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The Dodgers and Yankees are playing in New York for the first time since 1981, but the two teams have faced off twice in Los Angeles during interleague play.

Don Mattingly returns to the Bronx on Tuesday, as his new team, the Los Angeles Dodgers begins a quick two-game interleague series against the New York Yankees.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda has pitched brilliantly this season.

By the time Taylor Webb, a 6-foot-6 left-hander, blew a fastball past Anthony Chavez for the final out with a festive crowd of 6,711 rising to its feet, the Staten Island Yankees had plenty of reason to celebrate.

MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH The Yankees carried a five-game losing streak into Sunday's series finale against the Angels , hoping not to be swept for the second straight series before heading home.

Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor , a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

Playoff baseball? Even as 98 games remain on the Mets' schedule, and 93 on the Yanks', the postseason appears impossible for both clubs.

Mariano Rivera struck out Albert Pujols with the bases loaded to end the Angels' five-run rally in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees snapped their five-game losing streak with a wild 6-5 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday.

Across eight innings, CC Sabathia and Travis Hafner kept a perfect cobalt blue Southern California sky from falling on the Yankees' heads.

New York Yankees' Travis Hafner hits a tree-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, June 16, 2013.

A lot has changed in the 19 years between Mariano Rivera's first-ever appearance in Angel Stadium in 1995 and this weekend, his last regular-season trip to Anaheim, with his decision to retire after the 2013 season.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda has had a great start to his 2013 season.

Do you know the last American League team to finish 10th or worse in runs scored and still qualify for the playoffs? It was Mark Teixeira's 2008 Angels, whose 765 runs ranked them 10th.

On Friday night, Andy Pettitte made the first start of the final run of his career.

On opening day, the catching position looked like a weak link, or at least an area of question, for the New York Yankees .

After finishing a sweep of the Yankees with an 18-inning win on Thursday, the Oakland Athletics , who sit alone atop the AL West, have now won 21 of their past 26 games, including 11 straight at home, and are off to their best 68-game start since 1990.

After a good series in Seattle, the Yankees ' series in Oakland ended with a disappointing 3-2, 18-inning loss on Thursday.

The 2013 season has really gone down hill for Vernon Wells and several other Yankee hitters.

At least Joe Girardi doesn't have to worry about Hiroki Kuroda. He pitched a two-run, two-hit gem over the first eight innings of the 18-inning, 3-2 loss Thursday in Oakland .

Nick LeGrande was told he'd be visiting his grandmother on Wednesday, not tossing out the first pitch at an A's game from 1,800 miles away.