Yankees Reacquire Steve Pearce

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Yankees Reacquire Steve Pearce

The New York Yankees were able to get first base/outfielder Steve Pearce back from the Houston Astros for cash.

Pearce was on the Yankees playing in the minors until June 2nd before he was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles. Pearce was playing very well in Scranton hitting .318 with 11 homeruns, and 30 RBIs. He was designated for assignment by the Orioles, and picked up by the Astros where he hit .254 with 8 RBIs.

In order to make room for Pearce the Yankees designated Brandon Laird for assignment. The Yankees will hope Pearce can give them a right handed bat off the bench, as they have struggled hitting lefties since Alex Rodriguez went to the DL.

Yankees to Acquire Derek Lowe

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Yankees Acquire Derek Lowe

The New York Yankees wasted no time finding another arm to pitch while C.C Sabathia is on the DL with elbow inflammation acquiring the 39 year old Derek Lowe.

Lowe was pitching for the Cleveland Indians before being designated for assignment on Saturday. He wasn’t pitching very well for the Indians in their rotation going 8-10 with a 5.52 ERA. Lowe has however had a good 16 year career going 174-156 with a 4.01 lifetime ERA, and will be able to eat innings for the Yankees.

The Yankees will be using Lowe out of the bullpen in the absence of Sabathia, as David Phelps will be getting the start on Monday which is well deserved. The Yankees have a tough road ahead of them without Sabathia, as Baltimore and Tampa Bay are getting closer in the standings.

Yankees Avoid the Sweep

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The Yankees were able to avoid the sweep at the hands of the Orioles, by winning Wednesdays matinee 12-3, and snapping their four game losing streak.

Phil Hughes was able to bend but not break in picking up 11^th win of the season. Hughes allowed nine hits, two walks, but only one earned run while striking out two batters.

Yankees fans got to see a familiar face as fan favorite Joba Chamberlain pitched for the first time in the majors in over a year. Joba however didn’t look very good on the mound in his return giving up four hits, two walks, and two earned runs including a solo shot to J.J Hardy on the second pitch he threw.

Captain Derek Jeter had a big day in the lead-off spot going 3 for 4 with a run scored, and three RBIs.

Curtis Granderson also played a very good game going 2 for 5 including hitting his 29^th home run of the season in the first inning.

Nick Swisher saw himself in the middle of the order batting in three hole, and produced going 2 for 4 scoring two runs, knocking in a RBI, and hit his 24^th double of the season.

Second baseman Robinson Cano provided the big hit of the game in the third inning hitting a Grand Slam off Kevin Gregg for his 24^th homerun of the season, and now has 62 RBIs.

Casey McGehee got his first start in pinstripes filling in for Mark Teixeira at first, and did a pretty good job at the plate drawing two walks, scoring two runs, and had two RBIs.

Jayson Nix got the start against the lefty Zach Britton, and was able to have himself a nice game in the bottom of the order going 3 for 4 with an RBI, and two runs scored.

The Yankees will be off on Thursday, and then will host the Mariners at home on Friday with C.C Sabathia (10-4, 3.57) and Kevin Millwood (4-8, 3.90) on the mound.

Yanks get blown out by Birds, losing streak at four

The Yankees struggles continued Tuesday night against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium.

It was a fast start for the Bronx Bombers, who put up a five run first inning on Oriole pitcher Chris Tillman. Unfortunately the lead was short lived for the Yankees when starting pitcher Ivan Nova surrendered seven runs in the second inning, and the Orioles never looked back taking the game 11-5.

After Ivan Nova set down the Orioles one, two, three, in the first, the Yankee offense went to work. Derek Jeter led off with a double to right center, followed by an RBI single from Curtis Granderson to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. On the next pitch, Robinson Cano smacked his 23rd home run of the season to right center field, and snapped an 0 for 14 slide.

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With two-out in the bottom of the first and the Yankees leading 4-0, Russell Martin pulled a base hit through the left side that brought home Eric Chavez, and capped a five run first inning.

The top of the second started with back-to-back singles by Adam Jones and Matt Wieters, followed by back-to-back strikeouts for Nova. With two outs and two on, Mark Reynolds hit a two-run ground rule double to left that scored Adam Jones and put the O's on the board. Omar Quintanilla followed with a two run single and cut the Yankee lead to 5-3.

After a Nick Markakis single, and a walk by J.J Hardy, Chris Davis delivered with a grand slam over the left center field wall that gave the Orioles a 7-5 lead. It was Davis' 18th home run of the season, and the Orioles scored all seven of their runs in the inning, with two outs.

The Yankee offense was silenced after the first inning by Tillman and the Oriole bullpen, and did not score again after their five run first inning.

The Orioles added four more runs, and took their second game in a row from the Yankees 11-5.

Chris Tillman went five innings giving up eight hits, five runs (four earned), and striking out three Yankees for his fourth win of the season.  Tillman settled down after a less than perfect first inning, and held the Yankees scoreless over the next four frames.

Nova dropped to 10-5 on the season after going five innings, allowing 10 hits and nine earned runs, while fanning five.

The Yankees have now dropped nine of their last 12 games, and four in a row to division rivals.

The Yankees and Orioles will go at it again today at 1p.m as Phil Hughes (10-8, 4.08) will face Zach Britton (1-0, 5.74).

Yankees Lose Third Straight

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The New York Yankees suffered their third straight loss in the series opener of the series against the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 5-4.

Freddy Garcia was able to give the Yankees an ok start on Monday night despite picking up his 5^th loss of the season. Garcia went six innings allowing nine hits, three runs, and had two strikeouts in the losing effort.

July continued to be a tough month for Boone Logan as in 2/3 innings Logan allowed two earned runs on one hit, and one walk.

Yankees injury woes happened again this time to Mark Teixeira who left the game with an apparent wrist injury. Teixeira wasn’t doing well at the plate on Monday going 0 for 3 with three strikeouts but the Yankees could be in big trouble if he is out for an extended period of time.

Eric Chavez had a big game going 2 for 3 with two RBIs, and hit his ninth homerun of the season a solo shot in the seventh inning.

Ichiro was able to hit his 1^st homerun in pinstripes going back to back with Chavez for his 100^th of his career and fifth of the season in the seventh inning . Suzuki was also able to steal his 18^th base of the season after reaching on a fielders choice.

Left fielder Raul Ibanez also was able to hit a homerun for his 14^th of the season in the 5^th inning, as Ibanez hit well going 2 for 4.

Yankees will look to snap there losing streak and hopefully have Teixeira in the lineup on Tuesday as Ivan Nova (10-4, 4.08) will face Chris Tillman (3-1, 1.66).