The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a high scoring game

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 10-6.  Zach Wheeler started and he didn’t pitch well.  Jose Reyes led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Wheeler pitched two innings giving up eight hits and seven runs.  He walked none and struck out two and lost his fifth game of the season.  Rafael Montero pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and five strikeouts, Josh Edgin pitched to one batter and retired him and Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs with three strikeouts.  Neil Ramirez pitched an inning giving up two hits and he walked one with two strikeouts. 

Clayton Kershaw won his tenth game of the season and pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Grant Dayton pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk and Chris Hatcher pitched two innings giving up two hits and two walks with three strikeouts. 

Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, Jay Bruce had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and drew two walks.  Reyes had two hits and three RBI, Gavin Cecchini had a hit and two RBI and Brandon Nimmo had a hit.  Matt Reynolds had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Reyes hit two homeruns.  Bruce and Cecchini hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Chase Utley had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Corey Seager had two hits and Justin Turner had four hits, four RBI and drew a walk.  Cody Bellinger had three hits and four RBI, Chris Taylor had two hits and an RBI and Joc Pederson had a hit and drew a walk.  Yasmani Grandal had a hit, Kershaw had a hit and Franklin Gutierrez had a hit.  Utley hit a double, Bellinger hit two homeruns and Turner and Taylor also hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Taylor had a stolen base. 

In the first Turner hit an RBI single to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.  Bellinger hit a three-run homerun to push the lead to 4-0.  In the second Turner hit a two-run homerun to make it 6-0.  Bellinger hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 7-0.  In the third Reyes hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 7-1.  In the fourth Bruce hit a solo homerun to make it 7-2 Dodgers.  In the fifth Cecchini hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 7-4.  In the sixth Turner hit an RBI single to make it 8-4.  In the seventh Reyes hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 8-6.  Taylor hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 9-6 and Utley hit an RBI single to push the lead to 10-6 and that would be the final score. 

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New York Yankees lose a tough one with a sloppy ninth

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-0.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and pitched well.  The Yankees bullpen pitched pretty well and the offense didn't do much. 

Pineda pitched four innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Tommy Layne pitched a perfect inning, Luis Severino pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tyler Clippard pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and two unearned runs and he struck out one.  Betances lost his fifth game of the season. 

Clayton Kershaw pitched five innings giving up a hit and he struck out five.  Grant Dayton pitched a perfect inning striking out the side, Pedro Baez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Luis Avilan pitched 1 1/3 innings with a walk and three strikeouts.  Avilan won his second game of the season and Kenley Jansen saved his 44th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out the side. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Starlin Castro had two hits and Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk.  The Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Sanchez, Castro and Betances each committed an error. 

Justin Turner had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Adrian Gonzalez drew a walk and Yasmani Grandal had a hit.  Josh Reddick had a hit, Grandal hit a double and Turner hit a double.  The Dodgers were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Seager had a stolen base and Turner committed an error. 

In the ninth Turner hit an RBI double to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead and Grandal reached on a fielders choice error to make it 2-0 which would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three in the series and three of their last four after winning seven in a row.  The Yankees will now head on the road to take on Boston for four games starting on Thursday night. 

The New York Mets are shutout by Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 5-0.  Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and he didn't pitch that well, Sean Gilmartin pitched well out of the bullpen.  Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and the rest of the team only managed one hit. 

Colon pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs with no walks and three strikeouts.  Gilmartin pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Colon took his second loss of the season. 

Clayton Kershaw started for the Dodgers and pitched a complete game shutout.  He gave up three hits and one walk with 13 strikeouts.  Kershaw earned his fifth win of the season. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, Cabrera had two hits and David Wright drew a walk.  Granderson hit a double and the Mets were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Chase Utley had three hits and an RBI, Cory Seager had a hit and Justin Turner had two hits and an RBI.  Adrian Gonzalez had a hit, Yasmani Grandal had a hit and three RBI and Grandal and Utley each hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 2-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the first Turner hit an RBI single and Grandal hit a three run homerun giving the Dodgers a 4-0 lead.  In the second Utley hit a solo homerun making it 5-0 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams split the four game series and the Mets will head to Colorado to start a three game series on Friday night. 

