The Quest for #27

Flavia Pennetta

Yanks PLay Sox in game 2

2009-08-07T16:09:00.000-07:00

LA Womens Tennis- Quarterfinals Set (see sidebar for live scores and order of play

2009-08-07T05:42:00.000-07:00

Quarterfinals

Final

Urszula Radwanska

Maria Sharapova

Quarterfinals

Final

Jie Zheng

Samantha Stosur

Quarterfinals

Final

Flavia Pennetta

Vera Zvonareva

Quarterfinals

Final

Sorana Cirstea

Agnieszka Radwanska

6⁴

Yankees Play Sox in big 4 game set from Yankee Stadium

2009-08-06T17:39:00.001-07:00

LA Womens Tennis Scores-- for up to date scores see sidebar and press live scores --- 3rd Round Scores

2009-08-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

Round of 16

Final

Yanina Wickmayer

6⁵

Vera Zvonareva

Round of 16

Final

Nadia Petrova

Flavia Pennetta

Round of 16

Final

Samantha Stosur

Ana Ivanovic

Round of 16

Final

Agnieszka Radwanska

Round of 16

Final

Urszula Radwanska

Na Li

Round of 16

Final

Alyona Bondarenko

LA Womens Tennis Scores-- for up to date scores see sidebar and press live scores --- 1st Round Scores

2009-08-06T07:09:00.000-07:00

Second round singles --
Dinara Safina (1), Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4
Nadia Petrova (6), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Dominika Cibulkova (7), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4
Agnieszka Radwanska (8), Poland, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-2, 6-1
Flavia Pennetta (10), Italy, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, U.S., 6-2, 6-4
Samantha Stosur (13), Australia, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 6-2, 6-4
Jie Zheng (14), China, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Jill Craybas, U.S., 7-6 (2), 6-1
Na Li (12), China, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-1, 6-4
Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Yanks Beat Jays; Hit 3 Homers off Haladay

2009-08-05T07:32:00.001-07:00

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LA Womens Tennis-- for up to date scores see sidebar and press live scores --- 1st Round Scores

2009-08-05T07:28:00.000-07:00

East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife Los Angeles, USA		Has not started
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Round of 64

Final

Ayumi Morita

Na Li

Round of 64

Final

Samantha Stosur

Round of 64

Final

Olga Savchuk

Jie Zheng

Round of 64

Final

Kimiko Date krumm

6⁵

Sabine Lisicki

Round of 64

Final

Maria Sharapova

Jarmila Groth

Round of 64

Final

Tathiana Garbin

Coco Vandeweghe

Round of 64

Final

Melinda Czink

Ekaterina Makarova

Round of 64

Final

Melanie Oudin

Daniela Hantuchova

6³

Round of 64

Final

Sorana Cirstea

Michelle Larcherde Brito

Round of 64

Final

Urszula Radwanska

Julie Coin

Round of 64

Final

Chanelle Scheepers

Maria Kirilenko

Round of 64

Final

Aleksandra Wozniak

Round of 32

Final

Shuai Peng

6⁶

Vera Zvonareva

Round of 32

Final

Vania King

Ana Ivanovic

LA Womens Tennis-- for up to date scores see sidebar and press live scores --- 1st Round Scores

2009-08-04T06:31:00.000-07:00

	East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife Los Angeles, USA							Has not started
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Round of 64

Cancelled

Round of 64

Final

Varvara Lepchenko

Flavia Pennetta

Round of 64

Final

Virginie Razzano

6⁵

Anna Chakvetadze

Round of 64

Final

Kaia Kanepi

6⁴

Lucie Safarova

Round of 64

Final

Francesca Schiavone

6⁷

Jill Craybas

Round of 64

Cancelled

Sabine Lisicki

Round of 64

Final

Vania King

Sybille Bammer

Round of 64

Final

Alisa Kleybanova

Alla Kudryavtseva

Round of 64

Final

Carly Gullickson

Ai Sugiyama

Round of 64

Final

Yanina Wickmayer

Nicole Vaidisova

Round of 64

Final

Shahar Peer

Anastasia Rodionov

Round of 64

Final

Michaella Krajicek

Shuai Peng

6⁴

Round of 64

Final

Agnes Szavay

Elena Vesnina

Round of 64

Final

Alyona Bondarenko

Round of 64

Final

Maria Sharapova

Jarmila Groth

LA Womens Tennis-- for up to date scores see sidebar and press live scores --- 1st Round Scores

