Ivan Nova Placed on DL

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Ivan Nova Placed on DL

The Yankees suffered yet another injury to their pitching rotation, as starter Ivan Nova will be placed on the 15 day DL with inflammation in his right shoulder.

Nova said that he first felt some stiffness in the shoulder while facing the last batter on Tuesday night against the White Sox.

Ivan has struggled since the All-Star break going 2-5 with a 6.40 ERA, but Girardi and Nova both said the injury has nothing to do with the injury.

"Any time a guy says he has a little stiffness in his shoulder, you're going to worry," Girardi said Wednesday. "We don't think it's anything too concerning, but we've got to make sure."

The one bright spot for the Yankees is that C.C Sabathia will be back on Friday to start the season against the Indians. The Yankees do need to show some concern though because their division lead has been cut to 2.5 games by the Rays. All of the injuries the Yankees have had has not lead to a very good second half of the season with only a .500 record.

Yankees Swept by White Sox

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Yankees vs. White Sox Post Game Recap 8/22

The Yankees woes in Chicago continued, as the Yankees were swept by the A.L Central leading White Sox by a score of 2-1.

Yankees hitters were dominated by Chris Sale who picked up his 15th win of the season. Sale went 7.2 innings allowing three hits, one walk, one run, and had thirteen strikeouts.

Phil Hughes on almost any other night would have gotten the win with the way he pitched but instead got his 11th loss of the season. Hughes went seven innings allowing five hits, two walks, two runs, and had five strikeouts.

Derek Jeter was able to smack another homerun on Wednesday for his 3rd straight game with a homerun in Chicago. The homerun was Jeter’s 13th of the season his highest amount of homeruns in a season since 2009.

One positive sign for the Yankees was that Robinson Cano who was in an awful slump may be snapping out of it. Cano was able to go 2 for 4 hitting his 33rd double of the season just missing a homerun.

The sweep to the White Sox has opened the door for the Tampa Bay Rays, as the Rays have cut the Yankees lead in the division to only 3 games now.

The Yankees will have a off day on Thursday before starting a series in Cleveland, as C.C Sabathia (12-3, 3.56) will be making his return from the DL to face his former team and their starter Corey Kluber (0-2, 6.27).

Youkilis Slams White Sox past Yanks

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Yankees vs. White Sox Post Game Recap 8/21

The New York Yankees lost to the Chicago White Sox for a second straight game, losing by a score of 7-3. The Yankees despite having a great home stand have seen their division lead shrink, as the Tampa Bay Rays are coming up in the rear view mirror quick only trailing by 4 games.

Ivan Nova had a tough time against a good White Sox lineup losing his 7th game of the season. Nova pitched six innings allowing seven hits, two walks, six earned runs, and struck out three. The big blow to the Yankees and Nova was done by Kevin Youkilis who hit a grand slam in the 5th inning to break a 2-2 tie at the time.

Derek Lowe pitched the final two innings for the Yankees allowing five hits, one walk, one run, as Lowe was able to keep the White Sox from really blowing the game open.

Derek Jeter after a milestone breaking night wasted little time moving up the hits leader board passing Eddie Murray for 11th all-time with a leadoff homerun for his 12th of the season.  The 1st inning homerun also tied Jeter with his former manager Joe Torre at 252 career homeruns. Pete Rose was but on notice too, as Jeter is now exactly 1,000 hits away from Rose.

Russell Martin was able to have a good game going 2 for 4 hitting his 14th homerun of the season in the 7th inning.

Robinson Cano who was once an MVP candidate has hit a rough patch at a very bad time. Cano went 0 for 4 against the White Sox, and is now batting only .302 for the season.

The Yankees will look to try and avoid the sweep in Chicago, as Phil Hughes (12-10, 4.23) will face Cy Young hopeful Chris Sale (14-4, 2.72).

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 Post Game Recap 7/4

Yankees vs Rays Post Game Recap 7/4

The Yanks were able to avoid the sweep in Tampa Bay beating the Rays 4-3 and snapping their losing streak at Tropicana Field.

The Yankees got exactly what they hoped from starter David Phelps who went 4 1/3 innings on his 75-80 pitch limit heading into the game, and only allowed one run on two hits and three walks while striking out eight batters.

Cody Eppley had a very good appearance out of the bullpen going 1 2/3 innings only allowing one hit and striking out three.

Boone Logan had a rough seventh inning after the Yankees tied it in the top half. Logan gave up a two-run home run to Carlos Pena.

David Robertson was able to pitch a scoreless eighth inning picking up two strike outs getting the hold for Rafael Soriano who was able to pick up his 19^th save of the season against his former team in the ninth.

The Yankees offense was shut down for the first four innings of the game before Robinson Cano was able to get a base hit off David Price to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, and give the Yankees their first hit. Cano would also add a huge two-run single in the eighth inning scoring Eric Chavez and Curtis Granderson to give the Yankees a late lead. Cano reached 50 RBI for the season with the two-run single

Mark Teixeira was able to get the Yankees into the scoring column with a solo shot in the seventh inning off Price for his 14^th home run of the season.

Russell Martin went 0 for 4 again on Wednesday making it 0 for his last 27 at bats, and with Stewart hitting well he has certainly earned some more at bats with Martin playing this bad.

The Yankees will be off on Thursday before starting a series with the Red Sox as Hiroki Kuroda (8-7, 3.17) will face Josh Beckett (4-7, 4.06).

Yankees Post Game Recap 7/2

Yankees vs Rays Post Game Recap 7/2

Final Score: Rays 4 Yankees 3

Freddy Garcia was able to give the Yankees a good start in his return to the rotation as he went 5 1/3 innings allowing five hits two runs and struck out four in a no decision. The long ball was the only problem for Garcia in Mondays game as he gave up solo homeruns to B.J Upton and Carlos Pena.

Boone Logan and David Robertson both struggled in the 7^th inning allowing a walk, a hit, and two runs to score, one of which was unearned due to a error by Mark Teixeira trying to get the final two outs of the seventh.

Chad Qualls was able to have a successful debut for the Yankees, after coming over from the Phillies, getting a strikeout and fly out against the two batters he faced.

Mark Teixeira got the Yankees offense going early with a RBI double in the first inning scoring Derek Jeter.

Robinson Cano would keep his hitting streak going early with a RBI base hit in the first inning scoring Teixeira and giving the Yanks a early 2-0 lead.

The Yankees were able to manufacture a run in the seventh inning, something that has been eluding them in recent games. Curtis Granderson hit a sac fly to score Chris Stewart who walked to lead off the inning, and with a wild pitch and Jeter moving him to third base, he was able to tag from third to score.

Chris Stewart is certainly earning some playing time with Russell Martin battling back issues and a sub .200 batting average. Stewart went 1 for 2 with a walk scored a run on Monday and is batting .270 for the season.

Yankees will be playing the second game of the series against the Rays Tuesday as Ivan Nova (9-2, 4.03) will face James Shields (7-5, 4.04).