Rafael Soriano News

Hiroki Kuroda limited the reeling A's to just four hits over eight innings as the Yankees swept a three-game series with a 2-0 victory, New York's eighth straight victory at the Coliseum dating back to 2010.

Hiroki Kuroda gave up just four hits in eight innings Sunday and the New York Yankees shut out the Oakland Athletics, 2-0, to finish off a three-game sweep.

The New York Yankees' bullpen has been all-around fantastic this season, includingA expectedlyA strong performances from Mariano Rivera , David Robertson , Boone Logan , and even Rafael Soriano .

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Yankees manager Joe Girardi will not commit to using David Robertson as his closer when the right-hander returns from a ribcage injury.

The Yankees are off today for the first time in 17 days, and they have to be in good spirits after taking two out of three games from the Kansas City Royals .

Andy Pettitte was dominant for a second-straight start, limiting the Royals to seven hits - three of which never left the infield - and two solo homers.

The Colorado Rockies began the night 141 2 games out of first place in the N.L. West, the biggest deficit in the majors.

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This was Rafael Soriano's first true test as the Yankees closer - because his first two save attempts were nothing like the assignment handed to him last night.

Robinson Cano belted a solo home run, Phil Hughes pitched six strong innings and the New York Yankees posted a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the middle installment of a three-game series.

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I try to be diligent in responding to comments in these posts each week but for whatever reason I totes dropped the ball, ala Yancy Thigpen, and missed the comments from last week's post.

Cincinnati Reds' Ryan Ludwick watches his ninth-inning, two-run double hit off New York Yankees closer Rafael Soriano in the Reds' 5-2 victory over the Yankees during their interleague baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, May 20, 2012.

One interesting sidelight to the Angels' firing of hitting coach Mickey Hatcher on Tuesday is what it says about the dynamic between first-year general manager and veteran manager Mike Scioscia.

Wilson Ramos is injured and out, while Grant Balfour is just out of a job. Hey, I can use that kind of writing scheme a second time, given the players involved: Danny Duffy is injured and out, while Javy Guerra is just out of a job.

The last couple of weeks, we have focused on taking a look at the past in our 'Best Fantasy Seasons of All Time Series' . In those seemingly short two weeks, two important things have happened: firstly we've missed an inordinately large amount of news and happenings in the fantasy world, and secondly, we noticed that there have been exactly 50 days ... (more)

Some fans might not want him to return, but others do. I'm of the opinion that we might as well bring him back if there are no other options.

No Mariano Rivera, David Robertson or Joba Chamberlain for the New York Yankees would normally doom the back-end of their bullpen.

It's a good thing that I had some extra storage space and access to a ridiculous amount of green and white felt.