Saturday, June 27, 2015

The New York Yankees even their series in Houston behind a strong outing from Nathan Eovaldi



The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Friday night.  The game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and the final score was 3-2.  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and pitched very well.  Chris Young had three hits and Brett Gardner and Garrett Jones each had two hits. 

Eovaldi pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Eovaldi won his seventh game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning striking out the side, Justin Wilson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out two and saving his fifth game of the season. 

Vincent Velasquez pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Will Harris pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Tony Sipp pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Joe Thatcher pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out a batter.  Roberto Hernandez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Gardner had two hits, Chase Headley had a hit and drew two walks and Carlos Beltran had a hit.  Jones had two hits, Young had three hits and three RBI and Stephen Drew had a walk.  Gardner hit a double and Young hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Carlos Correa had a hit and an RBI, Jose Altuve had a hit and Luis Valbuena drew a walk.  Evan Gattis had two hits and an RBI, Colby Rasmus drew a walk and Hank Conger had a hit and drew a walk.  Conger hit a double and the Astros were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Altuve had a stolen base and Gonzalez had a stolen base. 

In the third Correa hit an RBI single to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.  Gattis hit an RBI single in the sixth to push the lead to 2-0.  In the seventh Young hit a three run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. 
The two teams have split the first two games of their four game series and will play game three on Saturday afternoon.   

New York Yankees lose their second game in a row as they begin tough road trip



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Houston Astros on Thursday night.  The game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and the final score was 4-0 Astros.  Adam Warren started and pitched well but Dallas Keuchel pitched great.  Chris Young and Carlos Beltran each had two hits. 

Warren pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out four and lost his fifth game of the season.  Chris Capuano pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Keuchel pitched a complete game giving up six hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out 12 and earned his ninth win of the season. 

Young had two hits, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and Mark Teixeira drew a walk.  Beltran had two hits, John Ryan Murphy had a hit and the Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Drew, Warren and Murphy each committed an error and Beltran and Pirela each had an outfield assist. 

George Springer drew a walk, Jose Altuve had three hits and Valbuena drew a walk.  Evan Gattis had two hits and two RBI, Colby Rasmus had a hit and an RBI and Preston Tucker had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Tucker and Gattis each hit a double and Altuve hit two doubles.  The Astros were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Altuve had two stolen bases and Springer was picked off. 

In the second Tucker hit an RBI double to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Rasmus hit a sac fly to make it 2-0.  Gattis hit an RBI single in the sixth to give the Astros a 3-0 lead and in the eighth Gattis hit an RBI double to make it 4-0 which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night. 

Thursday, June 25, 2015

The New York Mets skid hits seven games as they lose to the Milwaukee brewers.



The New York Mets were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Miller Park, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 4-1.  Bartolo Colon started and pitched ok.  The Mets offense only managed three hits as they really continue to struggle. 

Colon pitched six innings giving up ten hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Colon took his sixth loss of the season.  Logan Verrett pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out one.   

Jimmy Nelson pitched eight innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Nelson won his fourth game of the season.  Francisco Rodriguez saved his 15th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Johnny Monell  had a hit.  Tejada hit a double and Granderson hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. 

Gerardo Parra had a hit, Jonathan Lucroy had two hits and Ryan Braun had two hits and an RBI.  Adam Lind had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Carlos Gomez had a hit and an RBI and Aramis Ramirez had a hit.  Scooter Gennett had a hit an RBI and drew a walk.  Parra, Lind and Ramirez each hit a double and Gennett hit a homerun.  The Brewers were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Braun hit an RBI single to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.  Lind hit an RBI double  to make it 10-0.  In the fourth Granderson hit a solo homerun to make it 2-1.  In the fifth Gomez hit an RBI single and in the sixth Gennett hit a solo homerun to make it 4-1.  The Mets have now lost seven straight

The New York Yankees end their three game losing streak and welcome back Ivan Nova



The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-2.  Ivan Nova coming back from Tommy John surgery returned after missing 14 months.  Nova pitched great and the offense was very good.  Mark Teixeira had three hits but five players had two hits. 

Nova pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up no runs and three hits.  He walked two and struck out one and won his first game of the season.  Bryan Mitchell pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout and Diego Moreno pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Cole Hamels lost his sixth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and five runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Jake Diekman pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Justin De Fratus pitched two innings giving up four hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Teixeira had three hits and two RBI, Chris Young had two hits and an RBI and John Ryan Murphy had a hit and drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk, Jose Pirela had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Gregorius, Headley and Pirela each hit a double adn the Yankees were 7-21 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Nova committed an error. 