2009-08-03T15:39:00.001-07:00

East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife Los Angeles, USA		Has not started
		In progress
	Women's Surface: Hard		Final

Round of 64

Cancelled

Round of 64

In progress

Varvara Lepchenko

Flavia Pennetta

Round of 64

In progress

Virginie Razzano

6⁵

Round of 64

Final

Kaia Kanepi

6⁴

Lucie Safarova

Round of 64

Final

Francesca Schiavone

6⁷

Jill Craybas

Round of 64

Cancelled

Sabine Lisicki

Round of 64

Final

Vania King

Sybille Bammer

Round of 64

Final

Alisa Kleybanova

Alla Kudryavtseva

Round of 64

Final

Carly Gullickson

Ai Sugiyama

Round of 64

Final

Yanina Wickmayer

Nicole Vaidisova

Round of 64

Final

Shahar Peer

Anastasia Rodionov

Round of 64

In progress

Michaella Krajicek

Shuai Peng

6⁴

Round of 64

Final

Agnes Szavay

Elena Vesnina

Round of 64

Has Not started

Alyona Bondarenko

Bartoli Wins Stanford

2009-08-03T15:31:00.000-07:00

STANFORD, CA, USA - In a Sunday afternoon shocker, Marion Bartoli won her fifth and biggest career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title at the Bank of the West Classic, upsetting Venus Williams in three sets in the final.

Bartoli, seeded No.8 at the Premier-level tournament, didn't have it easy at all throughout the week, winning her opening rounds in tight two-setters then going to three sets in the quarters and semis, defeating No.4 seed Jelena Jankovic and Samantha Stosur, 36 76(3) 63 and 63 16 61, respectively. She even saved two match points against Jankovic, whilst trailing 63 65.

Williams, seeded No.2 and a two-time winner at Stanford in the past, was out of sorts through the first set and a half of the final, going behind 62 53 before kicking into gear with four straight games, pushing the duel to two hours and 43 minutes before finally succumbing, 62 57 64. It was just their second meeting on the Tour - their first came in the final of Wimbledon two years ago, with Williams prevailing routinely there on her favorite grass courts, 64 61.

"It was really hard mentally to win the second set, because it was getting tighter and tighter... when I served for the match, she sensed I was tight, and she started coming up with big winners," Bartoli said. "I just tried to stay positive and focused in the third set. We had some great rallies in the third set. It was so hard to win the last game. The only chance to win that was to take my chances, because otherwise Venus wouldn't give me anything. I gave everything I had today."

"Marion played really well today. I have to give her credit for playing so well," Williams said. "I was fighting myself out there as well as her. It was a tough day. I had to fight through it and in the end I ran out of time. My last few matches were so good, but today I just couldn't execute the way I wanted."

Bartoli's first four singles titles on the Tour came at smaller events, at Auckland, Tokyo and Quebec City in 2006 and Monterrey earlier this season.

Stanford: Bank of West CLassic, Semifinal Scores

2009-08-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

Semifinals

Final

Samantha Stosur

Marion Bartoli

Semifinals

Final

Elena Dementieva

Venus Williams

Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA, Quarterfinal Scores

2009-08-01T07:52:00.000-07:00

Quarterfinals

Final

Serena Williams

Samantha Stosur

Quarterfinals

Final

Elena Dementieva

Quarterfinals

Final

Venus Williams

Quarterfinals

Final

Jelena Jankovic

6³

Marion Bartoli

Stanford: Bank of West CLassic, Round of 16 Scores

2009-07-30T05:49:00.000-07:00

Round of 16

Final

Agnieszka Radwanska

6⁶

Daniela Hantuchova

Round of 16

Final

Nadia Petrova

Maria Sharapova

Round of 16

Final

Samantha Stosur

Round of 16

Final

Maria Kirilenko

Elena Dementieva

Yanks Beat Rays; Sox fall to 3.5 back after loss

2009-07-30T05:48:00.001-07:00

Final

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		NYY (62-39)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	6	12	0

		TB (55-47)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	1

	W: Chamberlain (7-2, 3.58); L: Garza (7-8, 3.69) HR: NYY: Teixeira (26), Cano (16), Cabrera, Me (9). TB: Longoria (21).