The New York Mets lose game four and the series is even headed for a game five in Los Angeles

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-1 Mets.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and pitched ok, the bullpen was good and the offense only managed three hits. 

Matz pitched five innings giving up three runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts.  Matz took the loss, Bartolo Colon pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning. 

Clayton Kershaw pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Kershaw got the win as he got the monkey off of his back for now.  Chris Hatcher pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout and Kenley Jansen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two and earned his second save of the postseason. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, David Wright drew two walks and Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI.  Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and Murphy hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Granderson had a stolen base. 

Enrique Hernandez had two hits, Howie Kendrick had a hit and Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and an RBI.  Justin Turner had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Cory Seager drew a walk and A.J. Ellis had a hit.  Kershaw had a hit, Turner hit a double and the Dodgers were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the third Gonzalez hit an RBI single giving the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.  In the third Turner hit a two run double to give the Dodgers a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Murphy hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will head back to L.A. for game five winner take all on Thursday night.  The winner will advance to the NLCS to take on the Chicago Cubs.   

The New York Mets take game one of NLDS

The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 3-1 Mets.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched great and the bullpen did their job.  Curtis Granderson led the offense with two of the teams five hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up five hits and no runs with a walk and 13 strikeouts.  deGrom earned the win for the game.  Tyler Clippard pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Jeurys Familia pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings. 

Clayton Kershaw pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with four walks and 11 strikeouts.  Kershaw suffered the loss despite pitching pretty well.  Pedro Baez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Joel Peralta pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Chris Hatcher pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Granderson had two hits and drew a walk, David Wright had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI.  Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk, Ruben Tejada drew a walk and Murphy hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Howie Kendrick had two hits, Cory Seager had a hit and Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and an RBI.  Justin Turner had two hits, A.J. Ellis had a hit and Joc Pederson drew a walk.  Turner, Seager and Kendrick each hit a double.  The Dodgers were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the fourth Murphy hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Wright hit a two run single to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.  In the eighth Gonzalez hit an RBI single to make it 3-1 but that would be the final score.  The Mets take a 1-0 series lead in the best of five NLDS.   

The New York Mets are shutout by Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-0 Dodgers.  Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and pitched well and the offense managed just three hits. 

Colon pitched eight innings giving up five hits and a run with no walks and four strikeouts.  Colon lost his ninth game of the season.  Sean Gilmartin pitched giving up three hits and two runs without recording an out and Carlos Torres pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game giving up three hits and no runs with no walks and 11 strikeouts. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit.  The Mets were 0-2 with runners in scoring positiona nd left two men on base.  Duda was caught stealing.

Joc Pederson had a hit, Justin Turner had a hit and Adrian Gonzalez had three hits.  Alberto Callaspo had an RBI and drew a walk, Yasmani Grandal had a hit and Yasiel Puig had an RBI.  Jimmy Rollins had a hit and an RBI, Kershaw had a hit and Rollins hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Kershaw had a pickoff. 

In the third Rollins hit a solo homerun giving the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.  In the ninth Callaspo had an RBI walk and Puig hit a sac fly to make it 3-0 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night. 

The New York Mets squeak by the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 2-1.  Noah Syndergaard pitched six innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts.  Hansel Robles pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout to earn his 22nd save of the season. 

Clayton Kershaw pitched seve innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts.   Pedro Baez pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Kenley Jansen lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with no walks and two strikeouts. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, John Mayberry Jr. had a hit and drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Wilmer Flores had three hits and an RBI, Kevin Plawecki had an RBI and Ruben Tejada had two hits.  Mayberry Jr. and Duda each hit a double and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Justin Turner had a hit and drew a walk, Adrian Gonzalez had a hit adn an RBI and Andre Ethier had a hit.  Yasmani Grandal drew a walk, Turner hti a double and Gonzalez hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Kendrick had a stolen base. 

