First-place Marlins sweep O's, move to 5-1 despite outbreak
AUGUST 6, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Struggles with command Happ (0-1) took the loss in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Phillies after allowing four runs on three hits with one strikeout and six walks over three innings.
Impact The veteran southpaw struggled with his control from the beginning Wednesday, issuing two walks during the opening frame and throwing only 32 of his 66 pitches for strikes. Happ has now allowed eight runs through his first two starts of the season while covering only seven innings. He lines up for his next start Tuesday in Atlanta, assuming he retains his spot in the Yankees' rotation.
AUGUST 5, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Cole wins 19th in row, beats Phils 6-3 in pinstripes debut
Gerrit Cole won his home debut for the New York Yankees, extending his regular-season streak of victories to 19 with a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia PhilliesAUGUST 4, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Phillies return from layoff, lose to Cole and Yankees 6-3
Philadelphia returned from a weeklong layoff caused by additional coronavirus testing with a matchup against baseball’s hottest pitcher, and Gerrit Cole won his debut in pinstripes...AUGUST 4, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Yankees: The worst thing about J.A. Happ For New York Yankees fans the worst thing about J.A. Happ is... he's not Patrick Corbin. When the New York Yankees brought J.A. Happ into th...
JULY 31, 2020 • CALLTOTHEPEN.COM
Indians' Bieber strikes out 13 against Twins to tie record
JULY 31, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge HR rallies Yankees to another win over Orioles 8-6
Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning after New York blew an early five-run lead, and the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-6 to sweep an impromptu two-game seri...JULY 31, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Continues power surge Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Thursday against the Yankees.
Impact Ruiz drew the start against southpaw J.A. Happ and delivered with a home run in the second inning. It was Ruiz's third homer of the season, and he's now gone deep in three of his four starts. While the power production is positive, Ruiz has collected just one additional hit and is striking out at a 35 percent rate.
JULY 31, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Connects for first homer Alberto went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Thursday against the Yankees.
Impact Alberto got the offense rolling for the Orioles, launching his home run in the first inning off J.A. Happ. It was Alberto's first long ball of the season. He's shown plenty of ability to get on base early on, collecting eight hits and walking once in his first 22 plate appearances this season.
JULY 31, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Struggles against Orioles Happ allowed four earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two across four innings Thursday against the Orioles. He did not factor into the decision.
Impact Happ was hit hard early in the game, as he allowed a pair of two-run home runs in the first two innings. He did settle in from there, retiring six of the last seven batters he faced. Notably, Happ threw 69 pitches, so if he can work more effectively, he may be able to work deeper into his next start. He currently lines up for another outing against the Orioles on Tuesday.
JULY 31, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Happ, Yankees to take on Means, Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles play the New York YankeesJULY 30, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yankees make most of schedule change, defeat Orioles 9-3
Baseball’s weird season reached another level of strange Wednesday night when the New York Yankees stepped in for the Miami Marlins and ruined Baltimore’s home opener by beating th...JULY 30, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Season debut likely coming Thursday Manager Aaron Boone said Happ will likely start Thursday's game against the Orioles at Camden Yards, Marly Rivera of ESPN.com reports.
Impact Heading into the week, Happ was initially scheduled to start the first contest of a four-game home-and-home series with the Phillies, but coronavirus-related concerns resulted in the first two games in Philadelphia being postponed. With the Orioles and Marlins also having postponed their first two games, Major League Baseball opted to alter all four teams' schedules. The Yankees will now play a pair of games in Baltimore before beginning a three-game series with the Red Sox over the weekend, with ace Gerrit Cole and Happ in line to draw turns at Camden Yards. Happ endured a rough 2019 campaign with the Yankees (4.91 ERA, 1.30 WHIP in 161.1 innings), but a strong spring and summer could have the southpaw positioned for a bounce-back year in 2020.
JULY 28, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Yankees-Phillies postponed again Happ won't make his scheduled start Tuesday against the Phillies after the game was postponed due to COVID-19-related concerns, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.
Impact With several Marlins players and coaches testing positive for COVID-19 over the weekend when the team played in Philadelphia, both the Yankees and Phillies are understandably reluctant to play at Citizens Bank Park. On the heels of the second straight postponement in Philadelphia, the Yankees have returned to the Bronx, where they are expected to host the Phillies for the remaining two games of the home-and-home series. Unless the Yankees choose to reorder their rotation following the back-to-back postponements, Happ is projected to make his first start of the season Wednesday.
JULY 28, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Yankees-Phillies postponed Monday Happ won't make his scheduled start Monday against the Phillies after the game was postponed due to COVID-19-related concerns, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
Impact The postponement comes after the Marlins had 12 players and two coaches test positive for COVID-19 within the last few days while the club played a three-game season-opening series in Philadelphia, per Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com. Since the Yankees would have had to use the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank Ballpark that the Marlins recently occupied, the game will be postponed Monday as the two teams explore alternative plans for the four-game series.
JULY 27, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
Happ expected to start for the Yankees against Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies host the New York YankeesJULY 27, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marlins top Phillies 11-6 as specter of coronavirus looms
Brian Anderson and Miguel Rojas each hit three-run homers and the Miami Marlins overcame the late scratch of their starting pitcher and a looming health scare to beat the Philadelp...JULY 26, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yanks don't let Nats toot own horn, beat 2019 champions 3-2
Gleyber Torres homered in the seventh to start a comeback and delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth as the New York Yankees came back to beat the Washington Nationals 3-2JULY 26, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cessa rejoins Yankees after recovering from coronavirus
Yankees pitcher Luis Cessa threw a 31-pitch bullpen as he returned from a layoff caused by a positive test for the coronavirusJULY 20, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
AL East Preview Capsules
JULY 17, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tanaka throws 1st bullpen since hit by liner on July 4
Masahiro Tanaka threw a 30-pitch bullpen session Thursday in his first mound appearance since he was struck by a line drive off the bat of Yankees teammate Giancarlo Stanton on Jul...JULY 16, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday's Sports in Brief
JULY 15, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yanks' Tanaka unsure whether he can take 1st rotation turn
Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is unsure whether he will be able to take his first turn through the rotation as he recovers from a line drive off his headJULY 14, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yanks' mission unchanged: win 28th title, first since 2009
Nothing changes the New York Yankees’ quest, not the novel coronavirus and not the shortest schedule in their century-plus historyJULY 14, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yankees hold first intrasquad game "It felt great, actually,'' starter J.A. Happ says of a contest that didn't quite reach the intensity of a real game.
JULY 7, 2020 • TAMPABAY.COM
