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Yankees lose game and possibly Kuroda too

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It seems like the injury bug can’t stay away from the New York Yankees.   Before Wednesday night’s game, the Yankees had eleven players on the disabled list.  After Wednesday’s game, that total could go up to twelve.  It was bad enough that the Yankees lost to the Orioles 6 – 3, but they might have also lost their best starting pitcher in Hiroki Kuroda too.
The Orioles got on top of Kuroda early.  Kuroda gave up two home runs in the first inning to give Baltimore a 3 – 0 lead.  In the 2nd inning, Kuroda was hit in the right calf by a line drive.  He pitched until the 3rd when he was taken out but by then, the damage was done.  The Yankees got a run in the 3rd before the Orioles scored another 3 runs in the bottom of the inning.  Homers in the 5th and 9th innings by New York weren’t any help.
If Kuroda is out for an extended time, he will join Yankee starters Andy Pettitte, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda on the disabled list.   New York will have a hard time winning games if the DL gets any more players.  Maybe a day of rest will help as they won’t play again until Friday night when New York starts a three game series in Tampa Bay against the Rays.

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Yankees lose to Orioles in extra innings

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Last night, the New York Yankees needed 10 innings to get past the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of the three game series.  Tuesday night, the Yankees and Orioles played another 10 inning game but this time the result was different.   Despite having an early lead, the Yankees allowed the Orioles to come back and get the 3 – 2 win.
Just as they have done so often this season, the Yankees gave their starting pitcher an early lead.  Travis Hafner hit an RBI single in the top of the 1st inning to give starter Phil Hughes a 1 – 0 lead.  Hughes held the lead until the 3rd inning when he surrendered a home run to Chris Dickerson to tie the game.  Hafner responded in the 4th inning with another RBI single to regain the lead for New York.  That lead would hold until the 5th when Chris Dickerson took Phil Hughes deep again to tie the game.  The tie held until the 10th inning when Oriole Nate McLouth hit a leadoff, walk-off homer to break the Orioles six game losing streak.
Wednesday night, the Yankees will look to start the Orioles on a new losing streak.  The Yankees will send their best starter this season, Hiroki Kuroda to the mound to face right-hander Jason Hammel.  With the way that Kuroda has been pitching, this might be a guaranteed win for New York.

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Yankees need 10 innings to beat Orioles

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Because of rain on Sunday, the New York Yankees got an extra day of rest.  They needed that extra rest for the first game of a three game set in Baltimore against the Orioles.  It took the Yankees 10 innings before they could secure the 6 – 4 victory.
The rain postponement meant that CC Sabathia’s start was moved back a day.  The extra day didn’t seem to matter because Sabathia wasn’t his best.  He got an early lead thanks to home runs by Robinson Cano in the 1st and David Adams in the 2nd innings.  But Sabathia gave up a homer in the 2nd inning to cut the lead to 2 – 1.  The Orioles tied the game in the 5th.  New York regained the lead on a Lyle Overbay homer in the 7th but they could hold the lead.  In the bottom of the inning, the Orioles score twice to take the lead.  Travis Hafner sent the game to extra innings with a solo shot in the 9th.  Finally in the 10th, an RBI double by Vernon Wells provided the go-ahead run and Travis Hafner added another run to seal the win.
Tuesday night, the Yankees will send Phil Hughes to face right-hander Miguel Gonzalez.  Hughes will look to rebound from the 7 runs that he gave up in his last outing.

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Yankees continue streak over Blue Jays

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No matter what has happened to the New York Yankees this season, they have found a way to beat the Toronto Blue Jays.  Going into Saturday afternoon’s game, the Yankees had beaten the Blue Jays seven of their last meetings and five straight against them at home.  The question seemed to be not if the Yankees would win, but by how much?  The answer eventually was five runs as the Yankees claimed the 7 – 2 victory.
To get the victory, the Yankees got a combination of solid pitching and power hitting.  David Phelps gave the Yankees a solid outing in his fourth start of the season.  Phelps went seven innings and gave up 1 run on 6 hits with 8 strikeouts.  Helping out Phelps was Robinson Cano.  Cano has been stellar this season.  With the lead already 1 – 0 in the third inning, Cano hit a two run shot to make it a 3 – 0 game.  Cano wasn’t finished.  In the fifth inning, he hit a second two-run homer to make it 5 – 1.  Travis Hafner joined the two-run homer club with a home run in the 8th to seal the victory even further.
Sunday afternoon, CC Sabathia will face the knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.  The Cy Young award winner has struggled in his first season with Toronto and the Yankees will look to take advantage and get the sweep.

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Yankees shutout Blue Jays

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So far this season, the star of the Yankee pitching rotation has been Hiroki Kuroda.  Going into Friday night’s game, Kuroda was looking for his sixth win of the season.  Keeping with the streak that he has had, Kuroda was masterful against the Blue Jays.  He got that sixth win as the Yankees got a 5 – 0 victory.
The Yankees gave Kuroda the lead in the first inning thanks to Robinson Cano’s groundout RBI.  With an early lead, Kuroda went to work.  Through 8 innings, Kuroda gave up only 2 hits as he struck out five and issued just one walk.  Behind Kuroda, the Yankees gave him plenty of run support.  In the 5th inning, Jayson Nix knocked in the second run on a sacrifice fly.  In the 7th inning, the Yankees put the game away for good.  They put three more runs on the board on three consecutive hits from Austin Romine, Brett Gardner and Jayson Nix.
With the win, the Yankees made it five straight over the Blue Jays in New York.  Saturday afternoon they will go for six straight as right-hander David Phelps faces fellow right-hander Brandon Morrow.   Although Phelps gave up just one run in his start against the Indians, the lack of run support led to a loss.

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Yankees lose close one to Mariners

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In the final game of a three game series against Seattle, the New York Yankees sent Andy Pettitte to the mound hoping to keep the Mariners from taking the series.  Even if Pettitte had a good outing, he would need some offensive help from the Yankee hitters.   Unfortunately for the Yankees, neither happened and that led to a 3 – 2 loss.
Pettitte had a fair outing until the 4th inning.  He gave up just 2 runs on 4 hits with 5 strikeouts.  But then things went downhill.  He left the game in the 4th inning with a sore trapezius muscle.   When Pettitte left, the Yankees were only down by one run.  They would go down by two runs but just couldn’t seem to get anything going.  To make matters worse, they suffered another injury to an already thin lineup.  Starting catcher Chris Stewart left in the 7th inning with a leg injury.  Stewart was already filling in for Francisco Cervelli and now the Yankees might be down to using young Austin Romine behind the plate.
Whoever the Yankees have left, they will have to get ready for the start of a three game set against the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night.  Hiroki Kuroda will face Mark Buehrle in the series opener.