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A furious sixth inning rally fell short Friday as the Yankees dropped a game to the Red Sox 10-7. The Sox shortstop deftly fielded Ryan Dixon's hard-hit grounder in the hole and stepped on third with the bases loaded to send the Yanks to defeat.

  The rally began with the home team trailing 10-3. Cabell Thomas walked before Jason Martinez and Marshall Carney each grounded out to the pitcher. But the Bombers didn't give in easily. Gray Kiger was hit by a pitch and went to second on a passed ball before Ann Burns Morrison walked for the second time in the game. Danny DeSmit singled to center to plate a run, then Jessie Kane walked and Alex Tracey walked to score a run. Jack Broach walked to plate another before the game ended on Ryan's ground ball.

The Yanks scored one in the second inning when Jason walked then came around on a passed ball when Ann Burns walked. They added two in the third inning on a double by Ryan, a walk to Cabell, and a hard single up the middle by Jason.

 Gray Kiger started the game, striking out four and surrendering three hits. Ann Burns also struck out four and gave up three hits. Cabell finished with two strong scoreless innings, striking out five and allowing one hit. 

On offense, Jessie Kane's rocket shot down the leftfield line for a double was among the night's highlights.

Marshall Carney's monstrous two-run homer into the woods behind the left field fence highlighted a nine-hit Yankees attack as the Bombers rocked the Royals 12-2 in five innings Friday at Fleet Park. Cabell Thomas allowed just two hits and struck out five to earn the victory.

The Yankees ran the bases aggressively and used timely hitting, scoring in every frame. Zach Tekamp came on for one pitch in relief, inducing a weak pop to shortstop to end the game. 

 In the first inning, Zach lined a singled to right with one out, then scored on a screaming double to center field by Cabell Thomas, who has found his sweet stroke. Jason Martinez followed with a laser to left to score  Cabell before Ryan Dixon's hot shot to left closed out the scoring in the inning.

In the second, Jack Broach walked with two outs. Danny DeSmith smoked a ball to center and they both scored on the ensuing error. Alex Tracey was hit by a pitch to open the third inning and he scored on Cabell's single to right.

 The Yankees broke open the game in the fourth inning with four runs. Marshall reached on an error. Ryan singled to right and Gray Kiger walked to load the bases. Ann Burns Morrison walked to force in the first run, then Jack stroked a single to left field, scoring two runs. Ann Burns scored when Danny's ground ball got through the left side. 

 In the fifth inning, Jason reached on an error with two outs, then Marshall walloped the first pitch 250 feet to left, sending the ball into the woods. 

  The Yankees' bats thundered out 12 hits Saturday as they toppled the Tigers 13-4. Cabell Thomas, Alec Tekamp, Ryan Dixon, and Cabell Thomas each had two hits, but it was a team effort, with every Yankee getting a base knock.

Jason Martinez worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first without damage and went on to strike out eight in five innings. Zach Tekamp worked an easy sixth, striking out two. 

The Yankees scored twice in the first inning when Zach singled, Cabell walked, and Marshall Carney singled. Ryan Dixon's single scored Cabell with the second run. In the third, the visitors scored three more times on a walk to Alex, a singled by Zach and a walk to Jason. Marshall was hit by a pitch, then Ryan Dixon came through again in the clutch with a single down the line. 

 Alex Tracey reached on an error to open the fourth inning, then came around on a single by Alec and a double by Cabell. Gray opened the fifth inning with a single then went to second on Danny DeSmit's walk before Jessie Kane came up with the big hit, a shot to right field. Alex followed with a run-scoring single, then Alec plated another with a hit. Gray scored the final run in the sixth on a walk and a steal before Danny's scorching liner to left sent him home. 

On defense, the Yankees were solid with Alec making a beautiful backhand play at shortstop. They surrendered only one throwing error, which led to two of the Tigers runs. 

 Three untimely errors and a lack of clutch hitting added up to a tough 4-3 loss for the Yankees against the Braves on Saturday afternoon.The Yankees got runners to third base in four innings, but could not score them.

 Alec Tekamp opened the bottom of the first inning with a walk, then scored on Cabell Thomas's shot to left-center field. After two outs, Marshall Carney shot a hard ground ball through the right side to score Cabell for a 2-0 Yankees lead.

  But the Braves came back with three in the top of the second inning with three unearned runs on a walk, a single and an error. They added another run in the second on a double by Spencer Matthews, one of only three hits surrendered by Jason Martinez, who struke out seven.

 The Yankees drew close with a run in the bottom of the fourth when Marshall flew a hit to rightfield, advanced on a walk and later scored.  Zach Tekamp got aboard on a single in the fifth, but was stranded at third base.  Gray Kiger singled in the sixth, but was also stranded. 

 Gray made a key play in the second inning, gunning down a Braves' runner at home plate by ten feet with a throw from left as Marshall made the tag. 

  With timely hitting, aggressive base running, and clutch pitching, the Yankees defeated the Tigers 16-6 in four innings Wednesday. Zach Tekamp threw three innings, striking out five, and surrendering only two weak hits while Gray Kiger came on in the fourth inning to finish strongly.

  Alec Tekamp set the table, opening the game with a double to right centerfield. After a walk to Zach Tekamp and a pop up, Jason Martinez lofted a ball to center, scoring a run. Zach scored the second run of the first on a grounder. 

  In the second inning, Ann Burns Morrison led off with a walk, then went to third on Jack Broach's double down the leftfield line. She scored on Jessie Kane's ground out to first base.  Alex Tracey got aboard on an error by the second baseman, scoring Jack. Alec singled to right before Cabell Thomas doubled to center, plating a pair. Cabell scored when Jason Martinez reached on an error, giving the Yanks a 7-1 lead after two. 

 In the third, the barrage increased as the Yankees scored nine times. Ryan Dixon grounded a single off the first base bag, then hustled all the way around the bases when the Tigers threw the ball into leftfield.  Gray Kiger walked, then was forced at second base on Danny DeSmit's ground ball. Ann Burns Morrison walked before she and Danny scored on Jack Broach's double to leftfield. Alex singled to right then scored on Alec Tekamp's double to center. Alec raced home on Zach's hit to center. The merry go-round continued when Cabell Thomas tripled to center, driving home another run. He scored when Jason reached on an error. Jason completed the scoring on Ryan's ground ball single.  

 In the field, Marshall Carney threw out the first runner attempting to steal in the first inning, effectively shutting down the Tigers running game. Alec and Ann Burns made two hustle plays. Playing shortstop, Alec backed up third base on a steal, stopping a ball from going into leftfield and saving a run. Playing second base, Ann Burns backed up Jason on a ground ball that eluded him and made the quick toss for an out.