2009-07-28T15:07:00.001-07:00

The Yankees have won 10 of their last 11 and 23 of 29 to improve to a season-high 23 games over .500.

MLB.TV | Gameday Audio

2009-07-28T14:59:00.000-07:00

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	Women's Surface: Hard							Final

Round of 32

Stephanie Dubois

Venus Williams

Round of 32

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Jelena Jankovic

Angela Haynes

Round of 32

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Nadia Petrova

Round of 32

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Samantha Stosur

Dominika Cibulkova

Round of 32

Cancelled

Shuai Peng

Round of 32

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Ayumi Morita

Round of 32

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Maria Sharapova

6⁶

Ai Sugiyama

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Aleksandra Wozniak

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Maria Kirilenko

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Alla Kudryavtseva

Julie Coin

Yankees Beat Rays continue to Win

2009-07-27T20:11:00.000-07:00

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Standford First Round Scores

2009-07-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Round of 32

Final

Anne Keothavong

Elena Dementieva

Round of 32

Final

Agnieszka Radwanska

Sorana Cirstea

Round of 32

Final

Monica Niculescu

Round of 32

Final

Alisa Kleybanova

Melinda Czink

Round of 32

Final

Nadia Petrova

Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA, First Round Scores Beginning Monday 7/27

2009-07-26T07:19:00.001-07:00

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Serena Williams

Na Li

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Stephanie Dubois

Venus Williams

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Anne Keothavong

Elena Dementieva

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Dominika Cibulkova

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Sorana Cirstea

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Shuai Peng

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Maria Kirilenko

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Ai Sugiyama

Yanks Streak Ends, A's Win

2009-07-26T07:18:00.001-07:00

Full Boxscore | OAK Stats | NYY Stats Standings thru 07/25/2009

Yanks Streak is 8; win another game

2009-07-25T06:38:00.000-07:00

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Joba Chamberlain whirled off the mound, spinning his right leg toward the Yankees' dugout and rapping his knuckles against his ribcage before unleashing a primal scream into the evening air. That familiar sight was back again, and the Bombers have absolutely no problem watching it. Chamberlain two-hit Oakland into the eighth inning and New York rolled to its eighth straight win, an 8-3 decision on Friday at Yankee Stadium. "I think emotion is real important to him," said manager Joe Girardi. "There has been discussion about his emotion. I don't ever think Joba is showing anyone up. I think he feeds off his own emotion when he gets big outs. I believe that emotion makes him a better pitcher." With the Yankees on their way to setting a high-water mark of 22 games over .500, the 23-year-old right-hander had his biggest moment to celebrate in the fifth inning. Chamberlain challenged himself to get out of a self-created mess, courtesy of two walks and a wild pitch. Snapping a filthy slider to whiff Mark Ellis for the second out of the inning, Chamberlain began barking on the mound to pump himself up, then blew another slider by Eric Patterson to end the frame and record the last of his six strikeouts. "I'm just having fun and getting back to being myself," said Chamberlain, who won his third straight decision. "I've got faith in my teammates, and I've got