Thursday, May 24, 2012
Bronx News Sports: A-Rod, Andy Double Team Royals
Bronx News Sports: A-Rod, Andy Double Team Royals: NIKE Jordan Son of Mars Men's Basketball Shoes, White/Black/Purple - 10.0 By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK, May 24- Before the New Yo...
A-Rod, Andy Double Team Royals
By Rich Mancuso
BRONX, NEW YORK, May 24- Before the New York Yankees took the field Wednesday evening for the finale of a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals in the Bronx, Alex Rodriquez said he was feeling good and in his words said, “Ready to go off.”
Rodriguez, who has not been supplying the power that has been a trademark of his career, meant every word about being ready to get those numbers. His two home run night, and seven strong innings of pitching from Andy Pettitte propelled New York to an 8-3 win at the stadium, taking two of three before heading for a nine- game, three- city road swing.
“I said it with conviction not because it was going to sound good here in my locker but because I felt it,” said Rodriquez about his 60th multi-home run game. “It’s good to back that up.”
His first home run, in the first inning, with a man on gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead ending a 52- at bat homer less stretch. And his seventh home run of the season, a solo shot in the third inning, also off Royals starter and loser Will Smith, (0-1) opened a 5-0 lead for New York.
The left hander Smith, making his Major League debut, allowed five runs in three innings.
“The long ball hurt him tonight,” said Royals manager Ned Yost about Smith.”At times he threw some good breaking balls and other times some pitches got too much of the plate. It’s tough coming in your first start at Yankee Stadium against this club.”
Smith got a taste of the Yankees and the stadium in the first inning. Curtis Granderson homered to deep right on a 1-2 pitch, his 14th of the year that put New York up 1-0.
He got Derek Jeter to hit a grounder to shortstop leading off the first. Jeter had three hits on the night and tied Paul Wagner for 15th on the all-time list with 2,152 hits.
“I was nervous a little bit facing a future Hall of Famer to start your career in Derek Jeter,” said Smith who a 22-year old who was called up from Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday. “But you still got to go out there and make your pitches and get people out,” he said.
Pettitte (2-1) won his second start and allowed two runs on seven hits, striking out eight. He gave up two solo home runs in the fourth and fifth innings to Billy Butler and Mitch Maier.
He has not lost to the Royals since 1999 and has a career mark of 14-3 in 24 games.
“I felt like I’m moving the ball around the zone and that makes it difficult to hit,” Pettitte commented. His curveball was effective. His off speed pitches fooled more than one Royals hitter, and the changeup was vintage Pettitte that helped the Yankees to five previous world championship titles.
As for Rodriquez, who has been getting to the ballpark early and making adjustments, manager Joe Girardi said, “It helps Alex to do it two times in a row. People will stop asking him where’s the power? The power is there.”
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Bronx News Sports: Can-Do!
Bronx News Sports: Can-Do!: New York Yankees Dynasty Banner Flag Coleman New York Yankees Folding Stadium Seat Some breaks and a Cano home run lead Yanks to win over R...
Can-Do!
Some breaks and a Cano home run lead Yanks to win over Royals
(Photos by Gary Quintal)
By Rich Mancuso
BRONX, NEW YORK, May 23- Alex Rodriquez struck out with the bases loaded and the New York Yankees still were 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position. But Phil Hughes (4-5) gave up five hits in six innings, striking out seven. And the Yankees were able to get some breaks that have not gone their way in defeating the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in the Bronx Tuesday evening.
“I hope it carries over tomorrow,” said Yankees manager Joe Girardi who saw his club snap a three-game losing streak. The finale of the home stand and series with the Royals is Wednesday night before New York embarks on a nine-game three-city trip that takes them to Oakland, Los Angeles and Detroit.
A two-run, fifth inning saw the Yankees break a skid that had them 0-for- 15 with the bases loaded. Derek Jeter banged a single to left that scored Mark Teixeira who led off the inning with a single and took second on an error by right fielder Jeff Francoeur. That tied the score at 2-2.
Teixeira batted seventh for the second straight game, a move Girardi made to hopefully spark some offense. In that inning the breaks came when Francoeur bobbled the ball, Russell Martin was hit by a pitch, and Dewayne Wise reached base on a bunt that fooled the Royals.
Curtis Granderson, 3-for-13 on the current six-game home stand followed with a fielder’s choice that scored Russell Martin for the Yankees second run.
Before that, the Royals reached Hughes for their two runs. Humberto Quintero hit a run scoring double in the third and Jeff Francouer hit his second home run of the series, third of the year, a solo shot to left.
“It seemed like nothing was a walk in the park tonight,” commented Hughes. In the eighth, with Girardi using four relievers out of the pen, before Rafael Soriano closed the game in the ninth, earning his third save, Clay Rapada induced Mike Moustakas to hit into an inning ending double play.
Robinson Cano also homered for New York. It was his third in 12-career at bats against Royals starter and loser (3-5) Luke Hochevar, who entered the game with a 8.83 ERA , 0-2 in four career starts against the Yankees. That put the first run on the board for the Yankees in the fourth.
