Evan Longoria hit his third career grand slam to help Tampa Bay build a 7-0 lead, but Jeremy Hellickson and four relievers failed to protect it before a season-low crowd of 9,952 at Tropicana Field. Colby Rasmus and Mark DeRosa also hit two-run homers for Toronto. RED SOX 6, TWINS … Continue reading
For the second game in a row, the ball did not feel comfortable coming out of his hand. Pettitte is releasing it at the wrong moment, and he knows it. The curveball that is supposed to loop down is instead floating sideways. He has lost the feel for his cutter, … Continue reading
“I will be completely shocked if it wasn’t there today,” Girardi said before Sunday’s series finale against the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium. “It would floor me. I’m sure he’s found it. I don’t know where he left it last time.” Although Pettitte did not pitch as poorly as he … Continue reading
In fact, in his three starts before Saturday’s, he had not yielded more than two runs, but he still left each game with the Yankees trailing by a run. Hughes finally found a solution. In one of the best starts by a Yankees right-hander in the last nine years, Hughes … Continue reading
The Oakland Athletics put Chris Young on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left quadriceps and recalled outfielder Michael Taylor from Class AAA Sacramento. Young was batting .172 with 4 homers and 15 runs batted in. Taylor, 27, was hitting .329 with 5 homers and 16 R.B.I.
Finally, Hughes found a solution. He threw eight shutout innings, and the Yankees’ offense provided enough support to get his first victory of the season. After being shut out the night before, the Yankees responded by beating the Oakland Athletics, 4-2, at Yankee Stadium as Hughes outperformed his former teammate … Continue reading
A’s Manager Bob Melvin said before the game that among the players he has managed in his career, Griffin might be the only one who would dare do such a thing before a start. Certainly he never knew Randy Johnson or Curt Schilling to be so relaxed before taking the … Continue reading
Medlen allowed a tiebreaking homer to Omar Infante in the fourth inning, and Atlanta lost at Detroit, 7-4, on Saturday. Medlen allowed five runs to the Tigers, matching a career worst. Atlanta has won only three of seven since starting 12-1. Rick Porcello (1-2) allowed three runs in six and … Continue reading
“I’ve been feeling good on the road, too, but I just love hitting here,” Napoli said. “You’ve got the wall right there and you can get away with some stuff that you don’t necessarily have to hit it so good. Sometimes you can hit a pop fly that would be … Continue reading
Hernandez (1-3) allowed one run and struck out seven batters in his first win since Sept. 20, 2011, when he was with Cleveland. Hernandez, a 32-year old right-hander, was arrested as Carmona in January 2012 in the Dominican Republic on false-identity charges. They were dropped after he completed a work … Continue reading
