Anaheim 4 Rangers 1: Will they ever wake up? That’s the question Rangers’ fans have to ask after another game where things just didn’t click (again). Anaheim gave up 33 shots, but Jean-Sebastien Giguere only allowed one of them to get through on his way to the win. Former Ranger, Mathieu Schneider scored first and although New York tied things up at 1-1, they never got back in the game. The Ducks scored two times......

Phillies 3, Mets 2: With Shawn Green's weak ground ball to shortstop, the Mets appeared ready to tie the game. With runners on first and third and one out in the ninth, Endy Chavez jogged home as the tying run. But Marlon Anderson, who was on first, blatantly -- and unnecessarily -- pushed Tadahito Iguchi with two hands. Umpire C.B. Bucknor called interference and the automatic double play, ending the game. Thanks in part to......

Mets 8, Nationals 2: After fooling around with some of the National League's weaker teams, the Mets finished a sweep in Washington with this drubbing. Carlos Beltran led the way with two homers. His trip to the disabled list seems to have helped him out of his slump. Orlando Hernandez, who said his team had "good offense" and "good defense," won his fourth straight decision. He hasn't lost since July 4. Yankees 9, Tigers 3:......

Quick, call the locksmith! Before Thursday's Yankees-Tigers game, Mayor Bloomberg gave away yet another key to the city. Just last week, Bloomberg gave a ceremonial key to Mets pitcher Tom Glavine for winning his 300th career game. Thursday's key was for Alex Rodriguez hitting his 500th career home run. Rodriguez said that the key "will be something I hold dear to me for the rest of my life." In addition to receiving the key......

Yankees 5 Toronto 4: There are 50 games left in the season and the Yankees have come back from the dead. 38-41 on July 1st, they have gone 24-9 to move 12-games over .500 and wipeout an 8-1/2 game deficit in the wild card standings. Monday it was the “C+C Crew” again as Cabrera and Cano had four hits and three RBI’s between them as they continued their scorching hitting. Andy Pettitte just good enough,......

Yankees 5 White Sox 1:If the Yankees are going to get off the deck and get back into playoff contention, they will need a lot more nights like this. Chien-Ming Wang was brilliant, going the distance while allowing only one run and six baserunners. Wang also struck out four as he cruised to an easy win, his fifth of the season. The Yankees scored the bulk of their runs in the fourth. Johnny Damon......

Mets 7, Marlins 2: Reports of Carlos Delgado's demise have been greatly exaggerated. At least for now. He hit two home runs as the Mets romped past the Marlins and moved 3 1/2 games in front of the Braves in the National League East. Delgado's poor play -- he has fewer homers than Damion Easley, after all -- had been a source of concern for the Mets. But his two-homer game backed John Maine,......

The Rangers can’t seem to put good effort on the ice in consecutive games. After a great win over Phoenix on Saturday, New York was putrid Monday, losing 4-1 to the Kings. Any discussion of the teams’ problems has to start with the defense. Marek Malik and Dairus Kasparaitis look lost on the ice and both of them are making bad mistakes at bad times. Sandis Ozolinsh has never been known for his defense, so......

-Rangers 4 Devils 2: Maybe all the Rangers’ defense needed was the return of Darius Kasparaitis. Benched since the start of the season for conditioning issues, Darius was put back into the lineup on his 34th birthday and played a solid game in the New York victory. Brendan Shanahan continued his hot start with a goal and made several nice defensive plays. Henrik Lundqvist faced 36 shots and made several nice saves. The win brings......

The Sunday Mexican cart scene we mentioned last week had Gothamist thinking about tacos all this week – again. After our new friend Pam asked us to provide her with a salsa recipe over a communal table at the continuing downhill experience that unfortunately is New Green Bo, we decided to highlight our favorite red salsa this week for Subway Fare. While juicy local tomatoes are still a bit off in our future, you......

Was the first game of the season an aberration or are the Yankees simply a victim of superior pitching? Does Gary Sheffield need another visit from Barry Bonds’ trainer? These are the questions they face as they look at a 1-3 start after losing last night in Anaheim 4-1. While it’s far too early to be worried, Joe Torre has already started to change things a little bit. Friday night he moved Bernie Williams into......

The Yankees imploded last night with shoddy defense and poor relief pitching, falling to the A’s 9-4. Jaret Wright was the loser while Joe Kennedy got the win. Things started well for the Yankees with Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui hitting home runs to give New York a 4-0 lead. In the fourth inning the Yankees’ defense sabotaged them. After giving up a one-out hit to Eric Chanvez, Wang got Frank Thomas to hit a......

Say it ain't so! The United States has been eliminated from the World Baseball Classic. Great news for George Steinbrenner, bad news for US baseball. Last night in Anaheim (or Los Angeles as the Angels would have you call it), Mexico defeated the US, 2-1. In the loss, the US team only managed three hits off 8 Mexican pitchers. If you're scoring at home, that's a single by Junior Griffey, a double by Chipper Jones......