“He did a great job during that inning,” said Royals manager Ned Yost about his starter. “They really didn’t hit the ball hard and they made a perfect bunt. Jeter is great at finding holes. He limited the damage big time in the fifth inning, but I thought that he pitched a darn good game.”
Rodriquez, 1-for-4, struck out with the bases loaded in the fifth inning before Cano was walked intentionally.
“It wasn’t that pretty, but that was a good win,” he said. “It felt really good to win a game like this. Sometimes you need a game like this to kind of get you on a roll. Hopefully, it’s a good sign of things to come. We haven’t been winning these kinds of games.”
Andy Pettitte, (1-1) makes his third start for New York since his return in the series finale Wednesday evening.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Bronx News Sports: Marathon win for Spellman
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Bronx News Sports: Marathon win for Spellman
Bronx News Sports: Marathon win for Spellman: Ea Sports Mma For Playstation 3 Madden Nfl Football For Nintendo 3Ds (Photos by Gary Quintal) By Gary Quintal BRONX, NEW YORK, May 22- Ca...
Marathon win for Spellman
(Photos by Gary Quintal)
By Gary Quintal
BRONX, NEW YORK, May 22- Cardinal Spellman earned a victory over Fordham Prep, playing a 14-inning affair that started on Friday and ended on Saturday.
Play was suspended due to darkness by the top of the 14th inning.
The Spellman Pilots finished the game Saturday with a walk off RBI hit in the bottom of the 14thbreaking a 0-0 tie and giving Cardinal Spellman a 1-0 victory.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Bronx News Sports: Home run ball hurts CC
Bronx News Sports: Home run ball hurts CC: Majestic New York Yankees Derek Jeter Tee Yanks drop finale to Reds By Rich Mancuso CC Sabathia is finding out that when his team is strug...
Home run ball hurts CC
Yanks drop finale to Reds
By Rich Mancuso
CC Sabathia is finding out that when his team is struggling to score runs he has to pitch effectively and keep the ball in the yard. The Cincinnati Reds used the long ball twice and the New York Yankees struggled again at the plate as they took the final game of a three-game series Sunday afternoon in the Bronx, 5-2.
It was the Yankees fifth loss in six games. And for the Reds, who got eight good innings from winner Johnny Cueto (5-1) ending six days in New York where they split two games with the Mets and taking two of three from the Yankees.
“I didn’t make the pitches I wanted to,” said Sabathia (5-2) who did not give up a hit until the fifth inning when Todd Frazier hit a ground ball single.
The Yankees broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning and got two runs off Cueto on a home run to the second deck in right off the bat of Raul Ibanez. It was his ninth of the year, a 2-0 pitch that scored Robinson Cano who led off the inning with a double.
Cano has now hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games with eight doubles.
Sabathia, (5-1) coming of his first loss of the season at Baltimore last week enabled the Reds to come right back in their half of the seventh. He has now lost two games in a row since becoming a Yankee prior to the 2009 season.
Two solo home runs in the seventh, from Ryan Ludwick and Ryan Hanigan and a bases loaded walk put Cincinnati on top 3-2. It was one of three walks in a row by Sabathia, the third time that has occurred in his 12-year career.
“Up 2-0 was good enough to win a ballgame,” said Sabathia who claimed he was over throwing the ball and may have not had his best stuff.
Regardless, New York once again failed to score runs and have six hits in their last 59 at bats with runners in scoring position.
“We are having a hard time scoring runs,” said Yankees manager Joe Girardi stopping short of expressing deep concern. Alex Rodriguez went hitless in four at bats, Mark Teixeira sat out of the lineup again with a persistent cough and pinch hit In the ninth reaching on a throwing error off third baseman Wilson Valdez.
Derek Jeter (0-for-5) had his eight-game hitting streak stopped.
Cueto was sharp and kept the Yankees off the bases. “This is a hitters park and they’re a real hitting team so I as happy the way it ended up,” he said.
Reds manager Dusty Baker mixed and matched after Cueto was lifted and Aroldis Chapman, the Cuban who can throw a fastball over 100, earned his first save opportunity.
New York begins a three-game series at Yankee Stadium Monday evening against the Kansas City Royals. Hiroki Kuroda (3-5) takes the mound for the first game, followed by (3-5) Phil Hughes on Tuesday night and (1-1) Andy Pettitte closes the series Wednesday night.
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Bronx News Sports: Yanks Comeback Falls Short
Bronx News Sports: Yanks Comeback Falls Short: By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK, May 20- The failure of Yankee batters to hit successfully with runners in scoring position continues to p...
Yanks Comeback Falls Short
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK, May 20- The failure of Yankee batters to hit successfully with runners in scoring position continues to plague the team. After failing in three at bats to move runners beyond second base, the Yankee futility in scoring runners from second and/or third base reached a mark of three scores in 51 at bats.
It looked as if they could move beyond those failures in the ninth inning as a runner in scoring position was plated for the first time in 23 at bats as Nick Swisher singled Raul Ibañez home after the latter was at second after doubling. Singles by Eric Chavez and Jayson Nix accounted for the fifth run of the Yankees.
