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Rookie Gleyber Torres homered for the fourth straight game Friday night when he hit a tiebreaking solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. Torres electrified a sellout crowd when he lifted a 3-1 fastball by Jim Johnson (2-2) into the right-center field seats. It was his fifth homer in six games and ninth since making his major league debut April 22. Continue to Article

May 26, 2018 9:27:am EST

Gleyber Torres took a few moments, studied video of Jim Johnson on an iPad and then faced the pitcher for the first time. Torres showed off his power bat and Aaron Judge saved a pair of runs with his brawny arm, twice throwing out runners from right field. The Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Friday night in the opener of a series showcasing some of the sport's brightest stars, New York's 14th win in its last 16 home games. Continue to Article

May 26, 2018 12:32:am EST

New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres hits a home run for the third game in a row (AP Photo). • Gleyber Torres homered for the third consecutive game Wednesday, giving him five long balls over the past five contests and an impressive .323/.385/.613 line on the season. Torres is on pace to record 78 RBI despite not debuting until April 22 and batting mostly ninth, a spot he’ll likely permanently move out of soon. Continue to Article

May 24, 2018 2:44:am EST

The Bronx Bombers are slugging homers at a record pace, and that still wasn't enough to beat last-place Texas. Jurickson Profar had a bases-clearing double that put the Rangers ahead to stay in a wild 12-10 win Wednesday night, when New York hit four more homers to match a big league record with 21 long balls in a five-game stretch. ''If you look at the guys that are in our lineup, we can hit,'' said Yankees starter CC Sabathia, who allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings and squandered all of an early 4-0 lead. Continue to Article

May 24, 2018 12:01:am EST

Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres was born on December 13, 1996. In a clash of generations, the 21-year-old Torres and Colon squared off on Monday as the Yankees visited the Rangers. Torres won the battle twice, drilling a two-run home run off of Colon in the second inning and a solo shot off of Colon in the fourth. Continue to Article

May 21, 2018 10:19:pm EST