Starlin Castro and Mark Teixeira each homered for the second straight day to spark a rally that lifted the Yankees over the Astros 8-5 on Thursday, and gave New York a win in their season opening series with Houston.
A pair of Yankees are headed to Cincinnati for the 2015 MLB All-Star Game and they may soon be joined by a third. However, for the first time in 1999 the pinstripes won't have a player in the American League's staring lineup.
Mark Teixeira's first error of the season helped the Tampa Bay Rays get past the Yankees 4-3 on Monday night as the teams opened a three game series in Florida.
C.C. Sabathia threw a complete game while striking out ten and Derek Jeter had three, two-out RBI's as the Yankees extended their win streak to ten games with a 6-2 victory over the Braves in the Bronx on Monday night.
Ivan Nova (7-2) was nearly untouchable for eight innings and the Yankees' offense made good use of its five hits in a 4-1 win in the Bronx on Wednesday night to take the first two games of the series.