killed them today. Freddy Garcia pitched excellent in a game that he has to take the loss because of no support. Yanks will have to get the bats cranking in order to win these types of games.

Win went to Doug Davis (1-5)

Loss went to Freddy Garcia (5-6)

Save went to Carlos Marmol (14)

NYY: 39-29 CHC: 29-40

Yankee MVP: Freddy Garcia

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

6/16/11

Yanks won 3-2 in 12 innings in Game 3 of 3 Game series against Texas Rangers.

Yanks sweep Texas Rangers. Brett Gardner had a walk-off hit as he gets to be the star. Brian Gordon was impressive in his first start as a Yankee and could replace Bartolo Colon in the rotation till he comes back.

Win went to Cory Wade (1-0)

Loss went to Michael Kirkman (1-1)

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NYY: 39-28 TEX 36-34

Yankee MVP: Brett Gardner

6/15/11

Yanks won 12-4 in Game 2 of 3 Game series against Texas Rangers.

Yanks won the series and tomorrow will decide if it 3-0 or 2-1. Mark Teixeira had another big day at the plate as he had 3 hits. Ivan Nova pitched good enough as he gets a big win to keep him moving in the right direction.

Win went to Ivan Nova (6-4)

Loss went to Derek Holland (5-2)

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NYY: 38-28 TEX: 36-33

Yankee MVP: Mark Teixeira

6/14/11

Yanks won 12-4 in Game 1 of 3 Game series against Texas Rangers.

Yanks got great hitting and one of the key players was Brett Gardner who has responded very well as he looked very good with 3 hits. Sabathia has done very well this year as he could win the CY Young Award.

Win went to CC Sabathia (8-4)

Loss went to Alexi Ogando (7-1)

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NYY: 37-28 TEX: 36-32

Yankee MVP: Brett Gardner

6/13/11

Yanks lost 0-1 in Game 4 of 4 Game series against Cleveland Indians.

Yanks win the series 3 to 1. Yanks had absolutely no hitting as they had great pitching from A.J. Burnett as he gave up 1 run. Yanks now have lost 4 of their last 7 games.

Win went to Carlos Carrasco (6-3)

Loss went to A.J. Burnett (6-5)

Save went to Chris Perez (16)

NYY: 36-28 CLE: 35-29

Yankee MVP: A.J. Burnett

6/12/11

Yanks won 9-1 in Game 3 of 4 Game series against Cleveland Indians.

Yanks will win the series either 4-0 or 3-1 as Garcia pitched very well as the offense like Curtis Granderson got 4 hits and several runs and RBI's. Yanks are now on a 3 game winning streak as good things are happening.

Win went to Freddy Garcia (5-5)

Loss went to Josh Tomlin (7-4)

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NYY: 36-27 CLE: 34-29

Yankees MVP: Curtis Granderson

6/11/11

Yanks won 4-0 in Game 2 of 4 Game series against Cleveland Indians.

Yanks played well as Bartolo Colon pitched a strong outing that was a shutout as he went 6 and 2/3 innings as he did get hurt in the game. Yanks hitters gave the pitchers a comforting lead.

Win went to Bartolo Colon (5-3)

Loss went to Mitch Talbot (2-3)

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NYY: 35-27 CLE: 34-28

Yankee MVP: Bartolo Colon

6/10/11

Yanks won 11-7 in Game 1 of 4 Game series against the Cleveland Indians.

Yanks got a ton of hitting especially from Cano and Posada as they both string together 6 hits, 2 RBI's, and 1 run. Ivan Nova pitched well in the seven innings of work for him. Yanks are responding good after the sweep by Red Sox.

Win went to Ivan Nova (5-4)

Loss went to Fausto Carmona (3-8)

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NYY: 34-27 CLE: 34-27

Yankee MVP: Robinson Cano

6/9/11

Yanks lost 3-8 in Game 3 of 3 Game series against the Boston Red Sox.

Yanks got swept by the Red Sox. Yankees didn't really do anything right as they got blown out. Sabathia pitched not as good as he wanted but didn't get help. But, Curtis Granderson had 2 RBI's as he was the hot hitter tonight.

Win went to Josh Beckett (5-2)

Loss went to CC Sabathia (7-4)

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NYY: 33-27  BOS: 36-26

Yankee MVP: Curtis Granderson

6/8/11

Yanks lost 6-11 in Game 2 of 3 Game series against the Boston Red Sox.

