Tuesday, June 29, 2021

New York Mets are doubled up by the Washington Nationals

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 8-4.  Jerad Eickhoff started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  The Mets had four players with two hits to lead the offense. 

Eickhoff pitched six innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Eickhoff lost his first game of the season.  Sean Reid-Foley pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Miguel Castro pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked a batter. 

Paolo Espino pitched five innings giving up five hits and no runs with no walks and three strikeouts.  He won his second game of the season.  Sam Clay pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Wander Suero pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Justin Miller pitched 1/3 of an inninggiving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Brad Hand saved his 17th game of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. 

Jeff McNeil had two hits and an RBI, Dom Smith had two hits and Pete Alonso had two hits and two RBI.  Billy McKinney had a hit and an RBI, Luis Guillorme had two hits and Patrick Mazeika had a hit.  Alonso and McKinney each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Alonso committed an error and Blankenhorn committed two errors. 

Kyle Schwarber had three hits and two RBI, Trea Turner had two hits and an RBI and Juan Soto had a hit.  Josh Bell drew a walk, Yan Gomes had a hit and Gerardo Parra had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit and three RBI.  Soto, Parra and Gomes each hit a double and Schwarber hit two homeruns.  The Nationals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Castro committed an error. 

In the first Schwarber hit a solo homerun, Turner hit a solo homerun and the Nationals grabbed a 2-0 lead.  IN the bottom of the second Parra hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Schwarber hit a solo homerun making it 4-0.  In the bottom of the sixth Castro hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the seventh McNeil hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 5-1.  In the eighth Alonso hit a two-run homerun making it a 5-3 game.  McKinney hit a solo homerun and it was 5-4.  In the bottom of the eighth Zimmerman hit a three-run homerun making it 8-4 and that would be the final score.   

New York Yankees lose to Angels to drop fourth straight

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Michael King started for the Yankees and he pitched ok and the bullpen wasn’t bad.  Gio Urshela led the offense with a couple of hits. 

King pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four and took his fourth loss of the season.  Lucas Luetge pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout, Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts and Nestor Cortes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Dylan Bundy started for the Angels and he pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs and left the game early due to heat exhaustion.  Jose Suarez pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Suarez earned his third win of the season.  Steve Cishek pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and earned his 14th save of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had an RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI, Urshela had two hits and an RBI and Miguel Andujar had a hit.  Judge hit a double and Urshela and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  LeMahieu committed an error and Judge had an outfield assist. 

David Fletcher had a hit, Shohei Ohtani had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Rendon had a hit and drew two walks.  Jared Walsh had two hits and an RBI, Max Stassi had an RBI and Scott Schebler had a hit.  Jose Iglesias had two hits and an RBI, Luis Rengifo had a hit and Juan Lagares had two hits and an RBI.  Walsh, Rendon, Fletcher and Iglesias each hit a double.  Ohtani and Lagares each hit a homerun and the Angels were 0-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Ohtani hit a solo homerun giving the Angels a 1-0 lead.  Walsh hit an RBI double pushing the lead to 2-0.  In the bottom of the first Sanchez hit an RBI ground out cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the second Urshela hit a solo homerun tying the game at two.  In the fifth Stassi hit into a force out and a run scored giving the Angels a 3-2 lead.  In the sixth Lagares hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 4-2.  Stanton hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the eighth Iglesias hit an RBI double making it a 5-3 game and that would be the final score.  

 

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