The Yankees won two out of three games over the weekend against the Texas Rangers, who are now eight games below .500 after winning the World Series last season.
In Thursday evening’s series finale in less than ideal conditions while rain was coming down in The Bronx Nestor Cortes struggled in the Yankees 9–4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
After their game on Tuesday was rained out, there was still rain in The Bronx on Wednesday but they were still able to get both games in.
After winning two out of three games against Toronto, the Yankees will continue their nine-game home stand with a 3-game series against the Angels. To conclude the home stand, they will play the Texas Rangers…
The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 4–3 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon to win the series against Toronto. DJ LeMahieu had the game winning walk-off single in the 10th while Toronto had five infielders.
After losing in the first game of the series to the Blue Jays, the Yankees bounced back on Saturday with a convincing 8–3 win after hitting three two-run home runs.
The Yankees had an impressive sweep of the Phillies after outscoring what was the best team in the National League going into the series 27–15.
The Yankees impressively swept the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, who were the best team in MLB coming into the series. The Yankees got help from recent trade acquisitions Jazz Chisholm and Mark Leiter Jr. in this series.
In a trade to improve the bullpen, the Yankees acquired Mark Leiter Jr on July 30 a few hours before the trade deadline from the Cubs in exchange for infielder Ben Cowles and pitcher Jack Neely.
The Yankees beat the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park 7–6 in 12 innings on Tuesday to win their fourth game in a row and get their most impressive win of the season. The Yankees are still half a game out of first…