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Yankees 4, Dodgers 8: Nightmare first dooms New York
Photo by Ronald Martinez/ Luis Severino never really had it as he put the Yankees in a 6-0 hole, and the Dodgers are just too good. Gleyber Torres lined the first pitch of the game into left-center for a single, and that was the closest thing the Yankees had to momentum all night. Luis Severino was dreadful in his third start of the season, and the only New York hitters to make an impact were Josh Donaldson and Giancarlo Stanton, fresh off the IL. All in all, the Yankees dropped the opener in this matchup of baseball’s best brands, 8-4 to the Dodgers. The game really...
Pinstripe Alley Jun 1, 2023
Yankees 0, Mariners 1: No runs to be found in walk-off loss
Photo by Steph Chambers/ The Yankees wasted a fine outing from Clarke Schmidt in the final game of the series against Seattle. I guess you can’t win them all. But on a night when Clarke Schmidt, and then the bullpen, held Seattle scoreless through nine, an offense that dropped an Alexander Hamilton on the Mariners each of the previous two nights should have scraped together a run or two. Alas. George Kirby and the M’s were up to the challenge this evening, and they scrapped out a 1-0 win in extras. Kirby made short of the Yankees in the first. Gleyber Torres, Aaron...
Pinstripe Alley May 26, 2023
This Week in Statcast — Lagging LeMahieu
In a questionable strategic decision, DJ LeMahieu attempted a bunt with runners on the corners in Monday’s contest against the Orioles. | Photo by Elsa/ What’s behind the veteran’s recent struggles? The Yankees were trailing 4-5 in the bottom of the seventh Monday night, but they had a rally in their bones. After a favorable call, Gleyber Torres was ahead in the count against newly-minted Baltimore bullpen ace Yennier Cano, and he punched a grounder hard up the middle for a single. Aaron Judge moved him over with a groundout, and though Torres had a good jump on a...
Pinstripe Alley May 25, 2023
NYY vs. BAL: Clarke Schmidt vs. Kyle Gibson
Photo by New York Yankees/ The Yankees seek a series victory in their three-game set with the Orioles tonight. For eight total innings yesterday, things were good for the Bronx Bombers: Nestor Cortes was dealing, Gleyber Torres and Isiah Kiner-Falefa lit up Baltimore pitching, and across those frames, they may have come away with a dominant 5-1 victory that set them up for the sweep. Unfortunately, Major League Baseball rules do not allow us to ignore the seventh inning, and because of this, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles will instead face off in the rubber...
Pinstripe Alley May 24, 2023
NYY vs. BAL: Nestor Cortes vs. Tyler Wells (delayed)
Photo by Elsa/ Cortes will attempt to follow up his best start in a month against another tough AL East offense. After a thrilling win in extras last night, their second such victory in three games, the Yankees will try to extend their season-high five-game win streak in another Bronx bout with Baltimore. The game was perhaps closer than it had to be, given the Yankees’ failure to wave Gleyber Torres home in the seventh on an Anthony Rizzo single and then a subsequent confounding DJ LeMahieu bunt attempt, but a win’s a win. There’s some rain in the forecast, but...
Pinstripe Alley May 21, 2023
Yankees 4, Reds 1: Homers, Sevy’s return key sweep
Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees secured the weekend sweep in Cincinnati and now head home for an offday. Young Reds starter Hunter Greene had some nasty stuff early on Sunday morning in Cincinnati, but the Yankees made their four hits against him count. Homers from Harrison Bader and Gleyber Torres put New York ahead, and the Bombers won Luis Severino’s much-anticipated season debut, 4-1. The W secured a series sweep that was a little chippy at times, but bumped the Yankees up to a 14-6 record in May. Aaron Judge’s day off started chaotically for the...
Bluebird Banter May 18, 2023
Jays Lose Game 4-2, Series 3-1
Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports This series was unpleasant to watch pretty much from start to finish (Jano’s walk off last night excepted). The Jays’ pitching was mostly pretty good, but the offence is back to scuffling pretty badly. Tonight was no exception. Jose Berrios got into trouble right off the bat. Gleyber Torres started the game off with a single lined to left, and Aaron Judge staked the Yankees to a 2-0 lead with a shot to deep centre field. He tightened things up from that point on, though. He retired 12 of the next 13 batters, with the exception being...
Pinstripe Alley May 12, 2023
NYY vs. TB: Gerrit Cole vs. Trevor Kelley
Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees have to get up off the mat if they’re going to win this crucial series. Yankees fans hoped the dominant sweep of the Athletics might provide some momentum to get the Yankees’ bats banging again. Last night, though, the Yankees went right back to being mired in a slump at the plate. Aaron Judge wore a hat trick last night, but everyone not named Jake Bauers looked equally hapless until the ninth. A garbage time two-run single by Gleyber Torres broke up the shutout. The Rays’ bats didn’t cut it in 2022, but it was clear...
Pinstripe Alley May 9, 2023
Yankees 10, A’s 5: Diaz demolition denied
After hitting three homers, Jordan Díaz could only watch (as he did in this April 29 game) as the A’s fell once again. | Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/ No one Yankee put up a line like the A’s second baseman, but the Bombers as a whole overcame his contributions. The Yankees continued their reset series against the MLB-worst Oakland A’s with another dominant win, scoring in bunches once again. They benefitted from some Oakland follies, sure, but Gleyber Torres and Jake Bauers showed some renewed pop while Clarke Schmidt went six innings for the first time in his...