Ben Revere had a hit, Cesar Hernandez drew a walk and Ryan Howard had two hits.  Dominic Brown had a hit and an RBI, Andres Blanco had a hit and Cody Asche had a hit and an RBI.  Jonathan Galvis drew two walks, Howard hit two doubles and Blanco hit a double.  The Phillies were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Blanco committed an error. 

In the second Pirela reached on a fielder's choice.  Two runs scored on an error and it was 2-0 Yankees.  In the fourth Gardner hit an RBI single to push the Yankees lead to 3-0.  Headley hit an RBI double and Teixeira hit an RBI single and it was 5-0 Yankees.  In the sixth Young hit an RBI single to increase the Yankees lead to 6-0.  Pirela hit an RBI double in the seventh and it was 7-0 Yankees.  Rodriguez hit a two run single in the seventh to make it 9-0 and Teixeira hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 10-0 lead.  The Phillies finally got on the board in the ninth with a Brown RBI single and a Asche RBI groundout.  The final score was 10-2.  The Yankees will now head to Houston to take on the Astros in a four game series before heading to Anaheim for three.  The Yankees lost two out of three in this series but finished the home stand at 5-3.   

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

New York Yankees drop second in a row to the worst team in baseball



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium and the final score was 11-6.  CC Sabathia started and pitched poorly, the Yankees offense was good but they left a ton of guys on and Dellin Betances wasn't sharp in his second inning of work. 

Sabathia pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and six runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Brandon Pinder pitched to one batter and struck him out, Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Justin Wilson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one.  Betances lost his first game of the season and his career pitching an inning giving up two hits and four runs with two strikeouts.  Nick Rumbelow pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Sean O'Sullivan pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up ten hits and six runs with no walks and two strikeouts.  Elvis Araujo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Jeanmar Gomez pitched an inning giving up a walk and Luis Garcia pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Ken Giles won his third game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out three, Justin De Fratus pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had two hits and RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley had two hits and an RBI and Alex Rodriguez had two hits and two RBI.  Brian McCann had a hit, Carlos Beltran had two hits and Garrett Jones had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Young had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Gardner hit a double.  Beltran hit two doubles and Young hit a double.  Jones, Gardner, Headley and Rodriguez each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Young had a stolen base, Headley committed an error. 

Ben Revere had three hits, Cesar Hernandez had three hits and an RBI and Maikel Franco had two hits, five RBI and drew a walk.  Dominic Brown drew two walks, Andres Blanco had two hits, three RBI and drw a walk and Cameron Rupp had a hit and two RBI.  Hernandez, Blanco, Revere and Franco each hit a double.  Blanco hit a triple and Rupp and Franco each hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 4-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Francoeur committed an error. 

In the first Rodriguez hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Jones hit a solo homerun in the second giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Hernandez hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 2-1.  Gardner hit a solo homerun in the third to push the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Rupp hit a two run homerun to tie the game at three.  Franco hit a three run homerun to give the Phillies a 6-3 lead in the fourth.  In the fifth Headley and Rodriguez hit back-to-back solo homeruns to cut the Phillies lead to 6-5.  Young hit an RBI double to tie the game at six.  In the ninth Franco hit a two run double to give the Phillies an 8-6 lead and Blanco hit a three run triple to make it 11-6 which would be the final score. 

The Yankees will try to avoid the three game sweep on Wednesday afternoon with Ivan Nova making his return from Tommy John surgery.  Cole Hamels will be pitching for the Phillies. 

New York Yankees lose to woeful Philadelphia Phillies at home



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium and the final score was 11-8.  Michael Pineda started and wasn't very good.  Brett Gardner had four hits and Carlos Beltran had three hits. 

Pineda pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up 11 hits and eight runs with a walk and no strikeouts.  Pineda lost his fourth game of the season.  Chris Capuano pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with three strikeouts, Diego Moreno made his major league debut pitching an inning and giving up two hits with two strikeouts and Chasen Shreve pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Brandon Pinder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run. 

Kevin Correia pitched four innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Jake Diekman pitched two innings giving up a hit and three walks with three strikeouts and he won his second game of the season.  Elvis Araujo pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Ken Giles pitched an inning giving up a hit and Jonathan Papelbon pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs. 