The streak of success ended quickly as Derek Jeter forced Nix at second and Curtis Granderson ended the game by grounding out to first base.
After the contest concluded, Yankee manager Joe Girardi spoke of this problem, “We just didn’t get the last hit we needed. It’s frustrating that we got so close. I’m sure it’s frustrating for them.”
Solo homers by Russell Martin in the third and Jayson Nix in the fifth accounted for two earlier runs. A double by Ibañez scored Robinson Cano from first in the fourth.
Returning to action after suffering a sprain of his right ankle in his last start on May 14, Ivan Nova hit a career-high of 12 strikeouts, but gave up five runs in six innings.
Girardi said of the performance of the 25 year old, “I thought he threw the ball pretty decent. When he got hit, they made it count.”
The instances the Yankee skipper referred to were: a single after two walks in the first, two doubles in the second and a three-run homer to Cincinnati star Joey Votto in the fifth.
Of the long ball hit by Votto, Girardi commented, “He made a mistake to Votto; he let the ball up.”
The pitcher was dissatisfied with his work, “I don’t care about strikeouts. I made a lot of mistakes. It was a slider [to Votto], I didn’t get it down.”
The defeat was the fifth in the last seven games for the Yankees.
CC Sabathia (5-0) will start the final game of the three game series for the Yanks against Johnny Cueto (4-1) for the Reds on Sunday afternoon.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Now THAT’s Our Andy
Pettitte Blanks Reds; Yanks Win, 4-0
(Photos by Ken Carozza)
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK, May 19-Andy Pettitte, in his second major league appearance since October 2010, shut out the Cincinnati Reds for eight innings. The victory was his first in a regular season big league game since July 8, 2010.
After losing their last three games, the Yankees were happy to return to the Bronx and overjoyed to be facing a national league team. The win kept the Yankees at the top of the standings in inter league play. They have compiled the most win, 158, and have the highest winning percentage, .597.
The story of the game was the superlative performance of the veteran left hander. Pettitte, less than one month shy of reaching the age of 40, pitched like the comeback kid. He shut out the Reds for eight frames, giving up only four isolated singles and one walk while fanning nine batters.
Yankee skipper Joe Girardi was ecstatic regarding Pettitte’s work, “He had everything going tonight. I thought his cutter was exceptional. I thought the location of his fastball was exceptional.” When asked if Pettitte looks any different than in years past, Girardi responded, “If you want to go back 2- years, to me, it’s the same guy.”
Catcher Chris Stewart saw very little difference between this victory and the loss Pettitte suffered in his first start of the season last Sunday, “The difference was just a couple of pitches. Tonight, he didn’t make those mistakes. Tonight was outstanding.”
Pettitte was especially pleased with his improvement, “Everything was working. It was good to get in a good rhythm.”
The Yanks continued to be unable to hit in the clutch. Yankee batters have only hit safely three times in the last 48 at bats with runners in scoring position.
The Yankees first was scored on a ground out to shortstop by Alex Rodriguez in the fourth.
The other three runs were scored on three hits in the eighth. Robinson Cano hit a solo homer. A- Rod, the next batter singled. Raul Ibañez followed with a two-run home run.
The second game of the inter league series will be played on Saturday afternoon Ivan Nova (4-1) expected to take the mound for the Yankees against Homer Bailey (1-3).
Pettitte is scheduled to start against Kansas City on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Bronx News Sports: Mets to Host 2013 All-Star Game
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Mets to Host 2013 All-Star Game
NEW YORK, NY, May 16– The New York Mets have been awarded Major League Baseball’s 2013 All-Star Game and will host the 84th Midsummer Classic at Citi Field, Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today at a press conference at City Hall. Commissioner Selig was joined by the Mayor of New York, the Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, and New York Mets Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Fred Wilpon.
The 2013 All-Star Game will mark the second time that the Mets, who are commemorating their 50th anniversary in 2012, will host the Midsummer Classic. Shea Stadium hosted the 1964 All-Star Game, a 7-4 National League victory that featured 21 participating Hall of Famers, including Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Frank Robinson, as well as MLB’s Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations, Joe Torre. It will be the ninth All-Star Game in Baseball history to be played in New York City, which is the most of any host city.
Commissioner Selig said, “As we celebrate the franchise’s golden anniversary this year, I am pleased to award the 2013 All-Star Game to the New York Mets and their loyal fans. We are delighted to bring the Midsummer Classic to Citi Field, a wonderful ballpark that has carried on the remarkable National League tradition in New York City. The Mets will be superb hosts to next summer’s greatest sporting event.”
"Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Selig, it's a great honor for everyone at the Mets to host the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field," Wilpon said. "Mets fans and all people in the New York tri-state area and beyond will have the opportunity to take part in the events that Major League Baseball will bring to New York."
“Next year’s All-Star Game is going to demonstrate once again that there’s no place like New York for world-class sporting events,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “Major League Baseball clearly recognizes this, since they’re bringing the All-Star Game back to New York for the second time in just five years.”
The 84th All-Star Game is tentatively scheduled to be played at Citi Field on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
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