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Yankees LHP Nestor Cortes tracking for World Series return
Left-hander Nestor Cortes is on track to rejoin the New York Yankees if they make it to the World Series.,Cortes landed on the 15-day injured list on Sept. 25 with a flexor strain in his pitching elbow. He has not pitched in a game since Sept. 18.,Cortes, 29, was scheduled to throw batting practice ...
Aaron Judge ends homer drought as Yanks snag 2-0 ALCS lead
NEW YORK -- While the rest of his New York Yankees teammates were doing enough to win close postseason games, Aaron Judge was often ending his postseason at-bats without productive results.,At least until Tuesday.,Judge hit his first homer of the postseason, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that...
Aaron Judge, Yankees top Guardians for 2-0 ALCS lead
NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to pad the lead and finished with three RBIs as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Tuesday to take a two-games-to-none lead in the American League Championship Series.,New York, seeking its first trip to the Worl...
Already down in ALCS, Guardians set to face Yanks ace Gerrit Cole
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees began the American League Championship Series by getting a strong outing from Carlos Rodon as two of their three sluggers sent pitches over the fences.,The Yankees are hoping to replicate the formula and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series on Tuesday when the...
Carlos Rodon, Yankees roll over wild Guardians in Game 1
NEW YORK -- Carlos Rodon pitched six solid innings for his first career postseason win as the New York Yankees opened the American League Championship Series with a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.,Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton homered for the New York Yankees, who capital...
Yankees add Anthony Rizzo, Marcus Stroman to ALCS roster
The New York Yankees added first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right-hander Marcus Stroman to their American League Championship Series roster on Monday. ,The Guardians added right-hander Pedro Avila to their roster before the teams opened the ALCS on Monday night in New York. ,Rizzo returns more than t...
Yankees, Guardians express mutual respect ahead of ALCS
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians are well-acquainted with each other in the postseason, but rarely when an American League pennant is on the line.,After finishing with the top two records in the AL, the Yankees and Guardians open up the ALCS Monday night with Game 1 in the be...
Yanks tab Carlos Rodon for ALCS Game 1, Gerrit Cole for Game 2
The New York Yankees will send left-hander Carlos Rodon to the mound on Monday for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the visiting Cleveland Guardians.,Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, who won the Game 4 clincher in the AL Division Series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, is...
After eliminating Royals, Yankees eye bigger goals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The New York Yankees made it clear they were pleased to get past the Kansas City Royals and advance in the postseason, even if it's only one step toward their true goal.,Yankees players sprayed each other with beer and champagne and otherwise expressed good cheer during a raucous...
Behind Gerrit Cole, Yankees eliminate Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gerrit Cole pitched seven effective innings, and Gleyber Torres, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton each supplied key hits Thursday night to lead the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals in a decisive Game 4 of the American League Division Series.,After f...
Yankees on verge of ousting Royals despite Aaron Judge's quiet bat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The New York Yankees gained the edge in the American League Division Series despite the Kansas City Royals neutralizing slugger Aaron Judge again.,Giancarlo Stanton, whose booming bat combined with the Yankees' bullpen to help New York win Game 3 on Wednesday, expects Judge to sn...
Giancarlo Stanton's homer gives Yankees 2-1 edge on Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Giancarlo Stanton hit a long go-ahead home run in the eighth inning Wednesday night, leading the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.,The Yankees lead the best-of-five set two games to one, and they can...
Royals, Yankees await breakouts from superstars
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The two biggest stars of the American League Division Series involving the Yankees and Royals, sluggers Aaron Judge of New York and Bobby Witt Jr. of Kansas Royals, have yet to produce at the plate through the first two games.,Judge and Witt, the probable 1-2 finishers in AL Most...
Salvador Perez, Royals use big 4th inning to tie ALDS vs. Yanks
NEW YORK -- Hours before becoming the hero in his 35th career postseason game, Salvador Perez discussed how undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2019 helped prolong his career.,"I think it happened for a reason," Perez said Monday afternoon. "At that moment I don't understand that, but after a few years...
Royals use big 4th inning to tie ALDS with Yanks
NEW YORK -- Salvador Perez hit a long homer off Carlos Rodon to start a four-run fourth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to even their American League Division Series at one game apiece.,Game 3 of the best-of-five set is scheduled for Wednesday night in...
Improved Carlos Rodon leads Yankees against Royals in Game 2
NEW YORK -- Carlos Rodon's lowest moment for the New York Yankees occurred in the final start of a disastrous 2023 season on the mound in Kansas City.,While Rodon was going through a nightmarish first season in New York, Cole Ragans was providing 12 starts as the Kansas City Royals concluded a 106-l...
Alex Verdugo, Yankees clip Royals to open ALDS
NEW YORK -- Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees opened the American League Division Series with a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.,Game 2 is Monday night in New York. ,Verdugo reached base three times, doing...
Royals, Yankees set to rekindle playoff rivalry
NEW YORK -- For now, the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees can only hear about their past playoff battles, which only their respective managers were alive to witness.,None of the current players are of age to recall the four times between 1976 and 1980 when Kansas City and New York met in ...
Yankees sense Juan Soto loving N.Y. with free agency looming
NEW YORK -- Before the Yankees swing into the postseason in the American League Division Series, New York manager Aaron Boone downplayed the magnitude of the moment in front of slugger Juan Soto.,The sidekick to Aaron Judge, Soto is on the precipice of free agency at the ripe age of 25 and coming of...
Alex Verdugo's late hit delivers Yankees past Pirates
Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and the New York Yankees held on for a 6-4 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates in their regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon.,Trent Grisham had a two-run home run and an RBI sacrifice fly and ...