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Yankees Over White Sox – A Roll That Might Lead to the Playoffs
Things change quickly and the New York Yankees are benefiting from that, sweeping their three-game series against the Chicago White Sox with a 7-4 win, capped off by a three-run walk-off home run by Brian McCann, as the team that looked to be spiraling into disappointment has finally found some offensive consistency to ride on.
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MLB Rumors – Boston Red Sox & Detroit Tigers Trying to Sign Rusney Castillo
One team, the Detroit Tigers, want Cuban defector Ruseny Castillo as soon as possible, hoping he’ll join them in time to help with their playoff hopes or in the postseason already. For the Boston Red Sox, it’s an attempt to solidify their situation in the outfield, as it’s quite clear nothing good is going to come out of the 2014 season as far as they’re concerned.
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Yankees Over Astros – Stopping the Embarrassment
After losing two consecutive games to the Houston Astros, the New York Yankees picked themselves up and put on a solid performance, or maybe it was just Brandn McCarthy doing the pitching, coming up with a 3-0 win, hoping to get some sort of momentum from it in order to somehow make the playoffs.
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Dodgers Lose to Brewers – It All Falls Apart in One Inning
The Los Angeles Dodgers seemed to be well on their way to another comfortable victory thanks to Yasiel Puig and Zack Grenike, but Jeremy Wright fell apart in the 8th inning by giving up five runs and the Dodgers couldn’t generate enough offense to escape from a 6-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Rays Over Yankees – One is Rising, the Other Crashing & Burning
Things keep devolving and deteriorating for the New York Yankees, losing 5-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays, who got a fantastic pitching performance from Alex Cobb but more importantly are at .500 for the first time since April, managing to come back from 18 games under in the same season, something that only three other teams have done.
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Orioles Over Yankees – The Pummeling Continues
One of the most one sided divisional rivalries in Baseball is entering a different phase, as the Baltimore Orioles picked up another win over the New York Yankees, this time 5-3 thanks to big home runs from Jonathan Schoop and Adam Jones, improving their situation on top of the AL East.
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Orioles Over Yankees – Demolition With Some Bad News
The Baltimore Orioles had plenty of reasons to be smiling after beating the sliding New York Yankees 11-3 which included three home runs from the likes of Chris Davis, Nelson Cruz and Jonathan Schoop, but seeing Manny Machado going down with an injury was probably a lot less satisfying.
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Dodgers Over Brewers – Star Pitcher Makes Things Easy
There’s more than just one or two great players doing their thing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Clayton Kershaw is clearly the most special of all, putting on another fine pitching performance to carry his team to a 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers and improve their lead situation in the NL West.
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Angels Over Red Sox – Big Hitting Works in the Long Run
It’s been more than three years since Albert Pujols hit a walk off home run, but his big swing in the 19th inning gave the Los Angeles Angels a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox, coming after over six and a half fours of baseball at Angel Stadium, with Mike Trout hitting a home […]
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Indians Over Yankees – Making History While Losing
A lot of this season is about Derek Jeter, not the New York Yankees. While the retiring legend moved himself up to 6th on the all-time hit list with career number 3431, blowing past Honus Wagner, his team lost 3-0 to the Cleveland Indians, pushing them further back in the race for a playoff spot through the division title or a wild card spot.