faith in myself. We work so hard for a reason. It's going back to having fun and doing what you have to." The Yankees won't complain about Chamberlain's pizazz as long as the dominance continues. He limited the A's to a run on two hits before leaving to a standing ovation after facing two batters in the eighth inning and leaning on Phil Coke and Dave Robertson to finish up. "It's turning it up a notch sometimes," Girardi said. "Guys have the ability to turn it up a notch. We've seen our pitchers be able to do that. You really have to lock into what the situation is and what you need at that moment." Everything seems to be clicking for Chamberlain since he spent the All-Star break chilling out in Nebraska. Pitching coach Dave Eiland has worked with Chamberlain about adjusting his tempo on the mound, as he tended to stall with runners on base and lull his defense to sleep. Chamberlain also seems to be working well with catcher Jorge Posada, who is trying to speed up the pace by putting down signs more quickly. Chamberlain and Posada clashed at times earlier in the year because of numerous shakeoffs, but the battery seems to have found common ground. "I think it goes unspoken," Chamberlain said. "I was actually talking to CC [Sabathia] when I was done, and he was saying the same thing. We're so on the same page that I already know what he's going to call before he calls it. That goes a long way to being comfortable and staying in a rhythm." Walking three during his 100-pitch (56 strikes) outing and taking advantage of an A's club that had dealt Matt Holliday to the Cardinals earlier in the day, Chamberlain did not allow a hit after Ryan Sweeney's second-inning single, a span of 20 batters faced. "I thought he threw the ball well," A's manager Bob Geren said. "He was pitching hard inside and soft outside. That's the book on pitching. It's always going to be tough on the hitters when a pitcher is doing that." It is a long way from last September, when Posada publicly said that he didn't think Chamberlain could cut it as a starter. "He's changed my mind. He has," Posada said. "He's pitched very good for us. It's a guy who's throwing 95 or 96 mph, and has a very good curveball and slider. He's working on his changeup still, but he really changed my mind." Looking for its 21st win in 26 games, New York got to Oakland left-hander Brett Anderson for four runs in 6 2/3 innings before four eighth-inning runs turned the game into a laugher. Derek Jeter and Melky Cabrera each had three hits, with Johnny Damon driving in three runs. Posada belted his 13th homer in the eighth to start New York's four-run frame. "We're getting some timely hits and scoring some runs," Jeter said. "But you just want to take it day by day. We're not coming in saying, 'We have a streak.' You just want to do what you can do that particular day." Not only did the Yankees complete HOPE Week in the Bronx, their groundbreaking community-service initiative, just as important, they remained undefeated coming out of the All-Star break. Good karma from assisting numerous functions in the New York area could be a popular explanation for the success, but the success of the starting pitching would be more accurate. New York's starting pitchers have gone 6-0 with a 2.35 ERA (53 2/3 innings, 14 earned runs) in the eight games of the winning streak, holding opponents to three earned runs or fewer in each outing. For his part, Chamberlain is just happy to keep the line moving. "It's fun to be with these guys, to go out and try to one-up the person before," Chamberlain said. "I think that's going to be great for us down the road. We feed off each other's energy and work. "It's been fun to ask these guys questions, because they've been so successful, and for a young guy, I couldn't ask to have anything better around me."

