The New York Mets sweep the Philadelphia Phillies with a 4-3 victory

The New York Mets sweep the Philadelphia Phillies with 4-3 victory


The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Citizens Bank Park. Carlos Torres started and pitched well and the bullpen was pretty good. Eric Young Jr. Anthony Recker and Tovar each had two hits.

Torres pitched six innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out six. Torres won his fourth game of the season. Scott Atchison pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Vic Black pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two. Hawkins saved his 12th game of the season.

Eric Young Jr. had two hits, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Daniel Murphy had a hit. Andrew Brown had an RBI, Lucas Duda drew a walk and Juan Lagares had three hits and an RBI. Anthony Recker had two hits, Wilfredo Tovar had two hits and an RBI and Flores, Young, Recker and Lagares each hit a double. The Mets were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Tovar had a stolen base.

Cliff Lee pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and three runs with two earned. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight. B.J. Rosenberg pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Jonathan Papelbon pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Jimmy Rollins had a hit and drew a walk and Chase Utley had two hits. Carlos Ruiz had a hit, Dominic Brown had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Darin Ruf had an RBI and drew a walk. Kevin Frandsen had two hits and an RBI, Lee had a hit and Frandsen and Rollins each hit a double. The Phillies were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Brown committed an error.

Frandsen hit an RBI double in the second giving the Phillies a 1-0 lead. Brown hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at one in the fourth. Brown hit an RBI single in the sixth giving the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Tovar hit a two run single in the seventh giving the Mets a 3-2 lead. Lagares hit an RBI double in the eighth to make it 4-2 Mets. Ruf popped out and a run scored on the tag up in the eighth. The final score was 4-3 Mets and they swept the three game series. The Mets record improved to 71-84 and the Phillies fell to 71-84. The Mets will head to Cincinnatti to begin a three game series on Monday night.

New York Yankees notes as they are hammered at home by the Seattle Mariners

David Adams made his major league debut today on his 26^th birthday. He was released in spring training and then resigned with the Yankees thinking he still had a shot at the major leagues. It turned out to be a good decision as he is now on the team, starting at third base in his first game and going to also see time at second and first base. 
The Cliff Lee trade that fell through with the Yankees and Mariners, he was a central piece in that trade. He has had a long crazy road to get here. He lost 2010-11 to injuries and was hurt again last year playing in only 86 games, he had a back issue in spring training. He said he considered leaving, the Yankees said we like you but this is a business move, he said he thought about leaving but thought this was still the best chance at getting to the big leagues. It turns out he was right and it was a smart move by him.

Joe Girardi said he is going to play a lot and likes that he can do different things with him. Chris Nelson was designated for assignment to make room for Adams on the 25 man roster. Travis Hafner is still day-to-day, nothing has changed with that.

Mark Teixeira still thinks he can be back with the team by the end of this month. He is still just taking swings on the field though. He needs to take live BP, do some sim games and then get into rehab games before coming back. The end of this month seems to be a long shot but we will see in the next week if he is right. If he starts progressing we should have a better idea of when he may comeback.

Kevin Youkilis still isn’t doing much, it seems he may be out for a little while also. The Yankees do have Granderson back and it looks like Hafner will be ok. If Youkilis comes back and Adams is there they have much better depth then they had for the first month or so. It is amazing the Yankees have been able to get to first place and now with guys coming back that can only help them.

New York Yankees win fourth straight defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2

The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 6-2 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. Derek Jeter made his first start at shortstop, he didn’t have any hits and handled one ball that was hit his way. Andy Pettitte made his first start of the spring and pitched ok and Mariano Rivera had a good appearance. 
Pettitte pitched three innings giving up one run on three hits. He walked three and struck out three and he picked up the win. Cody Eppley pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Rivera pitched a 1-2-3 inning and David Aardsma pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. Jim Miller pitched two innings giving up a hit and walking two with two strikeouts.

