Yanks 2015: The Month of June & Half of July Up to the All-Star Break - garyjr33's Blog

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Yanks 2015: The Month of June & Half of July Up to the All-Star Break

Posted on May 7, 2015 at 09:57 PM.

The Yanks have still been an up and down team but they have managed to carve out a decent lead in the AL East going into the All-star break. The Yanks are currently sitting at 49-39 and have a 4.5 game lead on the Orioles. The top 3 teams in the MLB currently are: Mariners (58-31), Nationals (57-32), Brewers (56-35). Gardner leads the league with 114 stolen bases and Ellsbury has 113. Gardner has the highest batting average on the team at .295 and McCann still leads the team in HR with 12. Tanaka is 2nd in the AL in ERA with a 1.77 ERA. He continues to lead the AL in strikeouts (159) and WHIP (0.75). Pineda is a relatively close second with 146. In the bullpen, Andrew Miller is 4-1 with a 0.57 ERA in 25 (31.2 IP) appearances this year. Justin Wilson is also 4 and 1 with a 0.81 ERA in 22 appearances (33.1 IP).

Series results:

@ SEA 6-4 L, 3-1 L, 5-4 W
LAA 5-3 W, 3-2 L, 7-2 W
WSH 2-1 W, 1-0 W
@ BAL 4-0 W, 3-2 W, 2-1 W
@ MIA 6-2 L, 4-2 L
MIA 5-0 L, 2-1 W
DET 5-2 L, 6-3 W, 6-4 L
PHI 8-3 W, 3-2 W, 2-1 W
@ HOU 9-4 W, 2-0 W, 7-4 L, 2-1 W
@ LAA 4-0 L, 1-0 W, 1-0 W
TB 3-2 W, 2-1 L, 2-0 W
OAK 3-2 L, 4-3 W, 9-6 L
@ BOS 5-2 W, 4-1 W, 3-1 L

Yankees All-Star Selections:

Gardner (starting LF)
Ellsbury (bench CF)
Tanaka (All-star game starter)

Scranton Wilkes-Barre All Star Selections:

Cole Figueroa

Trenton Thunder All Star Selections:

Luis Severino (2nd starting pitcher)
Aaron Judge (starting RF)
Eric Jagielo (starting DH)
Branden Pinder (bullpen)
Gary Sanchez (starting C)