Yanks continue to Roll! Lead Sox by 2.5

2009-07-24T08:43:00.000-07:00

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The way the Yankees have been cruising, an early deficit should have proved to be little cause for concern. But even without what has now become a seven-game winning streak, CC Sabathia said he had no reason to panic. Though the ace battled early command issues, he got back on track and waited for his lineup to take care of the rest. It obliged him: Mark Teixeira homered and drove in three runs and Jorge Posada logged a pair of RBIs, as the Yankees rolled to a 6-3 victory over the Athletics on Thursday at Yankee Stadium. "Just keep it there -- that's what I've been saying all year," Sabathia said. "I'm not trying to go out and throw shutouts and try to win the game myself. It's damage control, just keeping the game where it is until the offense can score some runs." On what became a long but productive day at the office, increasing New York's lead in the American League East to 2 1/2 games over idle Boston, Sabathia came out after a rain delay of two hours and 43 minutes and gave up an early three-run lead to the Athletics. It wouldn't hold up, as the Yankees got it all back plus some. That support allowed Sabathia to cruise to another seven-inning outing -- the 12th time he has gone at least that far in his past 15 starts. With Mariano Rivera unavailable after having worked five of the Yankees' past six games, Phil Hughes recorded the final six outs to log his first Major League save. "It was good. I had a little cushion to work with, so that was nice," Hughes said. "It didn't sink in until they threw me the ball." Hughes has not allowed a run in his past 15 outings and has compiled a 22-inning scoreless stretch, proving invaluable to a New York bullpen that desperately needed a talented arm to lean on. "He's been really good," manager Joe Girardi said. "He has taken this role and really ran with it. He comes out with a lot of confidence and very good stuff every night." New York spoiled the homecoming party for Vin Mazzaro, a 22-year-old right-hander from Rutherford, N.J., who grew up as a Bombers fan and made his 10th big league start in front of numerous family members and friends. Teixeira belted a two-run homer to right field on a 3-0 pitch in the fourth inning before Posada stroked a game-tying double. "The pitch has to be right down the middle and that's what I got," Teixeira said. Eric Hinske gave the Yankees the lead with an RBI single, and New York added on with two additional runs against Mazzaro in the fifth. Teixeira collected his third RBI of the night with a double to right field, and Posada tacked on a run-scoring single up the middle to chase the rookie. Mazzaro walked four and struck out seven, allowing eight hits and leaving as the pitcher of record on the long side, charged with six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. "The kid has got a great arm," Teixeira said. "Location was probably the difference." Waiting out the long rain delay, the two clubs made up a contest that had originally been postponed on April 20 due to inclement weather. Sabathia had some early trouble shaking off that stagnant feeling. Jack Cust lifted a sacrifice fly and Bobby Crosby stroked an RBI single in the second inning to give Oakland an early lead and Kurt Suzuki logged a run-scoring hit in the fourth. But that was all the A's would manage against Sabathia, who held Oakland to three runs on nine hits over seven innings. He said the key was keeping his changeup down and limiting free passes. "That's definitely important -- keeping guys off," Sabathia said. The left-hander walked none and struck out four in the 109-pitch (71 strikes) outing, posting his third victory in four starts and improving to 4-7 in 17 career starts against Oakland. "Good pitching, great lineup and good 'D,'" Sabathia said. "I mean, this is our team. We've got a lot of talent in here, and it's coming together. The timing is great." The victory gave the Yankees a timely seven-game winning streak for the second consecutive year coming out of the All-Star break, having also run off an eight-game win streak following the Midsummer Classic at the old Yankee Stadium in 2008. "We're just playing really well," Hughes said. "It's the same team, the same guys. It's not like we're trying to do anything different. We're getting great starting pitching and scoring some runs. It all starts with starting pitching

Yanks Beat Detroit in first game back from the break

2009-07-18T06:13:00.000-07:00

NY Yankees 5, Detroit 3

July 17, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	3
NY Yankees	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	5	13	1