Yanks didn't have much good pitching as A.J. Burnett didn't have a good start as the pitching was just no help. Francisco Cervelli had a great game as he helped as much as he could. Yanks have to avoid being swept tomorrow.

Win went to Tim Wakefield (3-1)

Loss went to A.J. Burnett (6-4)

Save went to Alfredo Aceves (1)

NYY: 33-26  BOS: 35-26

Yankee MVP: Francisco Cervelli

 

6/7/11

Yanks lost 4-6 in Game  of 3 Game series against the Boston Red Sox.

Yanks played well but didn't get enough as Jon Lester pitched well for the Red Sox. Garcia pitched okay as he has to settle with the loss. Jorge Posada had several hits as he really helped this team tonight.

Win went to Jon Lester (8-2)

Loss went to Freddy Garcia (4-5)

Save went to Jonathan Papelbon (12)

NYY: 33-25  BOS: 34-26

Yankee MVP: Jorge Posada

Monday, June 20, 2011

6/6/11: Yankee Fact

Yanks are off so fact time...

The first Yankees player to collect six hits in one game was Myril Hoag, who notched six singles against the Red Sox in the first game of a doubleheader, June 6, 1934.

6/5/11

Yanks won 5-3 in Game 3 of 3 Game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

Yanks played well as they got support from the bat of Mark Teixeira and the arm of Bartolo Colon who got another victorious start. Yanks win the series 2 games to 1.   

Win went to Bartolo Colon (4-3)

Loss went to Joel Pineiro (2-3)

Save went to Mariano Rivera (16)

NYY: 33-24  LAA: 30-31

Yankees MVP: Mark Teixeira

6/4/11

Yanks won 3-2 in Game 2 of 3 Game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

Yanks just got the edge as CC Sabathia pitched amazingly as he was the reason that the Yankees won. Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez both had the runs batted in as they were very strong in their efforts at the plate.

Win went to CC Sabathia (7-4)

Loss went to Ervin Santana (3-5)

Save went to Mariano Rivera (15)

NYY: 32-24  LAA: 30-30

Yankees MVP: CC Sabathia

6/3/11

Yanks lost 2-3 in Game 1 of 3 Game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

Yanks only had 3 hits in the game against a strong Angel's pitcher Jared Weaver. But Russell Martin had the RBI and hit also did Jorge Posada. Ivan Nova pitched great but didn't get the offensive support.

Win went to Jared Weaver (7-4)

Loss went to Ivan Nova (4-4)

Save went to Jordan Walden (13)

NYY: 31-24  LAA: 30-29

Yankees MVP: Russell Martin

6/2/11: Yankee Fact

Yanks are off so fact time...

On April 7, 2010 Jorge Posada was tied for the most doubles with 344 which is also held by Hall of Famer Micky Mantle!

6/1/11

Yanks won 4-2 in Game 3 of 3 Game series against the Oakland Athletics.

Yanks swept the Athletics. Nick Swisher had a big 3-run-home-run as Swish "flipped the page" (MLB.com) against his former team. A.J. Burnett had a strong outing as he helped the offense not having to do so much work on the day. 

Win went to A.J. Burnett (6-3)

Loss went to Gio Gonzalez (5-3)

Save went to Mariano Rivera (14)

NYY: 31-23  OAK: 27-30

Yankees MVP: Nick Swisher

5/31/11

Yanks won 10-3 in Game 2 of 3 Game series against the Oakland Athletics.

Yanks won in a fun blow out as Garcia pitched like he cares and was comfortable as he gets his 4th victory of the season. Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson played and hit very good as the strung several hits and RBI's.

Win went to Freddy Garcia (4-4)

Loss went to Brett Anderson (3-5)

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NYY: 30-23  OAK: 27-29

Yankees MVP:  Alex Rodriguez

5/30/11

Yanks won 4-0 in Game 1 of 3 Game series against the Oakland Athletics.

Yanks played well on Memorial Day as they got a 4 hitter from their pitcher Bartolo Colon has he pitched extremely well. The hitting was enough as they didn't really need too much offense as a strong pitcher did the job. HAPPY  MEMORIAL DAY!!!

Win went to Bartolo Colon (3-3)

Loss went to Trevor Cahill (6-3)

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NYY: 29-23  OAK: 27-28

Yankees MVP:  Bartolo Colon