The New York Yankees rally to tie in the ninth and win in the tenth against the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 6-4 on Monday night. The game took place at Camden Yards on Baltimore, Maryland. CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and wasn’t great but he battled. The Yankees bullpen was very good and the offense had four solo homeruns, Travis Hafner had the tying hits for the Yankees. 
Sabathia pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up 11 hits and four runs with no walks and two strikeouts. Shawn Kelley struck out the sides in his one inning of work, he walked one batter, Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Hafner had two hits and an RBI. Lyle Overbay had two hits and an RBI, David Adams had two hits and an RBI and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. Vernon Wells had a hit and an RBI. Suzuki and Wells each hit a double and Cano, Adams, Overbay and Hafner each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.

Freddy Garcia pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Troy Patton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, Darren O’Day pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Jim Johnson pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. Pedro Strop continued his struggles against the Yankees pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk.

Nick Markakis had two hits and two RBI, J.J. Hardy had two hits and an RBI and Adam Jones had a hit. Chris Davis had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Matt Wieters had a hit, Danny Valencia had a hit and Steve Pearce had two hits. Chris Dickerson had a hit, Alexi Casilla had a hit, Wieters, Pearce and Markakis each hit a double and Hardy hit two doubles. Davis hit a homerun and the Orioles were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Jones had a stolen base.

Cano hit a solo homerun in the first to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the second Adams hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the second Davis hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1 Yankees. The Orioles tied the game in the fifth on a Markakis RBI single. Overbay hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it a 3-2 game in favor of the Yankees. The Orioles tied the game and took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh. Markakis hit an RBI double and Hardy hit an RBI double. In the ninth Hafner hit a solo homerun to tie the game at four. In the tenth Wells hit an RBI double to make it 5-4 and Hafner hit an RBI single to make it 6-4 which was the final score.

The Yankees record is now 19-0 this season when scoring first in the game. The Yankees overall record improved to 28-16 and the Orioles record fell to 23-21. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.

The New York Mets are not able to overcome a rough start in Cincinnati

The New York Mets were defeated 4-3 by the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. The game took place at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shaun Marcum started for the Mets and pitched ok especially after a very rough start to the game. The Mets bullpen was very good and Lucas Duda and Marlon Byrd led the offense. 
Marcum is now 0-5 on the season, he pitched six innings giving up six hits and four runs. Marcum walked one and struck out seven. LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning walking two and striking out one, Brandon Lyon pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Sean Burke pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Rick Ankiel had a hit and drew a walk, David Wright drew a walk and Duda had two hits. Byrd had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk, John Buck drew a walk and Justin Turner had a hit. Byrd hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Davis committed an error.

Johnny Cueto pitched five innings giving up three hits and three runs with four walks and eight strikeouts. Cueto improved to 2-0 on the year. Logan Ondrusek pitched a perfect inning striking out two, J.J. Hoover pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Sean Marshall pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one. Jonathan Broxton pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Aroldis Chapman picked up his ninth save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Shin-Soo Choo drew two walks, Joey Votto had two hits and drew a walk and Brandon Phillips had a hit and two RBI. Jay Bruce had two hits and two RBI, Xavier Paul had a hit and Ryan Hanigan had a hit. Cueto had a hit, Bruce hit a double and hit a homerun. The Reds were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

The Reds took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Phillips hit a two run single and Bruce hit an RBI double. Byrd hit a three run homerun in the third inning to tie the game at three. Bruce hit a solo homerun in the sixth to give the Reds a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.

The Mets record fell to 17-25 and the Reds record improved to 27-18. The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.

The New York Yankees win their second straight over the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 7-2 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. David Phelps started and pitched well. Robinson Cano hit two, two run homerun to lead the offense. 
Phelps pitched seven innings giving up six hits and a run. He walked three and struck out eight and picked up his second win of the season. David Robertson pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and had a strikeout and Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Robinson Cano had two hits and four RBI and Vernon Wells had a hit. Travis Hafner had a hit and two RBI, Lyle Overbay had a hit and Jayson Nix had a hit. Austin Romine had a hit, Cano hit two homerun and Hafner hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Phelps had a pickoff.

Brandon Morrow took the loss, his third of the season. He pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a strikeout. Brett Cecil pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Steve Delabar pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Darren Oliver pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned. He struck out two batters.

