Luke Voit

Baseball 05/29/19, 15:00

DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit jolted prime rookie Chris Paddack with instant home runs, James Paxton pitched four hitless innings in his return from the injured list and the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 7-0 Wednesday.Gio Urshela also connected off Paddack, Gleyber Torres hit a late homer ...

Baseball 05/25/19, 16:22

Luke Voit hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees won their sixth game in a row, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Saturday to open a day-night doubleheader.Friday night's game was postponed because of severe thunderstorms, forcing the split twinbill.J.A. Happ (4-3) threw six ...

Sports 05/23/19, 14:57

Mychal Givens walked Aaron Hicks with the bases loaded to force in the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Thursday to complete a four-game sweep.Clint Frazier and Luke Voit homered for the Yankees, who went deep 13 times during the ...

Sports 05/20/19, 22:16

Gary Sánchez hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to cap a New York rally fueled by Baltimore gaffes, and the Yankees pulled out a 10-7 victory Monday night.Gleyber Torres homered twice for the Yankees, who trailed 6-1 after four innings and 7-3 after six.At that point, the Orioles ...

Sports 05/20/19, 22:02

Gary Sánchez hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to cap a New York rally fueled by Baltimore gaffes, and the Yankees pulled out a 10-7 victory Monday night.Gleyber Torres homered twice for the Yankees, who trailed 6-1 after four innings and 7-3 after six.At that point, the Orioles ...

Sports 05/17/19, 22:11

CC Sabathia shouted salty insults at the Tampa Bay Rays and said he tried to hit one of their batters, but both sides otherwise kept cool as the New York Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning and a 4-3 victory Friday night that moved them into first ...

Baseball 05/11/19, 20:35

Willy Adames and Ji-Man Choi hit run-scoring infield singles in the sixth after tempers flared during the top of the inning when reliever Yonny Chirinos hit Luke Voit near the left shoulder, and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 7-2 Saturday night.Yandy Díaz homered twice ...

Baseball 05/06/19, 21:22

It had been a decade since pitchers with so many combined punchouts started the same game.In this showdown between Félix Hernández and CC Sabathia, the New York Yankees landed their haymakers early.The Yankees pounced on Hernández, hitting three homers in the first two innings to build a comfortable cushion for ...

Sports 05/03/19, 21:39

Gary Sanchez homered twice and the New York Yankees overcame their latest injury, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on Friday night after starter James Paxton exited early with soreness in his left knee.Already with 13 players on the injured list, the Yankees said Paxton will have an MRI on Saturday.Gleyber ...

Baseball 05/01/19, 18:34

Ketel Marte homered, Merrill Kelly won his first start against the Yankees and Arizona beat New York 3-2 Wednesday to sweep a two-game series.New York dropped to 0-5 this year against teams that currently have winning records and is 17-7 against clubs that started the day under .500. New York ...

Baseball 04/27/19, 00:56

Luke Voit homered and had three hits and three RBIs, DJ LeMahieu also had three hits and scored three runs, and the injury-depleted New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Friday night.Despite having a major league-high 13 players on the injured list, the Yankees have won seven ...

Baseball 04/24/19, 00:37

Luke Voit homered twice, Mike Ford went deep for the first time in the majors and the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 Tuesday night for their fifth straight win.Voit got his third career multihomer game and extended his hitting streak to 11. He opened the scoring ...

Sports 04/13/19, 14:48

CC Sabathia began his 19th and final big league season with five stellar innings, pinch-hitter Luke Voit came through with a broken-bat RBI single in the seventh and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 Saturday to end a four-game slide.Sabathia allowed one hit and no other ...

Baseball 04/04/19, 17:47

Gleyber Torres homered twice, had a career-high four hits and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees spoiled the Baltimore Orioles' home opener with an 8-4 victory Thursday.Gary Sanchez and Luke Voit also homered for the Yankees, who beat Baltimore in their own season opener last week.Torres' first ...

Sports 04/02/19, 20:46

Dustin Peterson laced a tiebreaking double off Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning for his first major league hit, and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on a nippy Tuesday night.Jordy Mercer added an RBI single for insurance, and the Tigers got another strong start from Jordan ...

Baseball 03/29/19, 03:14

Luke Voit heard the "Luuuuuke!" chants during pre-game introductions, and that got the exuberant, oversized slugger going."Man, it fires me up every time," he said.Beats the start of last season, when Voit was stashed away in Triple-A.New York Yankees' Luke Voit, left, celebrates his three-run home run with Aaron Judge ...

Baseball 03/28/19, 15:27

Luke Voit hit a first-inning homer, Masahiro Tanaka finally got an opening day victory in his fourth try and the New York Yankees started the season with a 7-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.Voit launched a three-run drive off Andrew Cashner (0-1), and Greg Bird added a solo ...

Baseball 03/22/19, 20:57

New York Yankees first baseman Greg Bird is scheduled to play Saturday, three days after getting on the right elbow by a pitch from Houston's Wade Miley."I'm just glad it's good," Bird said Friday.Bird and Luke Voit will likely share time at first base and designated hitter to start the ...

Baseball 03/08/19, 19:29

Aaron Judge got a $62,000 raise from the New York Yankees up to $684,300 in the right fielder's last season before becoming eligible for salary arbitration.Catcher Gary Sanchez was given a $49,400 hike to $669,800 as the team reached agreements with its young players whose salaries are under club control. ...

Baseball 02/21/19, 17:47

Greg Bird is stronger, healthier and ready to challenge Luke Voit for the New York Yankees' first-base job.After three injury-marred seasons, the 26-year old Bird reported to the Yankees' spring training complex in early January and checked into camp at 230 pounds, up about 20 from the end of last ...