Jeter did draw a walk, Ichiro Suzuki had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Kevin Youkilis had a hit. Juan Rivera had two hits and an RBI, Ben Francisco in his Yankees debut had a hit and two RBI and Matt Diaz had a hit. Melky Mesa had a hit and an RBI, Gil Velazquez had a hit and drew a walk and Youkilis and Francisco each hit a double. The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Velazquez and Suzuki each had a stolen base.

Cliff Lee took the loss for the Phillies pitching 2 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with only two of them being earned. He walked two and struck out two. Zach Miner pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts, Michael Stutes pitched two innings giving up a hit and walking one with two strikeouts and Justin De Fratus pitched a perfect inning. Chad Durbin pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.

Chase Utley drew a walk, Cesar Hernandez had a hit and John Mayberry had two hits. Domonic Brown had a hit and an RBI, Jermaine Mitchell drew a walk and Darin Ruf had a hit and an RBI. Josh Fields had a hit and drew a walk. Hernandez hit a double and Ruf hit a homerun. The Phillies were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Revera and Mitchell each had a stolen base. Fields, Quintero, Lee, Utley and Stutes each committed an error.

Francisco hit a two run double in the first giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the second Suzuki had an RBI single making it a 3-0 game. Brown hit an RBI single for the Phillies to make it 3-1 Yankees. Mesa had an RBI single in the third and Diaz scored on an error to make it 5-1 Yankees. In the fourth Rivera hit an RBI single making it 6-1 Yankees and then the final run was scored in the sixth. The Phillies cut the lead to 6-2 and that was as close as they would come. Ruf hit a solo homerun.

The Yankees record improved to 7-11 and the Phillies record dropped to 7-10. The Yankees will play at Dunedin, Florida on Thursday afternoon against the Toronto Blue Jays and the Phillies would host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon.

The New York Mets fail to get Dickey to his 19th win in loss to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 3-1 on Monday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and pitched pretty well. The bullpen was good and Daniel Murphy produced the Mets offense. Cliff Lee started for the Phillies and was really good and Jonathan Papelbon closed it out. The Phillies offense was led by Chase Utley and Dominick Brown. 
Dickey lost his sixth game of the season pitching seven innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked two and struck out eight. Robert Carson pitched pitched an inning giving up a hit, Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Ramon Ramirez retired the only batter that he faced. Lee won his sixth game of the season pitching eight innings. He gave up seven hits and a run with a walk and ten strikeouts. Papelbon saved his 35^th game of the season pitching a perfect inning and striking out one.

Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew a walk, Murphy had a hit and an RBI and David Wright had a hit. Lucas Duda had a hit, Andres Torres had a hit and Mike Nickeas had a hit. Kelly Shoppach had a hit, Duda hit a double and the Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base. Dickey committed an error and Nickeas had a passed ball.

Jimmy Rollins had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Utley had two hits and an RBI and Carlos Ruiz had a hit. Domonic Brown had two hits and an RBI, Frandsen drew a walk and Brown hit a triple and hit a homerun. Rollins hit a homerun. The Phillies were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

Utley hit a sacrifice fly in the first to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead. In the fifth the Phillies took a 2-0 lead on a Rollins solo homerun. The play was reviewed and overturned after it was initially ruled not a homerun. The Mets came back with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Murphy hit an RBI single, Brown hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 3-1 and that was the final score.

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night weather permitting. The Mets record fell to 66-81 and the Phillies record improved to 74-74. The Phillies remain in the hunt for the second wild card while the Mets are playing out the string.

The Mets lose big to the Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 9-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,New York. Chris Young started for the Mets and pitched pretty well. The Mets bullpen didn’t pitch well at all. Cliff Lee started for the Phillies and pitched great winning his first game of the season. Ruben Tejada led the Mets offense and the Phillies had three players with two hits. 
Young pitched seven innings giving up five hits and three runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three and he lost his second game of the season. Miguel Batista gave up a hit and a run without recording and out, Tim Byrdak pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and Jeremy Hefner pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs. Lee won his first game of the season against five losses. He pitched eight innings giving up seven hits and two runs with a walk and nine strikeouts. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect inning.