Melky Cabrera had a hit, Jose Bautista drew two walks and Edward Encarnacion had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. J.P. Arencibia had a hit, Adam Lind had two hits and Colby Rasmus had a hit and an RBI. Maizur Izturis had a hit, Emilio Bonifacio had a hit. Lind hit two doubles and Cabrera hit a double. Encarnacion hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Bautista was picked off and Izturis and Lind each committed an error.

In the third Gardner hit an RBI single and Cano hit a two run homerun to make it 3-0 Yankees. Rasmus hit an RBI single in the fourth to make it a 3-1 game. Cano hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the fifth inning to extend the lead to 5-1. Encarnacion cut the lead to 5-2 with a solo homerun in the eighth inning but Hafner hit a two run homerun in the eighth to make it a 7-2 game and that would be the final score.

The Yankees record improved to 27-16 and the Blue Jays record fell to 17-26. The two teams will play game three of three on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees will be looking for the sweep and are already 8-1 against the Blue Jays this season.

The New York Mets continue to lose games after Matt Harvey starts

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs by the score of 8-2 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Jeremy Hefner started and wasn’t great, he is still searching for his first win of the season. Daniel Murphy and Rick Ankiel each had two hits to lead the offense. 
Hefner pitched four innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts. He is now 0-5 on the season. Robert Carson pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Collin McHugh pitched two innings giving up five hits and three runs with a strikeout.

Mike Baxter had a hit, Murphy had two hits and David Wright had a hit. Lucas Duda had a hit, John Buck had a hit and drew a walk and Ankiel had two hits and two RBI. Marlon Byrd had a hit, Ankiel hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Wright had a stolen base and Murphy was caught stealing. Davis committed an error.

Scott Feldman won his fourth game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings and giving up seven hits and no runs. He walked one and struck out six. James Russell pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings and Hector Rondon pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs.

David DeJesus had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo had two hits and an RBI and Alfonso Soriano had a hit. Nate Schierholtz had two hits and an RBI, Luis Valbuena had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Welington Castillo had a hit and an RBI. Darwin Barney had a hit, Feldman had a hit and two RBI and Ryan Sweeney had a hit. Soriano, Feldman and Sweeney each hit a double, Rizzo and Schierholtz each hit a homerun. The Cubs were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Castro committed an error.

In the fourth Valbuena hit a sacrifice fly to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. Castillo hit an RBI single and Feldman hit a two run double to make it a 4-0 Cubs lead. Rizzo hit a solo homerun in the fifth to extend the lead to 5-0. In the eighth Schierholtz hit a solo homerun and DeJesus hit a two run single to make it 8-0. The Mets only two runs came in the ninth when Ankiel hit a two run homerun. The final 8-2 in favor of the Cubs.

The Mets record fell to 16-24 and the Cubs improved their record to 18-24. The two teams will play game three of their three game series on Sunday afternoon.

The New York Mets win behind Matt Harvey

The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs by the score of 3-2 on Friday afternoon. The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Matt Harvey started and pitched very well and also drove in the game winning run. David Wright also had three hits and an RBI. 
Harvey pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with no walks and six strikeouts. Harvey is now 5-0 on the season with a 1.55 ERA. Scott Rice pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Sean Burke pitched to one batter and got him out and Bobby Parnell pitched an inning, saving his fifth game of the season. Parnell pitched a perfect inning.

Jordany Valdespin drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Wright had three hits and an RBI. Ike Davis had a hit, Lucas Duda had a hit and Rick Ankiel had a hit. Harvey had a hit and an RBI, Ankiel hit a double and Wright and Murphy each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Wright had a stolen base and Tejada committed an error, Byrd had an outfield assist.

Edwin Jackson lost his sixth game of the season. He pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts. James Russell pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two, Kyuji Fujikawa pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.

DeJesus had a hit, Starlin Castro had two hits and Anthony Rizzo had a hit. Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI, Drew Barney had a hit and Rizzo hit a double. The Cubs were 2-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Soriano and Rizzo each committed an error.

In the first Wright hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Soriano hit a two run single in the bottom of the first to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead. In the fourth Murphy hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two and in the seventh Harvey hit an RBI single to make it a 3-2 game and that would be the final score.

The Mets record improved to 16-23 and the Cubs record fell to 17-24. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.