The New York Yankees lose regular season finale but still secure home field for wild card game

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 9-4 Orioles.  Michael Pineda started and didn't pitch great, the bullpen used a lot of guys and wasn't good either.  Carlos Beltran led the offense with three hits and three other players had two hits each. 

Pineda pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  He lost his 10th game of the season.  Chris Capuano pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Bryan Mitchell pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and James Pazos pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Andrew Bailey pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk, Branden Pinder pitched an inning giving up a hit and Justin Wilson pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Andrew Miller pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a run and a walk and Caleb Cotham pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Chris Tillman pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Tillman won his 11th game of the season.  T.J. McFarland pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs, Brad Brach pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Darren O'Day pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Zach Britton pitched an inning striking out one. 

Alex Rodriguez drew two walks, Beltran had three hits and drew a walk and Brian McCann had a hit.  Greg Bird had two hits and an RBI, Chase Headley drew a walk and Dustin Ackley had two hits and two RBI.  Didi Gregorius had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Bird and Gregorius each hit a double and Ackley and Gregorius each hit a triple.  The Yankees were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Ellsbury had an outfield assist. 

Nick Reimold had a hit and drew two walks, Gerardo Parra had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Manny Machado drew a walk.  Chris Davis had three hits, four RBI and drew a walk, Matt Wieters had two hits and two RBI and Steve Pearce drew a walk.  Steve Clevenger had a hit, J.J. Hardy had two hits and an RBI and Ryan Flaherty had a hit.  Davis, Wieters, Flaherty and Hardy each hit a double.  Davis hit two homeruns and the Orioles were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Wieters hit a two run single to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.  In the second Ackley hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 2-1 Orioles.  In the fourth Hardy hit an RBI single to make it 3-1 and a Parra two run single made it 5-1.  In the fifth Davis hit a two run homerun to extend the lead to 7-1 Orioles.  Gregorius hit an RBI triple in the sixth to cut the lead to 6-2 and Bird hit an RBI single to make it 7-3.  Ackley hit into a force out to score a run and get the Yankees to 7-4 but that was as close as they would come.  In the eighth Davis hit another two run homerun to make it 9-4 Orioles and that was the final score.  The Orioles swept the three game series and the Yankees finished the regular season losing six out of seven games.  They will have off on Monday and play at home on Tuesday night in the AL wild card game against the Houston Astros.  It will be Masahiro Tanaka on the mound against Dallas Keuchel.  The winner of that game will move on to the ALDS against the Kansas City Royals starting on Thursday night in K.C.    

The New York Yankees lose a tight one to the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-1 Orioles.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched great.  Alex Rodriguez had two hits including a homerun which was their only offense. 

Tanaka pitched eight innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season. 

Kevin Gausman pitched five innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  T.J. McFarland pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out one, Darren O'Day pitched to two batters and retired them both and picked up his sixth win of the season, Zach Britton saved his 31st game of the season and pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Carlos Beltran had a hit and Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk.  Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI, Chris Young drew a walk and Brendan Ryan had a hit.  Rodriguez hti a homerun and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Gerardo Parra had a hit, Manny Machado had a hit and Chris Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Jimmy Paredes had two hits, Jonathan Schoop had a hit and Matt Wieters had two hits.  Ryan Flaherty had a hit and an RBI.  Wieters hit a double and Flaherty and Davis each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Paredes was caught stealing and Wieters committed an error. 

In the sixth Flaherty hit a homerun to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Rodriguez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the ninth Davis hit a solo homerun to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams have split the first two games of the series and will play the rubber game of the series on Wednesday night.   

New York Yankees drop game and series in Baltimore

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 7-5.  Nathan Eovaldi started and pitched ok, his command wasn't great.  The bullpen was terrible and Alex Rodriguez had two hits and Carlos Beltran had two RBI. 

Eovaldi pitched five innings giving up eight hits and two runs with three walks and nine strikeouts.  David Carpenter pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk, Justin Wilson didn't record an out and gave up two hits and two runs and Chris Martin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Branden Pinder pitched an inning giving up a hit and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two batters. 

Bud Norris pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Brad Brach pitched two innings giving up a walk and struck out two and also picked up his first win.  Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout and Zach Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Britton saved his third game of the season. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk and Beltran had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Brian McCann had an RBI and Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI.  Chris Young had a hit, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Ellsbury, Beltran, Teixeira and Young each hit a double.  Rodriguez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gregorius had a stolen base. 

Alejandro De Aza had two hits, Everth Cabrera had a hit and drew a walk and Adam Jones had a hit and drew a walk.  Travis Snider had a hit, Delmon Young had two hits and an RBI and Chris Davis had two hits and three RBI.  Manny Machado had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Caleb Joseph had three hits and an RBI and Jonathan Schoop had two hits an RBI and drew a walk.  Davis hit a double, De Aza hti a triple and Machado and Schoop hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

In the first Davis hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the third Beltran hit a two run double to make it 2-1 Yankees.  In the fourth Rodriguez hit a solo homerun to increase the Yankees lead to 3-1.  Machado hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Schoop hit a homerun to tie the game at three.  Young hit an RBI single, Davis hit a two run double and Joseph hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 7-3 lead.  In the eighth McCann hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 7-4 and a wild pitch made it 7-5 which was the final score. 

The Yankees lose two out of three and will have an off day on Thursday.  They will begin a three game series on Friday night in Tampa Bay.  They have a 3-6 record as they have lost two out of three in each series. 

The New York Yankees are blown out in Baltimore

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.  The final score was 11-3 Orioles.  Chris Capuano started for the Yankees and was ok, the bullpen was not good.  The offense had a 3-1 lead and then shut down.  They only had one hit after and none after the fifth inning. 