Tejada had two hits, Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright had a hit and an RBI. Scott Hairston had a hit and an RBI, Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk and Ike Davis had a hit. Tejada had a double and Hairston had a homerun. The Mets were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Jimmy Rollins had a hit and two RBI, Juan Pierre had two hits and Ty Wigginton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Chase Utley had a hit and two RBI, Carlos Ruiz had two hits and two RBI and Hunter Pence had two hits and an RBI. Placido Polanco had a hit, John Mayberry had a hit and Jason Pridie had a hit. Rollins had a double, Utley, Ruiz and Wigginton each hit a homerun. The Phillies were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and they left three men on base. Pierre had a stolen base.

In the fourth inning Hairston hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Wright hit an RBI single to make it 2-0 Mets. In the seventh Utley hit a two run homerun to tie the game at two and Ruiz hit a solo homerun which was back-to-back for the Phillies. In the eighth Rollins hit an RBI double to make it 4-2 Phillies. Ruiz hit an RBI single and Pence hit an RBI single to make it 6-2. In the ninth Rollins grounded out to score a run and Wigginton hit a two run homerun to make it 9-2 Phillies and that would be the final score.

The Mets record dropped to 44-38 and the Phillies record improved to 37-46. The Mets and Phillies have split the first two games of the series and will play the rubber game on Thursday night.

Mets end two game losing streak with a win in Philadelphia

The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 5-2 tonight. R.A. Dickey started and pitched very well. Jason Bay hit a homerun for the Mets. They had six hits and not one player had more then one hit. Bobby Parnell and Frank Francisco each pitched a scoreless inning. 
Dickey won his second game pitching seven innings and giving up nine hits and one run. He walked one and struck out seven. Parnell gave up a hit in one inning and struck out one and Francisco gave up a hit and a unearned run. He struck out the sides. Cliff Lee started for the Phillies and took the loss. He pitched seven innings giving up five hits and four runs with no walks and seven strikeouts. The bullpen pitched two innings giving up a hit and an unearned run. They walked three and didn’t strike out a batter.

Ruben Tejada had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit, RBI and a walk and Ike Davis drew a walk. Bay had a hit and two RBI, Lucas Duda had an RBI and Scott Hairston had a hit and an RBI. Ronny Cedeno drew a walk, Josh Thole had a hit and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit. Tejada and Murphy each had a double, Bay and Hairston each had a homerun. The Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Murphy had an error and Thole a passed ball. Bay had an outfield assist.

Shane Victorino had a hit for the Phillies, Jimmy Rollins had three hits and Jim Thome had a hit and drew a walk. John Mayberry Jr. had a hit, Carlos Ruiz had a hit and Freddy Galvis had two hits and an RBI. Lee had two hits. Rollins and Ruiz each had a double and Galvis had a homerun. The Phillies were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Rollins committed an error.

In the first inning Murphy hit an RBI double and Bay hit a two run homerun to make it 3-0 Mets. In the third inning Galvis hit a solo homerun to make it a 3-1 game. In the fifth Hairston hit a solo homerun to make it 4-1 Mets. In the ninth Duda hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-1 and in the bottom of the ninth Juan Pierre reached on a fielding error to let a run score.

The Mets ended their two game losing streak and are now 5-2 on the season. The Phillies are 3-4 on the young season. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon at 4:05PM. The Mets are off to a great start, probably better then they could of hoped for. They are getting the pitching. If you have good pitching you will always have a chance to win.

