New York Yankees shutout the Tampa Bay Rays

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 2-0.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched well, and the bullpen also pitched well.  Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, Jose Trevino and Jon Berti each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Schmidt started and pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out six and earned his fourth win of the season.  Nick Burdi faced one batter and retired him; Luke Weaver pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Clay Holmes earned his 12^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and two walks but struck out the side. 

Taj Bradley started for the Rays, and he pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Bradley took his first loss of the season.  Kevin Kelly pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Garrett Cleavinger pitched to one batter and struck him out and Jason Adam pitched a perfect inning.  Shawn Armstrong pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit, Aaron Judge drew two walks and Stanton had two hits.  Rizzo had two hits and two RBI, Trevino had two hits and Berti had two hits.  Rizzo hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Berti had a stolen base and Schmidt had a pickoff. 

Yandy Diaz had two hits and drew a walk; Josh Lowe had a hit and drew a walk and Isaac Paredes drew a walk.  Austin Shenton had a pinch hit, Richie Palacios had a hit and Jose Caballero had a hit and drew a walk.  The Rays were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Caballero and Palacios each had a stolen base.  Caballero and Paredes were caught stealing.  Arozarena was picked off and Lowe committed an error. 

In the fourth Rizzo hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the ninth Rizzo hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 2-0 and that was the final score.  The two teams will meet on Saturday afternoon in game two of three. 

New York Yankees take second straight over the Detroit Tigers

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched well, the bullpen did well and Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo led the offense with a couple of hits each. 

Schmidt pitched five innings giving up four hits and three runs with seven strikeouts.  He won his third game of the season.  Caleb Ferguson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Luke Weaver pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and Clay Holmes pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Holmes earned his 11^th save of the season. 

Casey Mize started for the Tigers, and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Mize lost his first game of the season.  Tyler Holton pitched 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and Will Vest pitched a perfect inning. 

Anthony Volpe drew a walk; Juan Soto had a hit and Judge had two hits and an RBI.  Alex Verdugo had a hit; Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI and Rizzo had two hits and three RBI.  Gleyber Torres had a hit; Jose Trevino had a hit and Judge hit a double.  Rizzo hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Riley Greene had a hit and an RBI, Wenceel Perez had two hits and Kerry Carpenter drew a walk.  Matt Vierling had two hits and an RBI, Colt Keith had an RBI and Andy Ibanez had a hit.  Zach McKinstry had a hit, Vierling hit a triple and Greene hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the first Greene hit a solo home run giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Stanton hit an RBI single tying the game at one.  In the bottom of the third Judge hit an RBI double giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead and Rizzo hit a three-run home run pushing the Yankees lead to 5-1.  In the fourth Vierling hit an RBI triple and Keith hit a sac fly cutting the Yankees lead to 5-3 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees go for the sweep on Sunday afternoon. 

New York Yankees defeat Tigers on a walk-off

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-1.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees, and he pitched well but had some control issues.  The bullpen pitched well, and the Yankees offense didn’t do much until the ninth inning when they won the game. 

Stroman pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with five walks and three strikeouts.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one, Victor Gonzalez pitched 1 1/3 innings with a walk and Dennis Santana picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning with a walk. 

Reese Olson started for the Tigers, and he pitched five innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Alex Faedo pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out four, Andrew Chafin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Shelby Miller pitched an inning with a walk.  Jason Foley pitched, giving up four hits and two runs and took his first loss of the season. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk; Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Alex Verdugo had a hit and drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI, Anthony Rizzo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Austin Wells drew a walk, Stanton hit a double and the Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Judge had a stolen base, and Wells committed an error. 

Riley Greene had three hits and drew a walk; Mark Canha had a hit and Wenceel Perez drew two walks.  Kerry Carpenter drew two walks; Colt Keith had an RBI and drew a walk and Zach McKinstry drew a walk.  Jake Rogers had a hit and the Tigers were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  McKinstry had a stolen base. 

In the sixth Keith drew an RBI walk giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  In the ninth Stanton hit an RBI double tying the game at one and Rizzo hit an RBI walk-off single giving the Yankees a 2-1 victory.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon. 

New York Yankees slug the Oakland Athletics

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-3.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched great.  Anthony Volpe, Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, and Austin Wells each had two hits to lead the offensive attack.   

Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Schmidt won his second game of the season.  Luke Weaver pitched 2 2/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts and Ian Hamilton pitched a perfect ninth inning. 

Joe Boyle started for the Athletics, and he pitched three innings giving up three hits and two runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  Boyle picked up his fourth loss of the season.  Michael Kelly pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout, Dany Jimenez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Kyle Muller pitched two innings giving up four hits and a run. 

Volpe had two hits and an RBI, Juan Soto had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Judge had two hits and two RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Rizzo had two hits and an RBI and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Alex Verdugo had an RBI and drew two walks; Wells had two hits and drew a walk and Volpe hit a triple.  Judge, Rizzo and Soto each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Tyler Nevin had a hit, JJ Bleday had a hit and Brent Rooker had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks.  Lawrence Butler had a hit, Bleday and Nevin each hit a double and Rooker hit a homerun.  The Athletics were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Noda and Allen each committed errors.  Butler had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the first Judge hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Volpe hit an RBI triple pushing the lead to 3-0 and in the bottom of the fifth Rizzo hit a two-run homerun extending the lead to 5-0.  In the top of the sixth Rooker hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 5-3.  In the bottom of the sixth Soto hit a solo homerun making it 6-3 and in the bottom of the seventh Verdugo hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 7-3 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees will try and win the series on Thursday night. 

New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-2.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he was great.  Anthony Rizzo, Josh Donaldson and Aaron Hicks each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Cole pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with three walks and 12 strikeouts.  Clay Holmes pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Wandy Peralta picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Shane McClanahan started for the Rays and he pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Ryan Thompson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a unearned run with two strikeouts, Calvin Faucher pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Jason Adam pitched an inning giving up two hits and atwo runs and he took his second loss of the season. 

Aaron Judge drew a walk, Rizzo had two hits and an RBI and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Donaldson had two hits, Hicks had two hits and an RBI and Jose Trevino had an RBI and drew a walk.  Torres hit a double and Hicks hit a triple.  Rizzo hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Torres and Judge each had a stolen base and LeMahieu committed an error. 

Yandy Diaz had an RBI, Manuel Margot had a hit and an RBI and Ji-Man Choi drew two walks.  Vidal Brujan drew a walk, Brett Phillips drew a walk and Isaac Paredes had a hit.  Josh Lowe drew a walk, Francisco Mejia had a hit and Mejia hit a double.  The Rays were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Choi committed an error. 

In the first Rizzo hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Trevino reached on an error and a run scored pushing the Yankees lead to 2-0.  In the bottom of the eighth Diaz hit an RBI groundout and Margot hit an RBI single tying the game at two.  In the top of the ninth Hicks hit an RBI triple and Trevino hit a sac fly making it 4-2 Yankees and that would be the final score. 

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

New York Yankees squeak out a win with some dominant pitching

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 1-0.  Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees and he pitched great and Clay Holmes and Aroldis Chapman got the last five outs.  The offense only managed five hits in this one and no one had more then a hit. 

Cortes took a no-hitter into the eighth inning.  He pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he walked four with 11 strikeouts.  Holmes won his fourth game of the season pitching to two batters and retiring them both and Chapman picked up his seventh save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Jon Gray started for the Rangers and left with an injury.  He pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up two hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Brock Burke pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with five strikeouts and Brett Martin pitched an inning with two hits and a run and he lost his third game of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and an RBI.  Josh Donaldson had a hit, Joey Gallo had a hit and drew a walk and Jose Trevino had a hit.  Rizzo hit a double and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Corey Seager drew a walk, Jonah Heim had a hit and drew a walk and Nick Solak drew a walk.  Eli White had a hit and drew a walk and the Rangers were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Miller had a stolen base and Solak had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the eighth Rizzo hit an RBI double giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will now start a two-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.  They will remain at Yankee Stadium. 

New YOrk Yankees outslug the Baltimore Orioles

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 12-8.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen wasn’t great.  Anthony Rizzo led the offense with three hits which were all homeruns and six RBI. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up three hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Severino won his second game of the season.  Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Lucas Luetge pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Jordan Lyles pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Lyles lost his second game of the season.  Bryan Baker pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts, Paul Fry pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and strikeout.  Alexander Wells pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits and an RBI and Rizzo had three hits and six RBI and drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and an RBI, Josh Donaldson had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit and three RBI.  Joey Gallo had a hit and an RBI, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit, Kyle Higashioka drew a walk and Donaldson hit a double.  Torres hit a triple and Rizzo hit three homeruns.  Gallo and Judge each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Cedric Mullins had a hit, Anthony Santander had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk and Trey Mancini had a hit and an RBI.  Roughned Odor had a hit, Hays had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk and Urias had a hit and an RBI.  Chirinos drew a walk, Jorge Mateo had a hit and Odor hit a double.  Santander and Hays each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 4-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Odor committed an error. 

