Topic: New York Yankees

Tigers beat Yankees to level playoff series 1-1

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 5-3 to level their best-of-five divisional playoff series at 1-1 on Sunday.Miguel Cabrera stroked a two-run homer in the first inning and singled home another run in a two-run sixth ...

Rays dominate Rangers, rain hits Yankees-Tigers

Tampa Bay, who seized a Major League playoff berth in the most unlikely fashion, kept the momentum going with a 9-0 victory over the Texas Rangers in their post-season opener.Matt Moore, making just his second major league start, pitched seven innings for ...

Rain washes out Yankees v Detroit opener

(Reuters) - Heavy showers forced the suspension of Friday's American League division series game between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers.Major League Baseball officials said the game would resume on Saturday night while the second game of the best-of-five series, originally ...

Tampa Bay thump Texas Rangers in division series opener

(Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays extended their incredible late season surge to six consecutive wins when they thumped the Texas Rangers 9-0 in the first of their best-of-five division series playoffs on Friday.The Rays, who staged an amazing comeback against the ...

New York's game two starter Nova makes most of second chance

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After being sent down to the minor leagues in mid-season, pitcher Ivan Nova vowed he would never go back to a life of riding buses to road games again once he got another shot at pitching for the ...

Tigers manager Leyland hopes lucky underwear helps

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Given the delicate subject matter, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland was always going to give a brief response to the media inquisition he faced before Friday's Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff against the New York Yankees.The 66-year-old has ...

Yankees, Phillies have an edge as playoffs open

Major League Baseball's winningest teams, the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, own a home-field edge in the playoff fight that begins Friday and ends with the 107th World Series.The Yankees beat Philadelphia in the best-of-seven championship showdown two years ago and ...

Powerhouse Phils and Yankees top playoff seeds

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two powerhouse top seeds in the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, and a pair of wild card Cinderellas make for intriguing match-ups in the first round of Major League Baseball playoffs starting Friday.The thrilling regular season finish ...

Tampa Bay Rays claim playoff berth as Red Sox fall

The Tampa Bay Rays erased a seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in 12 innings and clinch the American League wild card playoff berth on Wednesday as Boston fell at Baltimore.The Rays' triumph, on Evan Longoria's home run in ...

Rays trim Red Sox edge in wild-card race

The Boston Red Sox saw their lead over Tampa Bay in the race for the final American League baseball playoff berth trimmed to only half a game on Sunday after a 6-2 loss to the arch-rival New York Yankees.Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett ...