Andy Pettitte News

New York Yankees' Phil Hughes delivers a pitch during the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in New York.

The Yankees faced a pair of left-handers in their doubleheader against the Dodgers on Wednesday, and they'll oppose another on Thursday night when they open a four-game set against the American League East-rival Rays at Yankee Stadium.

Especially not baseball fans, as you can tell by the way they treat players who have only even been linked to performance-enhancing drugs.

Even though Mattingly is in town to manage the Dodgers' first games against the Yankees in New York since the 1981 World Series, and even though he never played or coached in the new Yankee Stadium, part of him considers this place home.

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C.J. Wilson outdid Andy Pettitte with seven effective innings, Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo each had three hits and Chris Iannetta singled home the go-ahead run, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.

On Friday night, Andy Pettitte made the first start of the final run of his career.

The official diagnosis is a lumbar strain, the same injury that cost him almost all of May. But the symptoms are different this time.

After taking on the top two teams in the AL East on the road, the Los Angeles Angels return home to Angel Stadium of Anaheim to take on the third place AL East team, the New York Yankees.

RHP Cody Eppley was signed to a minor league contract Wednesday. Eppley was a reliever for the Yankees who was released on June 5, and he has been assigned to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings .

MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Chris Stewart had an eventful day Thursday, and while his Yankees wound up on the short end of a 3-2 decision against the Oakland Athletics , the catcher certainly earned his salary during the 5:35 marathon.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia was looking for a spark. After the Halos' eight-game win streak had ended two weeks before, Scioscia had watched his team drop 11 out of its last 15 games entering Wednesday's series finale against the Orioles, and he was looking for something to get the team out of its funk.

The decision to have Michael Pineda throw a simulated game tomorrow in Tampa instead of in a real minor league game had nothing to do with an injury.

As a first baseman for 13 big-league seasons, Lyle Overbay built a memory bank of fielding plays.

Now that New York Yankees right-hander, Michael Pineda , has started his rehab assignment, it's time to start breaking down what dominoes may be next to fall as he gets closer to returning.

On top of the World: Eric Frain, a 2011 graduate of Archbishop Ryan, recently helped Gloucester County College win the NJCAA Division III World Series.

Andy Pettitte locked up his 250th career win this past weekend against the Mariners.

Here we are a couple of months into 2013, and the word "virtual" no longer applies.

It is no secret that the Miami Marlins would love to trade impending free agent Ricky Nolasco and his $11.5 million contract.

The New York Yankees' West Coast trip began on a good note over the weekend in Seattle.