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The New York Yankees don't care how it's done, as long as they find ways to win games. Following a walk-off triumph, the Yankees can record their first home sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in seven years Sunday. After he delivered a tying RBI with an infield single in the seventh inning, Brett Gardner hit a solo home run with two outs in the ninth to give New York (7-9) a 3-2 victory Saturday. Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 9:10:pm EST

The New York Yankees don't care how it's done, as long as they find ways to win games. Following a walk-off triumph, the Yankees can record their first home sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in seven years Sunday. After he delivered a tying RBI with an infield single in the seventh inning, Brett Gardner hit a solo home run with two outs in the ninth to give New York (7-9) a 3-2 victory Saturday. Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 9:10:pm EST

April 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team in CAPS) WASHINGTON 2 Minnesota 0 NY YANKEES 3 Tampa Bay 2 TORONTO 9 Oakland 3 Cleveland 10 DETROIT 1 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Texas 3 (11 innings) Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 6:16:pm EST

Dellin Betances may play third fiddle in the New York Yankees bullpen behind Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman once the latter returns from his suspension, but he's first in a few other categories. That includes in the hearts of Yankees fans everywhere.  That's because Betances is striking out batters at an astounding pace this season. Not that that's anything new considering he struck out 266 batters over 174 innings during his first two full seasons in MLB. But he's taken things to a completely new level this season by fanning 22 batters over his first nine innings.  [Elsewhere: No one is buying Derek Jeter's hole-in-one video ] For a little perspective, the nine-inning record for strikeouts in a single game is 20. Betances is two better than that. If that's not impressive enough, Betances' 22 strikeouts have come against just 35 batters. In other words, just making contact against him is a victory. If you'd like to go one step further, he's struck out more batters in nine innings than Stephen Strasburg (21 in 21.2 innings), Jeff Samardzija (19 in 27 innings) and Matt Harvey (14 in 22.1 innings), just to name a few. He's only one behind the likes of Max Scherzer, Jon Lester and Cole Hamels, so that pretty much confirms he's doing something pretty special here.  You can throw out that it's small sample size, and that would be true. You can point out how those numbers are unsustainable, and how most of those pitchers will or at least should finish with more strikeouts this season. Those points would also be valid. But it's all relative to the role he plays and the domination he's asserted as a late inning reliever. Even if those numbers come down, they'll have to come down a long, long way just to meet Betances' career average of 13.9 strikeouts per nine innings, which is already considered elite. That's how good he is right now. Now, here are a few other facts and figures that could possibly blow your mind.  Dellin Betances is the only pitcher with more than 20 K and a 0.00 ERA this season. — Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) April 23, 2016 Dellin Betances has 105 multi-strikeout relief appearances since 2014. That is 40 more than any other non- #Yankees pitcher. — Ace of MLB Stats (@theaceofspaeder) April 23, 2016 Most Consecutive Multi-K Scoreless Apps., Yankees History 8 Dellin Betances (2016) 8 Dellin Betances (2015) 7 Mariano Rivera (1996) — Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) April 23, 2016 To say Betances is unhittable right now might be the ultimate understatement. Maybe it's not quite as impressive as what Jake Arrieta is doing, because Arrieta is out there dominating into the eighth and ninth innings every fifth day. But if you needed a single inning or even a single batter from any pitcher in baseball, you could easily argue that Betances is the guy you want pitching. .  More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports: - - - - - - - Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at bigleaguestew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813 Continue to Article

April 23, 2016 6:15:pm EST