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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis continues to sit out with tightness in his lower back, missing his fifth straight game Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. Youkilis has battled back...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Mark Teixeira refused to call it a setback, but the first baseman isn't progressing through his rehab as quickly as he had hoped, either. Teixeira continues to take dry swings with...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Phil Hughes continued to show improvement on Tuesday, posting his second consecutive quality start in the Yankees' 4-3 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field. Hughes, who was knocked...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH David Phelps struggled for the second straight outing Sunday, allowing three runs on three hits and two walks in three innings against the Blue Jays. Phelps, who gave up four runs...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH With each of the four walks he issued Sunday, Ivan Nova became increasingly aggravated, taking out his frustrations on his glove. The Yankees' right hander failed to hold a two-run...

TORONTO -- The New York Yankees broke a tie with two runs in the 11th inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Saturday before a sellout crowd of 46,095 at Rogers Centre. Toronto tied the game with three runs in the eighth inning but the Yankees came...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jays toss one to the Yankees TORONTO -- It is a play that is worked on regularly in spring training. With runners at first and second, there is a bunt to the left side of the infield that is fielded by the pitcher. The...

The Sports Xchange Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3 (11) TORONTO -- The New York Yankees broke a tie with two runs in the 11th inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Saturday before a sellout crowd of 46,095 at Rogers Centre. Toronto tied the game with three...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jays 9, Yankees 4 TORONTO -- Travis Hafner, Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells hit solo home runs and left-hander Andy Pettitte pitched 7 1/3 innings as the New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 Friday before a crowd...

The Sports Xchange Pettitte notches win No. 248 as Yankees blast Blue Jays TORONTO -- Andy Pettitte keeps winning and so do the New York Yankees. The 40-year-old left-hander pitched in his 420th game as a Yankee on Friday and went 7 1/3 innings to earn...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH The Yankees' Phil Hughes turned in his best outing of the young season Thursday, and although he wasn't rewarded with a victory, the right-hander felt good about his seven-inning, two-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Derek Jeter spent all of spring training with one goal in mind: be ready for Opening Day. Now it appears the Yankees shortstop won't see a major league field until after the All-Star...