A.J. Burnett watched Phil Hughes' outing on Friday night from the Yankees' clubhouse, glued to the overhead TV and filled with an emotion somewhere between awe and relief. What Burnett saw from the comfortable confines of his locker was a pitcher who has found the proverbial zone, where every ball grazes the black of the plate. Indeed, that's where Hughes is living these days, and it appears that the All-Star break has only rejuvenated his powerful right arm. Hughes worked the seventh and eighth innings in relief of Burnett, tallying six strikeouts and hitting 97 mph on the radar gun. Hughes' impressive performance not only baffled his opponents and dazzled his teammates, it kept the Yankees in the game long enough to score three runs in the seventh and come away with a 5-3 victory over the Tigers in front of 46,197 at Yankee Stadium. Mark Teixeira's three-run homer off Joel Zumaya in a driving rainstorm was the deciding blow before the game was delayed for 57 minutes in the middle of the eighth. With each dominant showing by Hughes, the debate regarding his future will continue to rage. He's being groomed to be a starter, but he has been nearly untouchable out of the bullpen. But to Burnett, there is no contest. "He's in the spot where he needs to be right now. He's locked in," Burnett said. "Give him the ball right now, man. I watched him from in here, and it was a joke. He threw everything where he wanted to." Not quite. After the game, Hughes lamented that he allowed three hits off his curveball and acknowledged he should have scrapped it temporarily from his arsenal. But those were just minor blips on an otherwise smooth radar. Hughes entered the game with the Yankees trailing by a run and struck out Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco and Clete Thomas, scattering two singles. It was the type of stalwart relief pitching the Yankees needed. In the bottom half of the frame, Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon led off with consecutive hits, setting the stage for Teixeira. The first baseman worked into a 3-1 count and sat on an inside fastball from Zumaya, who is considered one of the hardest throwers in the league. That's exactly what Teixeira got, and he launched it into the second deck in right for his 22nd homer of the year. It was his first blast at home since June 12, and it could not have come at a better time. "A big home run like that to put us ahead -- a good win to start the second half," Teixeira said. "[Zumaya's] throwing so hard. He's such a good pitcher -- a strikeout pitcher. That's what they want, a strikeout. I just put a good swing on the pitch." Hughes made sure that Teixeira's clutch hit stood up when he returned to the mound for the eighth. He again struck out the side, capping the performance by catching Ramon Santiago looking after an eight-pitch at-bat. He left the mound to a loud ovation from the crowd and turned the ball over to Mariano Rivera, who converted his 24th save. The late-inning heroics by Hughes and Teixeira bailed out Burnett, who struggled throughout the night. He said that he could not command his curveball and felt rusty coming out of the All-Star break. Nevertheless, Burnett kept the Yankees in the game despite having relatively mediocre stuff. He left after six innings, having surrendered three runs, exiting with his team down by one run. "[It felt] like I threw 200 pitches instead of 100," Burnett said. "It was a grind, it was a battle. I didn't pitch ahead, and when I did, I couldn't finish. I was just trying to tell myself to keep myself in as long as I could, as long as [manager] Joe [Girardi] kept me out there, because I knew it was going to be a grind." With Hughes waiting in the bullpen, Burnett's start was just enough to snap the Yankees' three-game losing streak.It seems that Hughes has found a home in the bullpen for the rest of the season. He has not allowed a run in his past 12 outings, tossing 15 2/3 shutout innings during that span. He has surrendered just two runs in 20 1/3 frames as a reliever this year, for an ERA of 0.89. Girardi has maintained that the long-term plan for Hughes is to re-insert him into the rotation, but at this point that will likely have to wait until next spring. Hughes has quickly become one of the Yankees' most important components, and Friday may have been the greatest proof yet. "He's really comfortable," catcher Jorge Posada said. "He's coming into being a setup man, and he's doing a [great] job."

American Leauge Wins All Star Game; gets home field advantage

2009-07-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

July 14, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
AL All-Stars	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	8	1
NL All-Stars	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1

Yanks swept heading into All Star Break

2009-07-12T16:58:00.000-07:00

Full Boxscore | NYY Stats | LAA Stats Standings thru 07/12/2009

2009-07-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

Full Boxscore | NYY Stats | LAA Stats Standings thru 07/10/2009

Yankees Vs. Twins, July 9, 2009

2009-07-09T10:40:00.001-07:00

Yankees game wrap

2009-07-09T06:19:00.000-07:00

July 8, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	10	0
Minnesota	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	1