In the third Rizzo hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Gallo hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the fifth Rizzo hit a two-run homerun extending the lead to 6-0.  In the sixth Santander hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 6-3.  In the seventh Urias hit an RBI single making it 6-4.  In the bottom of the seventh Stanton hit an RBI single and Torres hit a three-run triple making it a 10-4 game. In the eighth Mancini hit an RBI single and Hays hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 10-8.  Judge hit a solo homerun in the eighth making it 11-4 and Rizzo hit a homerun to make it 12-8 and that was the final. 

New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers

 The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon.  The game took place at 

Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 6-2.  Gerrit Cole made his final

spring tuneup before Opening Day on Thursday and he pitched well.  The bullpen also pitched well and 

Anthony Rizzo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Kyle Higashioka each had two hits to lead the offense.  

Cole pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out five.  Ron 

Marinaccio pitched a perfect inning, Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts

and Chad Green picked up the win pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  

Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out one and Albert

Abreu pitched 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts.  

Rizzo had two hits and two RBI, Carlos Narvaez had a hit and two RBI and Gleyber Torres drew a walk.  

Kiner-Falefa had two hits, Higashioka had two hits and two RBI and Ender Inciarte drew two walks.  

Eduardo Torrealba had a hit, Narvaez hit a double and Higashioka hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 

3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Torres was caught stealing and Green had

a pickoff.  

In the bottom of the third Javier Baez reached on a fielder's choice and a run scored giving the Tigers a 1-0

lead.  In the top of the fifth Higashioka hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the 

sixth Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the seventh 

Higashioka hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  Rizzo hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a

4-2 lead and Narvaez hit a two-run double pushing the lead to 6-2.  6-2 would be the final score.  

The Yankees will take on the Atlanta Braves at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida on 

Saturday.  

New York Yankees new first baseman making a big impact as they defeat the Marlins once again

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.  The game took place at Loan Depot Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 4-2.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he pitched well but didn’t pitch long and the bullpen was good.  Anthony Rizzo and Roughned Odor each had two hits to lead the offense. 

German pitched four innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Lucas Luetge pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and earned his fourth win of the season.  Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning, Chad Green pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and picked up his third save of the season. 

Trevor Rogers pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  David Hess pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts and he lost his first game of the season.  Anthony Bender pitched to one batter and struck him out, Zach Pop pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Steven Okert pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Anthony Bass pitched an inning with a walk. 

Joey Gallo drew a walk, Rizzo had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew two walks.  Odor had two hits and an RBI, Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI and Tyler Wade had a hit and drew a walk.  Stanton and Sanchez each hit a double and Rizzo hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Torres committed an error and Sanchez had a pickoff. 

Miguel Rojas had a hit, Brian Anderson had a hit and Jorge Alfaro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Bryan De La Cruz drew a walk, Lewis Brinson had a hit and it was a double.  Alfaro hit a triple and the Marlins were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Alfaro had a stolen base and Rojas had a stolen base.  De La Cruz was picked off. 

In the second Odor hit an RBI single and Sanchez hit an RBI double giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Alfaro hit an RBI triple to cut the lead to 2-1 and a wild pitch tied the game at two.  In the seventh Rizzo hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees back the lead at 4-2.  4-2 would be the final score of the game.  The Yankees will look for the three-game sweep on Sunday afternoon.   

New York Yankees defeat the Miami Marlins

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The game took place at Loan Depot Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 3-1.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he pitched very well, the bullpen did a good job also.  Anthony Rizzo had two hits to lead the offense in his first game as a Yankee. 

Taillon pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out five and won his seventh game of the season.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and earned his 21^st save of the season. 

