Yanks' Win Streak Snapped with Loss to Braves

Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday night. (Getty Images)

The Yankees could not extend their win streak on Tuesday night as they were defeated by the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in a close ballgame.

Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and was solid early on. He had good command of his fastball, but he worked into some trouble during the middle innings. Kuroda allwoed 4 runs on 6 hits in 7 innings pitched. He struck out 6 and walked 3.

The Yankee offense jumped on Tim Hudson early on as they scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning on a Nick Swisher 2 run double to center field.

The Yankee offense struggled throughout the game. They were 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position and they left 9 men on base.

The Yankees and Braves will play the finale tomorrow afternoon.

David Aardsma Throws Scoreless Inning for GCL Yanks'

David Aardsma took one step closer in joining the Yankees after he pitched a scoreless inning for the Gulf Coast League Yankees on Tuesday. Aardsma struck out two and walked one.

The Yankees signed the righty in January knowing that he would be on the disabled list when the season started. Aardsma is recovering from Tommy John Surgery that he underwent last July.

Aardsma tweeted about his outing:



According to David, he will make another appearance on Saturday.

Game 67: Braves at Yankees

                                 June 19th, 2012, 7:05, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

The Yankees will look to build on their 10 game winning streak tonight against the Braves.

Click Here for the probable pitchers for this series.

Here are the lineups:

Braves (35-32)
Michael Bourn, CF
Martin Prado, LF
Brian McCann, C
Dan Uggla, 2B
Freddie Freeman, 1B
Chipper Jones, 3B
Jason Heyward, RF
Andrelton Simmons, SS
Eric Hinske, DH

Pitching: Tim Hudson RHP (4-3, 3.90 ERA this season)

Yankees (41-25)
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Alex Rodriguez, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Raul Ibanez, LF
Nick Swisher, RF
Eric Chavez, 3B
Russell Martin, C

Pitching: Hiroki Kuroda RHP (6-6, 3.43 ERA this season)

Enjoy the game!

C.C. Goes the Distance Against Braves; Extends Win Streak

Chris Stewart and C.C. Sabathia celebrate after their 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves Monday night. (Getty Images)

C.C. Sabathia extended the Yankees win streak to ten with his complete game performance against the Braves Monday night. 

Sabathia allowed 2 runs on 7 hits. He struck out 10 and walked 1. Sabathia picked up his 9th win on the season. He threw 116 pitches, in which 84 of them were for strikes.

With his complete game, Sabathia was able to give the bullpen a much needed day off. Every pitcher has had a heavy workload and Sabathia was able to give them a rest.

Sabathia kept the Yankees in the game after surrendering some early runs. The Yankees trailed 2-0 before their offense was able to get to the lefty, Mike Minor.

The Yankee Offense was able to get to Minor in the 5th inning. Russell Martin hit a ground rule double that scored Alex Rodriguez and cut the Braves lead to 2-1. Derek Jeter would give the Yankees the lead with a 2 out, 2 run single to center field that scored Robinson Cano and Russell Martin.

Mark Teixeira increased their lead with a solo home run to left field in the 6th inning.

In the 7th inning, Derek Jeter would drive in his 3rd run of the game with an RBI single to center field that plated Chris Stewart. The Yankees increased their lead to 5-2.

Robinson Cano would then make it 6-2 when he hit a solo home run into monument park in the 8th inning.

The Yankees and Braves will play again tomorrow night at the Stadium.

Alex Rodriguez Passes Mel Ott on All-Times Runs List

Alex Rodriguez has passed another big name Monday night when he passed Mel Ott on the all-time runs list with 1,860 career runs.

Alex scored on Russell Martin's ground rule double in the 5th inning of Monday's game. He opened the inning with a single and advanced to 2nd by a wild pitch.

Tris Speaker is next on the list with 1,882 runs scored.