Capuano pitched six innings giving up four runs on six hits.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out seven and lost his third game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout, Chase Whitley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five hits and four runs with a walk and Rich Hill retired the only batter that he faced. 

Bud Norris won his 10th game of the season pitching five innings giving up five hits and three runs.  He walked one and struck out five.  Brad Brach pitched an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout, Darren O'Day pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two walks and a strikeout and Andrew Miller faced one batter and retired him.  Tommy Hunter pitched a perfect inning. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Derek Jeter had a hit and an RBI and Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk.  Carlos Beltran drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and drew two walks and Martin Prado had a hit.  Francisco Cervelli had a hit, Jeter hit a double and Gardner hit a triple.  The Yankees were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Beltran, Headley and Ellsbury each had a stolen base. 

Nick Markakis had two hits, Manny Machado had a hit but then left the game with an injury and Chris Davis had two hits and two RBI.  Adam Jones had three hits and two RBI, Nelson Cruz had two hits and three RBI and David Lough had a hit and an RBI.  Joseph had a hit, Ryan Flaherty drew a walk and Jonathan Schoop had two hits and three RBI.  Machado, Markakis and Joseph each hit a double.  Jones hit two doubles, Davis, Cruz and Schoop each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 5-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Machado, Norris and Schoop each committed an error. 

In the first Jeter hit an RBI groundout to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  The Orioles tied the game in the bottom of the first on a Cruz sacrifice fly.  The Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the second inning.  Beltran stole home, Headley stole second and scored on a throwing error.  In the third Jones hit an RBI single to make it a 3-2 game.  In the fifth Davis hit a two run homerun to give the Orioles a 4-3 lead.  The Orioles extended their lead to 7-3 in the seventh.  Jones hit an RBI single and Cruz a two run homerun.  In the eighth the Orioles scored four more runs to take an 11-3 lead and that would be the final score.  Schoop hit a three run homerun and Lough hit an RBI single.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.   

The New York Yankees are swept by the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday night. The final score was 4-2 and the game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched ok, the pen wasn’t bad. The Yankees offense didn’t do much. Robinson Cano had a couple of hits including a homerun.

Kuroda pitched six innings giving up four runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts. Kuroda lost his sixth game of the season, Boone Logan pitched an inning striking out one and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out a batter.

Brett Gardner had an RBI and drew a walk, Cano had two hits and an RBI and Travis Hafner had a hit. Zoilo Almonte had a hit, Lyle Overbay had a hit and Jayson Nix drew a walk. Chris Stewart had a hit, David Adams drew two walks. Overbay hit a double and Cano hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Chris Tillman won his 10th game of the season. He pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts. Darren O’Day pitched an inning giving up two walks, Troy Patton faced one batter and got him out and Tommy Hunter pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. Jim Johnson saved his 28th game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit, hitting a batter and striking out two.

Nate McClouth had a hit and an RBI, Manny Machado had three hits and an RBI and Chris Davis had a hit and an RBI. Matt Wieters had a hit, J.J. Hardy had a hit and Brian Roberts had a hit and an RBI. Machado and Hardy each hit a double and Machado, Davis and McClouth each hit a homerun. The Orioles were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. McClouth had an outfield assist.

Machado hit a solo

The New York Yankees fail to put a strangle hold on the series as the Baltimore Orioles take game two

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 3-2 on Monday night. The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and pitched well. The Yankees offense did not deliver and that is why they lost this game. As they have done so much in the regular season, they stranded a ton of runners and couldn’t get the big hit when they needed it. Chen started for the Orioles and pitched very well, their bullpen was outstanding in this game. Chris Davis led the Orioles offense. 
Pettitte pitched 7+innings giving up three runs on seven hits with a walk and five strikeouts. He suffered the loss and is now 19-11 career in the postseason. Dave Robertson pitched an inning striking out one. Chen won the first playoff game of his career pitching 6 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and two runs with only one of them being earned. He walked one and struck out three. Darren O’Day pitched to one batter and struck him out, Brian Matusz pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two and Jim Johnson bounced back from a tough night with a perfect inning. Johnson picked up the save and struck out one.

Derek Jeter had two hits and an RBI, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and made an incredible move to score in the first inning and Alex Rodriguez had a hit. Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI an drew a walk, Mark Teixeira had two hits and Russell Martin drew a walk. Curtis Granderson had a hit, Eduardo Nunez had a hit and Cano and Nunez each hit a double. The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Suzuki had a stolen base, Jeter and Teixeira each committed an error.

Nate McClouth had a hit, J.J. Hardy drew a walk and Chris Davis had two hits and two RBI. Adam Jones had a hit, Matt Wieters had a hit and Mark Reynolds had a hit and an RBI. Robert Andino had a hit and Wieters hit a double. The Orioles were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Reynolds and Hardy each committed an error.

In the first the Yankees came out strong again. Cano hit an RBI double to give them a 1-0 lead. It could of an should have been worse but Rodriguez hit into a line drive double play otherwise it could have been first and third no outs and one run already in. Davis hit a two run single in the third to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead. Reynolds hit an RBI single in the sixth to give the Orioles a 3-1 advantage. In the seventh Jeter hit an RBI single to make it 3-2. That would be the final score as the Yankees couldn’t do anymore off of the Baltimore bullpen.

The best of five series is now tied at one game a piece. The series now shifts to New York where they will play the next three games. If either team wins the next two in a row it will be over and a fifth game won’t be needed. The next game is Wednesday night at 7:37PM.