Five Things You Missed: Astros, Dodgers Await Opponents
By Andrew Kahn Two teams have moved to within one step of the World Series, while two more could join them as early as today. Here is what you need to know. 1. Strasburg Playoff Controversy, Part II...
View ArticleFive Things You Missed: Yankees, Dodgers One Win from World Series
By Andrew Kahn The Cubs fought off elimination on Wednesday to force tonight’s Game 5. Clayton Kershaw will face Jose Quintana at Wrigley Field. The Yankees won their third straight to take a 3-2 lead...
View ArticleDon’t Freak Out About Stanton’s Slow Start
By Matt Citak When Giancarlo Stanton was traded to the Yankees back in the beginning of December, New York was immediately considered one of the favorites to become the 2018 World Series Champions....
View ArticleA’s Hit 4 HRs, Rough Up Yankees 10-5
NEW YORK (AP) — Khris Davis, Matt Chapman, Jed Lowrie and Matt Joyce all homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Yankees 10-5 Friday night, leaving New York with back to back losses for the first...
View ArticleWith Help of Reversal, Yanks Top A’s 7-6
NEW YORK (AP) — Left fielder Brett Gardner threw out Matt Olson at the plate with the help of a replay reversal to help Aroldis Chapman escape a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the ninth inning, and the...
View ArticleSeverino Pitches Yanks Past A’s 6-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton went 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, sending Luis Severino and the New York Yankees to a 6-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics after a long rain delay Sunday....
View ArticleYankees Look Poised For A Deep October Run Once More
By Matt Citak The Yankees’ success in 2017 took a lot of people by surprise. New York seemed to be at least one more year away from their rebuild being complete, yet managed to put together an amazing...
View ArticleMartinez, Betts Powering Red Sox To Top Of A.L. East
By Matt Citak The New York Yankees made one of the biggest moves of the offseason when they went out and acquired Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins. The reigning NL MVP was on his way to the...
View ArticleThe Baseball Report: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Renovation Project Vandalized
Ryan Mayer The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began a $4 million renovation in 2011 of the Paseo YMCA to house an education and research center named after Negro Leagues star Buck O’Neil. That...
View ArticleYankees, Red Sox Battle For A.L. East Crown Will Be Fun To Watch
By Matt Citak There have been some amazing rivalries throughout the history of sports. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics. Michigan vs. Ohio State. Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali. While those clashes...
View ArticleWhat Should Teams Be Willing To Trade For Manny Machado?
By Matt Citak With just under three weeks until MLB’s July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the league has yet to see any major deals go down this season. While many guys, both pitchers and position...
View ArticleThe Baseball Report: Red Sox In Control As Division Races Heat Up
By Norm Elrod The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have one of the more storied rivalries in baseball, and possibly all of sports. So an early-August series at Fenway between the two, with both...
View ArticleCanha Homers as A’s Gain Ground on Yankees in Wild-Card Race
OAKLAND (AP) — Trevor Cahill recalls all his bad outings against the Yankees. He sure picked a perfect moment to finally beat them — at last, in his 10th major league season, and in a meaningful...
View ArticleYankees Homer Twice Late To Beat A’s, 5-1
OAKLAND (AP) — Luke Voit hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the eighth inning, Adeiny Hechavarria also went deep and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Tuesday night. Brett Gardner...
View ArticleA’s Back Fiers with Balanced Offense, Beat Yankees
OAKLAND (AP) — Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run single, Matt Chapman and Matt Olson each doubled in a run, and the Oakland Athletics jumped on the New York Yankees early for an 8-2 win Wednesday night....
View ArticleAthletics In Position To Overtake Yankees In Wild, A.L. Wild Card Race
By Matt Citak It’s not often you find a team sitting on 90 wins with 17 games remaining frantically panicking in the middle of September. Yet that is the case with the New York Yankees. It wasn’t too...
View ArticleA’s Clinch First Playoff Berth Since 2014 As Rays Lose
SEATTLE (AP) — The Oakland Athletics clinched their first playoff berth in four years Monday night, earning at least an American League wild card when the Tampa Bay Rays lost to the New York Yankees....
View ArticleOakland Bombs in the Bronx; Yankees Rout A’s in AL Wild Card
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge got the party started with a two-run homer nine pitches in. Luis Severino let out a primal scream after escaping a bases-loaded jam with 100 mph heat. Giancarlo Stanton...
View ArticleBaseball Report: Yankees Facing Early-Season Injuries
By Norm Elrod (CBS New York/CBS Local) — The first weekend of baseball is in the books, and, unsurprisingly, everything seems a little topsy-turvy. That’s to be expected in the very early stages of a...
View ArticleVoit Homers, Powers Yankees Past Giants 7-3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luke Voit homered and had three hits and three RBIs, DJ LeMahieu also had three hits and scored three runs, and the injury-depleted New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants...
