Nick Swisher is congratulated after hitting a home run against the Oakland A’s. Swisher, who has been slumping, mistakenly read a bunt sign but somehow regrouped and crushed a ball to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead that they would hold for the rest of the game.
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Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver, who started the season 6-0, finally notched his seventh win of the season at the expense of the Yankees. Weaver baffled Yankees hitters for seven innings in the Angels’ 3-2 win.
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A pleased CC Sabathia walks off the field after pitching 8 2/3 innings of stellar baseball before handing the duties over to Mariano Rivera to close out the Yankees 3-2 win over Los Angeles.
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The Yankees outfield of Curtis Granderson, Brett Gardner and Chris Dickerson celebrate a 5-3 win over the Angels.
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The Yankees had a huge scare in the opening game of the Red Sox series when Mark Teixeira, the team’s leader in RBIs, took a pitch off his knee cap and was forced to leave the game. The Yankees went on to lose 6-4.
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Looking like the Big Papi of old, David Ortiz crushed a two-run home run in the first inning of the Red Sox’s 11-6 win over the Yankees.
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The Yankees turned to their ace, CC Sabathia, in hopes that he could lead them and block a second-straight sweep at the hands of the Red Sox. Despite his best efforts, Sabathia and the Yankees fell once again to Boston 8-3.
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Alex Rodriguez stole the show with a massive 480 ft. solo home run as the Yankees opened a three-game set against the Indians with an 11-7 win.
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A pumped-up David Robertson reacts after striking out the Indians’ Grady Sizemore, preserving the Yankees’ 4-0 lead in the eighth inning.
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Derek Jeter continued his pursuit of his 3,000th hit as the Yankees finished a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 9-1 win.
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Derek Jeter’s chase for 3,000 was put on hold as the Captain suffered a Grade 1 calf strain in a 1-0 loss to the Indians.
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In his first game as the Yankees starting shortstop with Jeter on the mend, Eduardo Nunez contributed with two hits and an RBI in the Yankees’ 12-4 win over the Rangers.
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Mark Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate for the 11th time in his career as he led th Yankees to a second-straight 12-4 win over his former team the Texas Rangers.
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Brett Gardner takes a pie to the face from AJ Burnett, as has become Yankees tradition, after driving in the game-winning RBI against the Rangers in the Yankees’ 3-2 victory.
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A frustrated Alex Rodriguez grips his bat after striking out in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 3-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
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Despite being bowled over by Carlos Pena, Yankees’ catcher Russell Martin held onto the baseball and applied the tag to preserve the Yankees’ 4-3 lead against the Cubs.
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Nick Swisher celebrates with Alex Rodriguez after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 10-4 win over the Cubs.
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Ivan Nova pitched the best game of his young career, going eight innings and striking out seven batters as he led the Yankees to a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
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Showing he still has something left in the tank, Jorge Posada slammed a two-run home run and powered the Yankees to a 4-2 win over the Reds.
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Cincinnati’s Chris Heisey hits a two-run home run off Yankees relief pitcher Hector Noesi. Heisey crushed three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader. Despite the Reds’ 10-2 win, the Yankees won the series.
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Despite struggling for most of the season, Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez brought his best stuff to Yankee Stadium and stifled the Bombers in Colorado’s 4-2 win.
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Alex Rodriguez led the Yankees offense as his three-RBI day contributed to an 8-3 win over the Rockies.
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Mark Teixeira continued his torrid June by racking up four RBIs in the Yankees’ 12-2 win
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Jorge Posada, who has been on fire since pulling himself out of the lineup in May, hit a solo home run that was eventually upheld after review in the Yankees’ 5-2 win over the Brewers.
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CC Sabathia struck out 13 Brewers and picked up his MLB-leading 11th win of the season as the Yankees completed a sweep of Milwaukee with a 5-0 win.
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