Zach Thompson started for the Marlins and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with four walks and five strikeouts.  Thompson lost his fourth game of the season.  Ross Detwiler pitched to one batter and struck him out, Anthony Bender pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Richard Bleier pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a strikeout.  Zach Pop pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Austin Pruitt pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

DJ LeMahiue had a hit, Joey Gallo drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Rizzo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Gio Urshela had a hit and Roughned Odor had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Tyler Wade had a hit and drew a walk, Taillon drew a walk and Rizzo hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Wade was caught stealing and Odor committed an error. 

Magneuris Sierra had two hits and drew a walk, Miguel Rojas had a hit and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had two hits.  Jesus Aguilar had a hit, Brian Anderson had a hit and drew a walk and Brian Miller had a hit.  The Marlins were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the sixth Rizzo hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the eighth Odor hit a two-run single to push the Yankees lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the eighth Anderson hit into a double play and a run scored to cut the lead to 3-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night. 

New York Mets fall flat in matinee loss to the Chicago Cubs

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-1 Cubs.  Carlos Torres pitched well in a spot start, the bullpen wasn't so good.  The Mets offense again only had four hits. 

Torres pitched five innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Dana Eveland pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and he struck out one, Buddy Carlyle took the loss his first of the season.  Carlyle pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts, Vic Black pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Jennry Mejia pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs. 

Kyle Kendricks pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out three and earned his fifth win of the season.  Ramirez pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Hector Rondon earned his 18th save of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and striking out two. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Matt den Dekker had a hit and drew a walk, Murphy hit a double and Duda hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  den Dekker was caught stealing and d'Arnaud had a passed ball. 

Arismendy Alcantara drew a walk, Javier Baez had a hit and two RBI and Anthony Rizzo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had a hit and drew a walk, Luis Valbuena had three hits and an RBI and Justin Ruggiano had a hit.  Castillo drew a walk, Ryan Sweeney had a hit and Rizzo hit a double and a homerun.  Baez also hit a homerun and the Cubs were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Duda hit a solo homerun in the fourth to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Valbuena hit an RBI single in the sixth to tie the game at one.  Rizzo hit a solo homerun in the eighth to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead and in the ninth Baez hit a two run homerun to make it 4-1 and that would be the final score.  The Mets split the four game series and now head to Oakland to take on the A's on Tuesday night. 

The New York Mets comeback falls just short as they fall to the Chicago Cubs

The New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs by the score of 8-7 on Friday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Johan Santana started for the Mets and pitched very poorly. Travis Wood started for the Cubs and pitched ok. Justin Turner led the Mets with four hits, Reed Johnson and Anthony Rizzo led the Cubs with four hits each. 
Santana pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up 13 hits and seven runs with no walks and six strikeouts. Santana lost his fifth game of the season. Ramon Ramirez pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and Miguel Batista pitched two innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Wood won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked four and struck out three. Sean Camp pitched a perfect inning, Russell pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Marmol pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with three walks and a strikeout.

Ruben Tejada drew two walks, Ronny Cedeno had a hit and an RBI and Daniel Murphy drew a walk. David Wright had a hit and drew a walk, Ike Davis had a hit and two RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI. Turner had four hits and an RBI, Mike Nickeas had an RBI and drew a walk and Kirk Nieuwenhuis drew a walk. Jordany Valdespin had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Cedeno, Turner and Wright each had a double. Duda and Valdespin each hit a homerun. The Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base. Turner was caught stealing and Duda had an outfield assist.

Johnson had four hits and an RBI, Darwin Barney had a hit and Rizzo had four hits and three RBI. Alfonso Soriano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Jeff Baker had two hits and an RBI and Geovany Soto had two hits. Joe Mather had a hit and an RBI, Luis Valbuena had a hit and an RBI and Starlin Castro had a hit. Johnson and Baker each had a double and Johnson, Rizzo and Baker each hit a homerun. The Cubs were 5-16 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base.

Johnson hit a solo homerun in the first inning to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. Duda hit a solo homerun in the second inning to tie the game at one. Cedeno hit an RBI double in the third to make it 2-1 Mets. Mather hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to tie the game at two. In the fifth Rizzo hit a three run homerun to make it 5-2 Cubs. Baker hit a solo homerun and Valbuena hit an RBI single to make it 7-2 Cubs. Nickeas hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to make it a 7-3 game. Soriano hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 8-3 Cubs. Turner hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 8-4. In the ninth Valdespin hit a solo homerun and Davis hit a two run single to make it 8-7 but that would be the final score.

The Mets record fell to 45-39 and the Cubs record improved to 32-51. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.