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- Updated: May 6, 2016
BALTIMORE — The Yankees have now played all their opponents in the always-tough American League East, and they go home to face the Red Sox for a three-game set again this weekend.
Coming off a 2-7 road trip, it’s not as if they’ve reached critical mass, but the schedule doesn’t get any easier. The rest of the 10-game Yankee Stadium homestand includes four games against the defending World Series champion Royals and three against the upstart White Sox.
It’s a chance for the Bombers to make up some ground after concluding the trip at Camden Yards on Thursday night with a very tough 1-0 loss to the Orioles in 10 innings and an 9-17 record.
“No doubt, after this, it’s needless to say how important it is for us to go home and put up some wins,” said Masahiro Tanaka, whose eight-inning, five-hit, seven-strikeout effort went for naught against the O’s.
The rival Red Sox swept a three-game set from the Yanks last weekend at Fenway Park, and they continue to create unique problems for the pinstripes. They have their young outfield, veterans David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia, a new No. 1 starter in David Price, and one of the best closers in the game in Craig Kimbrel.
Ortiz, in his final season, continued to rock the Yankees. He went 5-for-11 with two homers and three RBIs, including the game-winning blast on the first pitch from Dellin Betances in the eighth inning …
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