It’s a good thing they put the mercy rule into the WBC because if they hadn’t, the U.S. would probably still be hitting. Fired up from their defeat at the hands of Canada, the U.S. squad demolished South Africa 17-0 in a game that was shortened to five innings. Ken Griffey exploded for two homers and seven RBI’s while Roger Clemens gave up 1 hit while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings. The win......

Peter Sykora was openly campaigning to join the Rangers. He had watched their early-season success and he wanted to get out of Anaheim. His wish was granted Sunday and he immediately made his presence felt in the Rangers 4-2 victory over Calgary. Sykora scored a goal, had an assist and manned the point on the Rangers’ power play unit. The win puts the Rangers five points out of first place with about half the season......

The Angels used some timely hitting and some poor defense by the Yankees to even their best-of-five ALDS series with a 5-3 victory Wednesday night. Orlando Cabrera delivered the key hit, a two-run single in the seventh inning that give the Angels the lead for good. Bengie Molina added two hits and a home run in the eighth. The Yankees made a number of key errors in important spots. Clinging to a one-run lead in......

Because we're fascinated by bets with an elected official whose last name is a snack food brand, Gothamist wants to take a moment ot consider Mayor Bloomberg's "friendly wager" during the Angels-Yankees series with Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle. Mayor Bloomberg announced what NYC will send over if (IF!) the Yankees lose: I hear Anaheim is lovely this time of year, but is there anything better than October baseball at Yankee Stadium? This year's team is......

The Yankees could not have asked for much more in their 4-2 win over the Angels in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. They got a solid pitching performance from Mike Mussina, enough runs in the first two innings off Bartolo Colon, and a competetent bullpen performance to close it out. With the win, the Yankees have taken the first of two games played in Anaheim, and they hold the hammer since two......

Most people were not expecting the Yankees to recover from their 11-19 start, so it is no surprise that most experts are picking the Angels to win their ALDS matchup, which starts tonight. After all, the Yankees are opening up a postseason series on the road for the first time since 2001 and the lack of home field advantage might tip the balance in a series where both teams are fairly evenly matched. Not......

Who would have thought that the Yankees would have reason to feel proud about a sweep over the Devil Rays? Well, the Yankees shouldn't feel proud, just satisfied, with their performance in St. Petersberg this week. Given their struggles against the Devil Rays this season, a sweep comes as a pleasant development, but that just shows how inconsistent this Yankee club has played all year. With Boston's loss to Oakland, the Yankees trail the Red......

The Yankees can’t wait to escape from California. They may have the dumbest name in baseball, but the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim can play baseball and on Saturday night they thumped the Yankees for the third straight game, this time winning 8-6. The Yankees actually had a 3-1 lead in this game courtesy of an RBI single from Alex Rodriguez and back-to-back homeruns by Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano, but with Kevin Brown on......

Back in March, Gothamist wrote that, “(this edition) of the Yankees should be an improvement over last year’s, especially when you consider the starting pitching.” Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. High-priced imports, Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright have combined for a 15-14 record with an ERA well over 4.50. Wright has not pitched since April and will probably not do so again until August. If you want to find a reason the......

In the final game of their 12 game homestand, the Mets lost to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4-3 and finished the homestand 6-6. Coming out .500 isn't horrible for the Mets, but for a team that plays significantly better at record at home than on the road - 22-15 vs. 10-16 - not doing better is not acceptable. Yesterday's loss came after a thrilling victory on Saturday night which saw an inside the......

Alex Rodriguez had quite a night Tuesday at the Stadium. In fact, after his first three at bats, the real question was whether or not he would hit for the home run cycle. Alas, A Rod, did not, but his three homerun, ten RBI performance sparked the Yankees to a 124 win and may have indicated that the “real” A Rod has finally arrived in the Bronx. Regardless, for one night at least, the fans......

The Yankees got to Minnesota with a comfortable ten game lead over the Red Sox. That lead is now down to eight after the Yankees dropped two in Minnesota and the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays twice at the Fens. In Tuesday's game, Javier Vasquez took the mound against Brad Radke. Vasquez once again disappointed. He must be the most disappointing 13 game winner in the history of baseball. Gothamist can't remember ever watching......

The Yankees went into Seattle with a 8.5 game lead over Boston and came out with a 10.5 lead over the Red Sox. Right now the Yankees are in full cruise control, coasting into the playoffs. Resting the injured, setting up the rotation and taking advantage of the big cushion. On Friday night the Yankees bats exploded for eleven runs. Bernie Williams continued his hot hitting, launching his 15th homerun of the year. Ruben Sierra......

The Yankees took three games over the weekend from a struggling Toronto team to increase their record to 71-39 overall and expand their lead over the Red Sox to 10.5 games. In the first three games of the four game series the Yankees outscored Toronto 25-6. Friday 11-4, Saturday 6-0 and Sunday 8-2 In Friday's 11-4 win over the Blue Jays, Javier Vasquez came out of the box a bit slow and gave up......

If you asked Jeremy Bonderman to hold the Yankees to four hits after seven innings, he probably would have told you he would be winning the game when he was replaced. Unfortunately, those four hits were all solo home runs by the New York Yankees and ended up being the difference in the 5-1 Yankee win. Kenny Lofton started the solo home run hit parade in the 3rd inning launching his second home run......