View ArticleSánchez Grand Slam Lifts Yanks Over Giants 6-4
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit his first career grand slam in a five-run fifth inning for his first hit following nearly two weeks on the injured list, and the New York Yankees beat the San...
View ArticleGiants Swept By Yankees After Losing 11-5
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — DJ LeMahieu and Gio Urshela became the latest Yankees to get hurt as New York completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with an 11-5 win Sunday that included another...
View ArticleBaseball Report: Yankees Piling Up Wins Despite Injuries
By Norm Elrod (CBS New York/CBS Local) — Going into the Spring Training, the New York Yankees looked poised to make a World Series run. Their lineup, bursting with power and deep with pitching, had a...
View ArticleBaseball Report: MLB On Pace To Smash Season Home Run Record
(CBS Los Angeles/CBS Local) — It’s been the season of the home run in Major League Baseball. So many balls have flown over so many fences in so many ballparks that fans are starting to ask questions....
View ArticleDavis, Semien Homers Lift Red-Hot A’s To 6-4 Win Over Yankees
OAKLAND (AP) — When slugger Khris Davis cleared the fences again at last, he gave it an animated trot around the bases complete with a salute approaching third before celebrating with his teammates...
View ArticleRoark Strikes Out Seven, Pitching A’s to Sweep of Yankees
OAKLAND (AP) — Tanner Roark struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter over six-plus innings, Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka struggled early and the Oakland Athletics beat New York 5-3 Thursday night...
View ArticleProfar Offsets Blown Double Play, Lifts A’s Over Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — Sold-out Yankee Stadium cheered when crew chief Jim Reynolds took off his headset, pointed to second base and signaled safe. Then he looked toward first and did the same and the Bronx...
View ArticleYanks Hit 4, Top A’s 4-3
NEW YORK (AP) — DJ LeMahieu homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning and the New York Yankees beat Oakland 4-3 on Saturday for their first victory in five tries against the Athletics...
View ArticlePinstripes Yank Victory From Stunned A’s With Back-to-Back Homers in 9th
NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Gardner and pinch-hitter Mike Ford hit back-to-back homers off A’s closer Liam Hendriks, and the New York Yankees walked off for the second straight game, rallying from four runs...
View ArticleSpring Training Report: MLB Enters Spring Training Under A Dark Cloud
(CBS DFW/CBS Local) — Every team across the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues has now reported to spring training. While optimism abounds, as it does in the days before before the games count, MLB finds...
View ArticleSpring Training Report: Aaron Judge Now Among Mounting Yankees Injuries
(CBSNewYork/CBS Local) — With MLB Opening Day just a little over three weeks away, lineups around the league are starting to take shape. Most teams have a good sense of how they’d like their rosters to...
View ArticleBaseball Report: Yankees Not Looking Like Much Of A Contender
(CBSNewYork) — It’s still way too soon to make any projections based on early-season performances. There’s a lot of baseball yet to be played, and teams are still rounding into form. But if the season...
View ArticleBaseball Report: Are The White Sox The Best Team In The Majors?
(CBS Chicago) — MLB has played a quarter of its regular season. And with most of the league around the 40-game mark in their schedule, no team has really distinguished itself as a dominating force....
View ArticleKaprielian Makes It to Bronx, Leads A’s Over Yankees 5-3
NEW YORK (AP) — James Kaprielian finally made it to the Bronx, six years after New York took him in the first round of the amateur draft, and beat the Yankees by pitching three-hit ball over 5 2/3...
View ArticleYankees’ Late Rally Ends Athletics’ Streak
NEW YORK (AP) — Six innings after a shard of his broken bat hit Gio Urshela in the right eye, he saw a fastball clearly enough to hit a go-ahead home run. Urshela’s eighth-inning drive off Jesus...
View ArticleYankees Turn Game-Ending Triple-Play, Beat A’s 2-1
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees turned their record-tying third triple play of the season to strand the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, bailing out closer Aroldis Chapman in a shaky outing and...
View ArticleJudge’s Single Sends Yankees Past A’s for 12th Straight Win
OAKLAND (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth inning, Giancarlo Stanton homered for the third consecutive game and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6...
View ArticleYankees Slug Past A’s 8-2
OAKLAND (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered for a fourth straight game, Aaron Judge hit a three-run shot in front of friends and family and the New York Yankees extended their best winning streak in...
View ArticleMontas Leads A’s to 3-2 Win, Ending Yankees’ Streak
OAKLAND (AP) — The New York Yankees’ 13-game winning streak ended as Frankie Montas pitched seven shutout innings and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 3-2 victory Saturday. Matt Chapman homered to...
View ArticleKemp Homers in 8th; A’s Beat Yankees 2nd Straight Day
OAKLAND (AP) — Tony Kemp lined a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Chad Green in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Yankees once again, stopping New York 3-1 Sunday night. On Saturday,...
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