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Yankees beat Blue Jays with four home runs in eighth straight win

TORONTO — Maybe the entirety of the 162-game season for the 2022 Yankees qualifies as the “soft” part of their schedule.

Newsday · Jun 18, 2022

Anthony Rizzo hits walk-off homer, Clarke Schmidt solid in emergency start as Yankees run Stadium streak to 14

NEW YORK — The Yankees had to scramble Thursday, but it didn’t matter. Anthony Rizzo homered off Rays reliever Shawn Armstrong in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 2-1 win that completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees' division rivals.

Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2022

Jose Trevino's pinch-hit single in 13th gives Yankees victory over Cubs

NEW YORK — Going into pinch hitter Jose Trevino’s two-out at-bat in the 13th inning on Friday night at Yankee Stadium against the Chicago Cubs, the New York Yankees were 0-for-18 with runners in scoring position and had left 15 men on base.

Newsday · Jun 11, 2022

Baseball quiz: 20-20 hindsight

Relax. You don’t need to score 20 runs to have success in our weekly baseball quiz.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 4, 2022

Gerrit Cole flirts with perfection, Aaron Judge crushes another homer as Yankees blast Tigers, 13-0

NEW YORK — In case you didn’t get the message on Thursday, Gerrit Cole went out and added emphasis to the point. The Yankees' starting staff is the best in the American League and making a case for being the most dominant in baseball. For the second straight night, a…

Tribune News Service · Jun 4, 2022

Future is now for Cubs prospect Caleb Kilian

The promising right-hander — acquired from the Giants in the Kris Bryant trade — will start the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Cardinals in his big-league debut. He was 2-0 with a 2.06 ERA at Triple-A Iowa.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 3, 2022

The Thrill of Attending Jameson Taillon’s Near-Perfect Game

Plus, Joe Girardi is out in Philadelphia and the Astros extend Yordan Álvarez.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 3, 2022

Paul Sullivan: Grading Jed Hoyer’s Cubs rebuild that can’t be referred to as a rebuild (sorry, Marquee)

CHICAGO — In a rare media appearance last week, Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer said it would be impossible to fully evaluate last year’s sell-off until well down the road.

Chicago Tribune · May 28, 2022

Back to the future: Can Cubs follow Patrick Wisdom’s lead and reclaim 2015 feel?

Patrick Wisdom has homered in four straight games, a feat no Cub has accomplished since Anthony Rizzo in 2015.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2022

Jordan Lyles, Ramón Urías go deep in different ways as Orioles down Yankees, 6-4, to win fourth game in five days

NEW YORK — After his previous start, Jordan Lyles made it clear that whenever he had the opportunity to spare the Orioles’ bullpen of an inning, he would happily claim it for himself.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2022