In the second Gonzalez hit a solo homerun giving the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Flores hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the ninth Plawecki hti a sac fly to win the game 2-1. 

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to advance to NLCS

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to advance to their fourth straight NLCS.  It is the first time a team has appeared in four straight LCS since the 1998-2001 New York Yankees.  The St. Louis Cardinals don't seem to have the best team but they are always there.  The Cardinals have a great business model though.  They have a lot of young guys that are inexpensive that they work in mainly through their own system.  The Cardinals of course sign some free agents like Matt Holliday but he even comparably isn't that bad of a contract. 

The Cardinals won this series though mainly for one reason.  I give them credit and lots of it for never panicking, for coming back in the late innings.  Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers though blew two games.  He is the best pitcher in baseball, he had an incredible year but he had a 6-1 lead in game one of the series and blew that in a horrendous seventh inning and then in game four he had a 2-0 lead and was cruising along and blew that in the seventh inning.  The worst part is that he gave up the game winning three run homer to Matt Adams.  He hasn't given up a homerun to a left handed batter in two years and never off of his curveball.  Adams also wasn't hitting that great this season but he had his big moment in game four. 

The Dodgers also had no one to trust out of the bullpen other than their closer.  Jansen though the closer only got into one game.  It was a contrast of styles as the Dodgers are a free spending big time organization and then there are the Cardinals who don't spend that much money but keep on turning up in the NLCS.  It is amazing that the biggest spenders this year didn't make it out of the first round if they made it to the postseason at all.  The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox both missed the playoffs.  The Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Dodgers were all bounced in the first round.  What does this teach us?  The Cardinals are a team to be modeled after and the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles who will meet in the ALCS are more teams like the Cardinals then the biggest spending teams.  It will be interesting going forward if more and more teams act like the Cardinals.  It will be really interesting to see if the big spenders act more like them or if they keep doing what they know which is to spend more money and hope for a different outcome next season.  The Cardinals will meet up with the San Francisco Giants who have won the World Series twice in the last four years.  This would be their third time in five years if they end up winning it all this year. 

The New York Yankees shutout the Los Angeles Dodgers to earn split in series

The New York Yankees shutout the Los Angeles Dodgers to earn split in series


The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. The final score was 3-0 and the game was played at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and was great as he usually is. The Yankees offense didn’t do much against Clayton Kershaw but Lyle Overbay got the big hit which turned out to be the game winner.

Kuroda pitched seven shutout innings giving up five hits and a walk. He struck out eight batters. Boone Logan pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect inning to earn the save.

Derek Jeter drew a walk, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and Vernon Wells had a hit. Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk, Brent Lillibridge had a hit and Overbay had a hit and an RBI. Chris Stewart had a hit, Melky Mesa had a pinch-hit and the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Soriano was caught stealing and Wells had an outfield assist.

Clayton Kershaw pitched eight innings giving up no runs and five hits. He walked none and struck out five. Ronald Belisario pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two runs and one of them earned with two walks, Paco Rodriguez gave up a hit and an unearned run and Brandon League pitched to one batter and retired him.

Yasuil Puig drew a walk, Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and Andre Ethier had two hits. A.J. Ellis had two hits, Skip Schumaker drew a walk and Juan Uribe had a hit. The Dodgers were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Ellis committed an error and Kershaw had a pickoff.

In the ninth Overbay had an RBI single and Nix reached on a fielding error, which allowed two runs to score.

The Yankees ended up splitting the brief two game series in Los Angeles. The Yankees record improved to 56-51 and the Dodgers record fell to 57-49. The Yankees will have the day off on Thursday and then play a three game series in San Diego over the weekend.