Hot Stove Burns up

Today started out as a routine Monday and then this afternoon the Hot Stove really started burning up. Monday's are usually a big football day with all of the analysis of the Sunday games and looking ahead to the Monday night game but baseball took center stage on this Monday. The Boston Red Sox were especially busy signing pitcher John Lackey to a 5 yr 85 million dollar deal and now pending a physical signing Mike Cameron for 2 yrs and 15.5 million. Hideki Matsui became the first World Series MVP to leave since John Wetteland in 1996. Matsui signed a 1 yr 6 million dollar deal with the Anaheim Angels. The biggest news of the day was that Roy Halladay was traded from the Blue Jays to the Phillies and the Phillies traded Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners and the Blue Jays are getting back prospects which we don't know yet because Halladay is still working out the extension and the deal won't be official to maybe tomorrow. I think the Seattle Mariners have had a good offseason and may have surpassed the Angels by getting Chone Figgons and now Cliff Lee. The New York Mets and their fans have had a very bad day. The Mets biggest need was pitching and now they don't have anywhere to turn as their are no other big pitchers left. They may land Jason Bay now that everyone else is out on that but that isn't going to solve the problem of having Johan Santana and then a bunch of questions. Roy Halladay going to the hated Phillies is just a stab in the heart but the truth is they aren't that much better since they did trade Cliff Lee away. The Yankees side of things isn't really all that bad, they don't have to face Halladay anymore who owned them and John Lackey doesn't have very good numbers against the Yankees and he has really bad career numbers in Fenway. John Lackey is also a injury risk as he has been injury prone over the last couple of years. I don't think it was terrible for the Red Sox because you can never have enough pitching and he is a gritty guy who usually pitches well in big games. I do find their offense curious though with Bay gone and being replaced by Cameron and maybe Hermidia in a platoon. It doesn't look like the Lowell trade will go through now since he has a thumb injury and may need surgery. I wonder if the Red Sox may try and trade for Adrian Gonzalez and move Youkilis to third base?? If they did this I think they would be pretty even with the Yankees but right now as a Yankee fan I don't think you have to be that worried because I don't think their offense is so great. I wonder what tomorrow will bring with the Hot Stove after this busy day.

Yanks take Game 2

The Yankees lost last night by being dazzled by Cliff Lee. They answered back winning 3-1. A.J. Burnett pitched 7 strong innings giving up a run on 4 hits with 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. The only run scored also was a groundball that should of been handled by A-rod. Pedro Martinez was impressive himself but the Yankees remain his daddy's. He pitched 6 innings giving up 6 hits with 3 runs, 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. A.J. Burnett was the story of the game though as when the Yankees needed him most he really came up big. A.J. Burnett pitched his finest game of the postseason and biggest game of his career. Mariano compledted his second 2 inning save in a row. The Yankees were up 2-1 in the bottom of the 7th when they had first and second one out. Johnny Damon hit a ball that shorthopped Ryan Howard that the umpires called a double play because he caught it in the air but it bounced and that really could of changed the game. The umpires in this postseason have been so bad and something has to be done about this. The umpires in this World Series are supposed to be the best and most experienced and they still make a call like that. The Yankees got solo homeruns from Hideki Matsui and Mark Teixeira and a pinch hit rbi single from Jorge Posada. The Yankees would really like A-rod to get going in Philly as he is 0-7 in the World Series so far. I think the next game could be a big one for him as he will face Cole Hamels in a hitters ballpark. This should be a interesting game as I think the Yankees have the advantage but the hitters haven't really gotten going in this series and your just waiting for them to explode on both sides. I think the offense's may really get going in Citizens Bank Park, of course CC and Cliff Lee could be pitching Game 4 but we will see. I think the next game is a huge game as it will be a swing game. Andy Pettitte has come up huge in these kind of spots throughout his career and the Yankees will be leaning on him once more to come up BIG. The teams will have tomorrow off as they travel by train to Philly at least the Phillies are. I could see this series being decided by the bullpens and other then MO both teams have shaky bullpens and I must say Brad Lidge has been good also in the postseason.