Gardner had four hits and three RBI with a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk.  Brian McCann had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Beltran had three hits and an RBI, Garrett Jones had two hits and two RBI and Chris Young had a hit.  Stephen Drew had a hit and drew a walk, Beltran hit two doubles and Rodriguez and Jones each hit a double.  Gardner and McCann hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Ben Revere had three hits and an RBI, Ceser Hernandez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Maikel Franco had four hits and five RBI.  Ryan Howard had a hit and two RBI, Dominick Brown had a hit and Cameron Rupp had two hits.  Cody Asche had two hits, Freddy Galvis had three hits.  Hernandez, Brown and Galvis hit a double and Franco hit two homeruns.  The Phillies were 7-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Revere had a stolen base and Brown had an outfield assist. 

In the first Franco hit a solo homerun to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  McCann hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  Beltran hit an RBI double and the Yankees had a 2-1 lead in the first.  In the third Howard hit a two run single to give the Phillies a 3-2 lead.  Brown grounded into a double play and a run scored to make it 4-2.  In the fourth Hernandez hit a two run double to increase the lead to 6-2.  Franco hit a two run single and it was 8-2 in the fourth inning.  Gardner hit a three run homerun in the bottom of the fifth and the lead was cut to 8-5.  In the sixth Franco hit a two run homerun to make it 10-5.  McCann hit a solo homerun to make it 10-6 in the seventh.  Revere hit an RBI single in the ninth to push the lead to 11-6 and Jones hit a two run double in the ninth to cut the lead to 11-8 but that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

Sunday, June 21, 2015

The New York Mets are shutout by the Atlanta Braves as Matt Harvey is out dueled



The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 1-0.  Matt Harvey started and pitched well and the Mets only managed four hits and no one had more than a hit. 

Harvey pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Harvey lost his fifth game of the season.  Alex Torres pitched 1/3 of an inning walking two batters and Carlos Torres pitched an inning striking out two. 

Julio Teheran pitched seven innings giving up a hit and no runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Teheran won his fifth game of the season.  Nick Masset pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Dana Eveland pitched to one batter and struck him out and Jim Johnson saved his fourth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew two walks, Juan Lagares had a hit and Wilmer Flores had a hit.  Eric Campbell had a hit which was a double and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Jace Peterson had a hit and drew a walk, Cameron Maybin drew two walks and Kelly Johnson had a hit.  Andrelton Simmons had a hit, Eury Perez had a hit and Ryan Lavarnway had a hit.  Pedro Ciriaco had a hit and an RBI, Peterson hit a double and Lavarnway hit a double.  The Braves were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Maybin had a stolen base. 

The only run of the game was scored in the seventh on a Ciriaco RBI single.  The Mets were swept in the three game series and will be off on Monday.  The Mets will begin a three game series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Tuesday night.   

The New York Yankees aren't able to sweep the Detroit Tigers



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 12-4.  Masahiro Tanaka started and pitched poorly.  Danny Burawa in his major league debut didn't pitch well either and Jose De Paula pitched well.  Stephen Drew hit two homeruns. 

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up ten hits and seven runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out six and suffered his third loss of the season.  Burawa pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout and De Paula pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with four walks and two strikeouts. 

Anibel Sanchez pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Sanchez earned his sixth win of the season.  Blaine Hardy pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Joakim Soria pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Didi Gregorius had a hit, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit.  Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI, Chris Young had a hit and Drew had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Brendan Ryan had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, McCann hit a homerun and Drew hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Young had a stolen base, Gregorius committed an error. 

Rajai Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Ian Kinsler drew a walk and Miguel Cabrera had two hits and drew two walks.  Victor Martinez had three hits and four RBI, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and and an RBI and J.D. Martinez had three hits and six RBI.  Bryan Holaday had two hits, Andrew Romine had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Iglesias had a hit and drew two walks.  V. Martinez hit a homerun and J.D. Martinez hit three homeruns.  Romine also hit a homerun and the Tigers were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

In the first V. Martinez hit a two run homerun and J.D. Martinez hit a two run homerun to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.  In the second V. Martinez hit a two run single to push the lead to 6-0.  McCann hit a solo homerun in the second to cut the lead to 6-1 and Ryan hit an RBI single to make it a 6-2 game.  In the fifth J.D. Martinez hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 7-2 lead.  Cespedes hit an RBI single to make it 8-2 in the sixth.  J.D. Martinez hit a three run homerun to push the lead to 11-2 in the sixth.  Romine hit a solo homerun to add one more run in the sixth and make it 12-2.  Drew hit a solo homerun in the seventh and in the ninth to make it a 12-4 game which was the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will remain at home to take on the Philadelphia Phillies starting on Monday night.  The Yankees sent both Burawa and De Paula back to AAA after the game and are expected to call up Diego Moreno and Nick Rumbelow from AAA. 
 

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