Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The New York Yankees blow two three run leads and lose to the New York Mets



The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-7.  Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched ok, the bullpen was terrible.  Bartolo Colon didn't pitch well for the Mets and their bullpen pitched well.  There was lots of offensive power in this game.  Derek Jeter and Yangervis Solarte each had three hits for the Yankees and Brett Gardner hit a grand slam.  Eric Young Jr. had three hits to lead the Mets offense, Curtis Granderson, Chris Young and Travis d'Arnaud also hit homeruns. 

Kuroda pitched six innings giving up four runs and seven hits.  He walked none and struck out three.  Alfredo Aceves pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Matt Thornton lost his first game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and two runs.  Preston Claiborne pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with no walks and three strikeouts. 

Colon pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up 11 hits and seven runs, six of them were earned.  He walked none and struck out four.  Carlos Torres pitched to one batter and retired him, Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Jenrry Mejia won his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up two hits and striking out two.  Kyle Farnsworth picked up his third save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk. 

Gardner had two hits and four RBI, Jeter had three hits and drew a walk and John Ryan Murphy drew a pinch hit walk.  Mark Teixeira had a pinch hit after sitting due to leg soreness, Brian McCann had a hit and Alfonso Soriano had two hits.  Solarte had three hits and an RBI, Kelly Johnson had a hit and an RBI and Brian Roberts had a hit.  Soriano hit a double, Johnson hit a triple and Gardner hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gardner stole a base and McCann committed an error. 

Eric Young Jr. had three hits and two RBI, Daniel Murphy had two hits and David Wright had a hit and an RBI.  Granderson had two hits and two RBI, Eric Campbell had a pinch hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI.  Young had two hits and two RBI, d'Arnaud had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Ruben Tejada had a hit. Young, Young Jr., Campbell and Tejada each hit a double and d'Arnaud, Granderson, Young Jr. and Young each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Young Jr. and Murphy each had a stolen base and Murphy was caught stealing.  d'Arnaud committed an error. 

The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Wright RBI groundout.  Gardner hit a grand slam in the second to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  The Mets cut the lead to 4-2 in the fifth on a d'Arnaud solo homerun.  In the sixth the Mets tied the game at four on a Granderson two run homerun.  Solarte hit an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead, Johnson hit an RBI triple and with Jeter batting Gardner stole second and an error on the throw allowed a run to score.  The Yankees had a 7-4 lead.  Young Jr. hit a two run homerun in the seventh to cut the lead to 7-6.  Duda hit an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game at seven and Young hit a two run homerun to give the Mets a 9-7 lead.  In the ninth Farnsworth was shaky but was able to close it out with some help from his defense. 

The Mets have now won two straight with very good comebacks.  The Yankees have lost three in a row and are only a game above 500.  The Yankees right now have some serious pitching problems with 3/5 of their starting rotation on the DL and the bullpen springing some leaks and having some nagging injuries in it.  The two teams will play game two of their four game series on Tuesday night.  The scene will then shift to Citi Field for Wednesday and Thursday night games.   

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