Phillies at Yankees-World Series Game 2(Who's Your Daddy)

The New York Yankees will be looking to bounce back from a Game 1 loss last night. They were beaten 6-1 by Cliff Lee and the Phillies. Cliff Lee was just amazing twirling a complete game 6 hitter with 2 of those hits being in the 9th inning and he allowed one unearned run. The Yankees will be facing a old friend in Pedro Martinez. A.J. Burnett for the first time this postseason will be pitching with pressure as the Yankees are down in the series for the first time. The Yankees are now 24-16 all-time in World Series openers but in 8 of the previous 15 losses the Yankees have bounced back to win the series. Here are the pregame notes and lineups via the Journal News Lohud Yankees Blog and the Yankees media notes. A-rod went 0-4 with 3 strikeouts last night snapping a 9 game postseason hitting streak from this season and a 11 game run that dated back to 2007. The last time A-rod had struck out more then once in a game was Sept. 22nd against the Angels. A.J. Burnett when he has trouble it is in the beginning of the game. The first 15 pitches of games in the regular season opposing hitters had a 797 OPS against him which is the highest OPS of any 15 pitch increment up to 75 pitches. He also gave up 8 homeruns during that first increment. A.J. Burnett has a lot of pressure on him now and lets see how he responds, in his first two starts he was following a CC win. He has seemed to step up to big challenges but this is the biggest game of his career. He faced the Phillies on May 22nd and gave up one run in the first and two in the second. The Yankees scored an unearned run in the ninth inning last night which snapped a 17 inning scoreless streak for them in the World Series. That was the third longest streak in franchise history. The longest was 21 innings in 1921-22 followed by an 18 inning streak from Games 1-3 of the 2001 World Series. Cliff Lee's 10 strikeouts in Game 1 were the most by a pitcher in the World Series since Josh Beckett also had 10 in Game 3 of the 2003 World Series. Beckett of course who was with the Marlins at the time came back on 3 days rest and finished the Yankees in Game 6. Derek Jeter was the only Yankee that had success off of Lee last night getting 3 hits. He now has 42 hits in the World Series tying him with Elston Howard, Babe Ruth and Eddie Collins for 10th on the all-time list. It was Jeter's 4th career 3 hit game in the World Series and 3rd in his last 5 World Series games. The Yankees vs Pedro has been dramatic over the years but mostly its been even. Pedro is 11-11 with a 3.20 era lifetime in the regular season against the Yankees and was 8-5 with a 3.21 era in 18 career starts at the Old Stadium. He was 0-1 with a 5.40 era in 2 ALCS starts. He also had one of his best days at the Old Stadium when he allowed one hit and struck out 17 on Sept. 10, 1999. That was a long time ago and it isn't the same Pedro but he will be sure to provide plenty of drama with his presence. Who's Your Daddy will be ringing throughout the stadium tonight. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Cano(2B) Hairston(RF) Cabrera(CF) Molina(C)

Yankees News

The Yankees aquired Jason Hirsch from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later. I know people may freak out and say this is the move they make, this is just a AAA filler move as there bullpen has been getting worn out. I still think they may get Jarrod Washburn although the Mariners look like they may not sell now and apparantly the Yankees are talking to the Pirates about Zach Duke also. Cliff Lee got traded today to the Phillies along with Ben Francisco for 4 prospects none of them being Kyle Drabeck. They gave up Lou Marson, Carlos Carassco, Jason Knapp and Jason Donald. This move clearly makes Philly the favorites in the National League. My question is this how does this affect Roy Halladay, it looks like the Red Sox have been more aggressive lately and then we know the Yankees will get involved to try and block them, I personally think now that he will stay put but the Yankees and Red Sox really have to think about this because if one of them got him they would be the favorites in the AL. I don't think the Jays want to deal him to the competition and deal with the backlash from the fans who already aren't big fans of GM J.P. Ricciardi. I am sure this will be interesting to watch, but other then a starting pitcher for the Yankees the Sox and Yanks really don't need to do much as they are great teams.

Notes from around MLB

Congratulations to Mark Buehrle of the White Sox who tossed a perfect game today against the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay is in on Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay, they are trying to make a big splash so watch out for them Yankees and Red Sox. How don't the Mets just fire Tony Bernezard, what evidence do they need, he obviously is a hot head and his main job is the minor league system which just stinks. If anyone did their normal job like he does his they would of been fired long ago, well I guess welcome to the Mets world, they are pretty incompetent all around. I am betting the Yankees make a trade for a Jarrod Washburn type to add depth to their rotation, Joe Girardi said today that Joba's innings limit is a concern.