Only a few pitches into Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Twins, it became apparent to Yankees catcher Jorge Posada that his starting pitcher, A.J. Burnett, had virtually no control over his curveball. Burnett could not drop one into the strike zone at will -- and his changeup was not much better. For one night, he had transformed into a one-pitch pitcher. But Posada knew that Burnett's curveball still had more than enough movement to induce swings and misses, so he kept calling for it. And after Burnett pumped two strikes across to Michael Cuddyer with the bases loaded in the fifth, Posada called for the curveball yet again. That one was out of the strike zone, too. But it was exactly where Burnett wanted it to be. "That was the curveball I was looking for," Burnett said of the pitch that struck out Cuddyer. The Yankees were hardly in control after that hook, but they were in the lead. And they remained that way until they could wrap up a victory over the Twins, their 12th win in 14 games. "It was a tough performance by him," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Burnett. "He seemed to be in trouble in a couple of innings and found ways to get big strikeouts or big outs during the game. Sometimes you're not going to be as sharp as other nights, but when you can hold a team down and do what he did, that's a great performance." Coming off two of his finest performances of the season, Burnett was far from sharp -- he was one-dimensional. And he hated it, berating himself on the mound on several occasions. In previous seasons, Burnett's lack of a curveball might have been enough to send him reeling to a loss. On this night, it did nothing of the sort. "I could have easily snapped a couple of times," Burnett said. "But that's growing up. You've got to go one pitch at a time, no matter what happens. No matter how mad you get, you've got to put it behind you." Burnett did so in the fifth inning, when he struck out Cuddyer. He did so in the sixth, when he put two more runners on and punched out Denard Span. And he even did so in the third inning, when he threw two of his three wild pitches, issued one of his four walks and allowed both of his earned runs to score. That inning, with the tying run in scoring position, Burnett coaxed a groundout of Justin Morneau, one of the best power hitters in the game. And the Twins stood impressed. "That's why the Yankees went out and got that guy," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He's one of those guys that knows how to pitch. He's been doing it a long time and has won a lot of ballgames. He hung in there in some tough situations and made pitches when had to." The offense continued to chug along against Anthony Swarzak, who moved up in the rotation after the Twins scratched the left-handed Glen Perkins due to illness. It was a beneficial swap for Brett Gardner, who does not typically start against lefties. On this night, the left-handed-hitter did start, and he singled home two runs in the second. Swarzak allowed another run that inning on Nick Swisher's sacrifice fly, lasting until Alex Rodriguez singled home a run in the fifth. And by that point, the Yankees were on their way. "They've had our number," said Gardenhire, whose Twins have now lost six straight games this season to the Yankees. But the visitors have hardly been perfect. For the encore to a rather pristine performance on Tuesday evening, the Yankees had to deal with Burnett's lack of control along with some curious play from Swisher, who was thrown out stretching a single into a double in the eighth and was taken aside by Girardi after he hopped off the ground while catching a routine fly ball in the second. The Yankees stranded five runners on base over one two-inning stretch, wholly unable to tack on runs against a stout Twins bullpen. And still they won, bailed out thanks to Burnett's grit and to some timely relief from Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera. The Yankees have opened a daunting six-game road trip with two wins, apparently accelerating into the All-Star break. And though Wednesday's win lacked the breeziness of the previous one, it was in many ways even more impressive. Burnett fought himself, yelled at himself, stumbling forward with a blazing fastball and little else. And still he won. "That's what he's capable of doing," Posada said. "That is why he's so good."

2009-07-06T11:04:00.001-07:00

Events I Will Cover

2009-07-06T06:00:00.000-07:00

MEN=Red
WOMEN = Blue

Bank of the West Classic

7/27 - 8/2

Stanford, California

Prize Money: $ 700,000

Surface: hardcourt / outdoor

Total Rounds: 5

East West Bank Classic

8/3- 8/9

Los Angeles, California

Prize Money: $ 700,000

Surface: hardcourt / outdoor

Total Rounds: 5

Rogers Cup/Rogers Cup

8/17- 8/23

Toronto, Ontario

Prize Money: $ 2,000,000

Surface: hardcourt / outdoor

Total Rounds: 5

Pilot Pen Tennis Presented By Schick/Pilot Pen Tennis

8/23- 8/29

New Haven, Connecticut

Prize Money: $ 600,000

Surface: hardcourt / outdoor

Total Rounds: 5

US OPEN! yay 8/31- 9/13

FEDERER WINS EPIC MATCH!

2009-07-05T15:48:00.000-07:00

Congrats to ROger on his record breaking 15th Grand Slam Title!!!! and great match by Andy Roddick1

Centre Court - Gentlemen's Singles - Finals

Andy Roddick USA (6)

6⁶

6⁵

Roger Federer SUI (2)

7⁸

7⁷

Match Statistics

Serve Statistics

2009-07-04T12:33:00.001-07:00