Chris Stewart (baseball)

NEW YORK -- Hiroki Kuroda turned in another stingy outing by limiting the Toronto Blue Jays to two hits over eight innings as the New York Yankees opened a three-game series with a 5-0 victory on Friday night. Kuroda (6-2) won for the fourth time in his...

NEW YORK -- Veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte left Thursday night's game against the Seattle Mariners with a back injury with two outs in the top of the fifth inning and the Yankees were handed a 3-2 loss. Pettitte was trying to become the 47th...

Robinson Cano finally hit a home run at Kauffman Stadium, Vernon Wells went deep for the second straight game and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sunday to wrap up a three-game sweep. Hiroki Kuroda (5-2) allowed only a sacrifice...

. — Robinson Cano homered and Hiroki Kuroda pitched into the eighth inning as the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep at Kauffman Stadium. After Chris Stewart singled with one out in the third,...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Andy Pettitte won for the first time since mid-April and Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer as the New York Yankees topped the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Saturday night for their second straight win in the series at Kauffman Stadium....

DENVER -- With so many New York front-line players on the disabled list, run production has become very iffy for the Yankees. Their pitching has not just sustained them but enabled them to thrive. That scenario unfolded again Thursday afternoon when the...

NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees finally provided starter Phil Hughes the run support he was lacking this season in a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday before 41,349 at Yankee Stadium. Hughes (1-2) went eight innings, scattered four...

NEW YORK -- A.J. Griffin scattered six hits in seven-plus innings and the Oakland Athletics opened a 10-game road trip with a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. Griffin (2-2) won for the first time in four starts with an efficient...

Wasn’t it just yesterday that the Kings were hoisting the Stanley Cup? Time flies when you follow a tedious, spirit-sapping lockout with a 48-game season that was crammed into 100 calendar days. The Kings will try to become the first team to win...

NEW YORK -- Eduardo Nunez doubled to lead off the sixth inning and came in to score on a double play and Mariano Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 11th consecutive save of the season and the 619th of his career, to lead the New York...

NEW YORK -- Hiroki Kuroda settled down after some early struggles with his command and pitched seven innings for his fourth straight win and the New York Yankees concluded April with a 7-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Kuroda (4-1)...

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Braves (1): They stopped scoring runs over the weekend in Pittsburgh but bought themselves time with the 13-2 start. 2. Giants (2): Tim Lincecum took a shutout into the seventh Saturday, his best start of the...