The New York Mets drop one to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Jake deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well although he was wild.  Bobby Abreu, Lucas Duda and deGrom each had two hits. 

deGrom pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked five and struck out four, Jeurys Familia pitched to one batter and struck him out, Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Jose Valverde blew his second save and lost his first game of the season.  Valverde pitched 2/3 of an inning and gave up four hits and four runs with a walk.  Valverde was released after the game, Carlos Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout. 

Brandon Cumpton pitched six innings giving up seven hits and two runs with one being earned.  He walked one and struck out one.  Jared Hughes pitched a perfect inning, Tony Watson won his fifth game of the season pitching an inning with a walk and Mark Melancon pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Melancon picked up his 10th save of the season. 

Juan Lagares had a hit and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Curtis Granderson drew a walk.  Abreu had two hits, Duda had two hits and an RBI and deGrom had two hits.  Abreu hit a double and Duda hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Granderson committed an error. 

Neil Walker had two hits and drew a walk, Andrew McCutchen had two hits and drew two walks and Ike Davis drew a walk.  Gaby Sanchez had two hits and two RBI, Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI and Pedro Alvarez had two hits and drew a walk.  Starling Marte had a hit and drew a walk, Jose Tabata had a hit and an RBI and Watson had a hit.  Travis Snider drew a walk, Alvarez, Martin and Marte each hit a double.  Sanchez hit a homerun and the Pirates were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Tabata had a stolen base and Alvarez, Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison each committed an error. 

Murphy hit a two run single in the fifth to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the eighth Sanchez hit a solo homerun and Tabata hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In the ninth Sanchez hit a two run single and Martin hit an RBI double to give the Pirates a 5-2 lead.  Duda hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the ninth to cut the lead to 5-3 but that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

The New York Yankees lose a crazy game in 12 innings and lose their captain

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 6-4 in 12 innings. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and pitched well and their bullpen was up and down. Raul Ibanez did it again with a game tying homerun in the ninth and Ichiro Suzuki had a great game. The Yankees lose their captain though in the 12^th with an injury and we are awaiting word on how severe it is. Doug Fister started for the Tigers and pitched well although he was very lucky in the first couple of innings. The Tigers bullpen was good other then their closer Jose Valverde who got lit up in the ninth. Delmon Young led the Tigers offense. 
Pettitte pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts. Derek Lowe pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Cody Eppley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a strikeout. Clay Rapada struck out the only guy that he faced, Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect inning and David Robertson gave up a hit and struck out one in one inning. David Phelps lost the game pitching an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. Fister pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and no runs with four walks and five strikeouts. Phil Coke pitched a perfect inning, Joaquin Benoit pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Valverde pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts. Octavio Dotel pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one, Drew Smyly won the game pitching two innings giving up a hit and striking out two.

Derek Jeter had a hit and drew a walk, Suzuki had four hits and two RBI and Mark Teixeira had a hit and drew two walks. Ibanez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Nick Swisher had a hit and drew a walk and Curtis Granderson drew a walk. Russell Martin had two hits, Ibanez and Swisher each hit a double. Suzuki and Ibanez each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base. Gardner had two stolen bases

Austin Jackson had two hits, Omar Infante drew a walk and Miguel Cabrera had a hit and drew two walks. Prince Fielder had two hits and an RBI, Young had three hits and three RBI and Jhonny Peralta had three hits and drew a walk. Andy Dirks had a hit and an RBI, Avisail Garcia had a hit and an RBI and Gerald Laird had a hit. Alex Avila had a hit, Peralta, Jackson and Young each hit a double. Jackson hit a triple and Young hit a homerun. The Tigers were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base. Infante committed an error.

In the sixth the Tigers took a 2-0 lead. Fielder hit an RBI single and Young hit an RBI single. In the eighth Young hit a solo homerun and Garcia hit an RBI single to make it 4-0. In the ninth the Yankees hit two two run homeruns. Suzuki and Ibanez were the two guys who hit the homeruns to tie the game at four. In the 12^th the Tigers scored two to take a 6-4 lead and that was the final score.

The Tigers take a 1-0 lead in the best of seven series. This game was full of emotion and really took a drastic turn as the Tigers were able to win after a tough blown chance in the ninth and then the Yankees lost Jeter for the rest of the season. The two teams will play game two on Sunday afternoon at 4:00PM.

The Yankees rally but fall just short in Detroit

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night by the score of 6-5. The game took place at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. Phil Hughes started and wasn’t at his best, he struggled after starting out well. Rick Porcello started for the Tigers and was pretty good. The Yankees offense was led by Eric Chavez and Ichiro Suzuki. Miguel Cabrera led the Tigers offense.  Hughes pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four runs on eight hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three and lost his ninth game of the season. Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one, Cody Eppley pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Clay Rapada faced two batters and retired them both. Joba Chamberlain pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, a run, a walk and he struck out one. Porcello won his ninth game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs. He struck out three and didn’t walk a batter, Brayan Villarreal pitched to one batter and retired him, Octavio Dotel pitched one perfect inning and Jose Valverde saved his 22^nd game of the season. Valverde pitched one inning throwing a ton of pitches and making it very interesting. He gave up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Mark Teixeira had two hits and Chavez had two hits and two RBI. Nick Swisher had three hits, Raul Ibanez drew a walk and Suzuki had two hits and two RBI. Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI, Swisher hit two doubles, Suzuki and Martin each hit a double. Chavez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Swisher had an outfield assist.
Austin Jackson had a hit, Omar Infante had a hit and Cabrera had two hits and three RBI. Brennan Boesch had two hits, Delmon Young had a hit and Jhonny Peralta had a hit and an RBI. Alex Avila had two hits and drew a walk and Andy Dirks had three hits and two RBI. Peralta, Cabrera and Dirks each hit a double and Cabrera hit a homerun. The Tigers were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.
In the fourth Chavez hit a two run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. That lead would be short lived as the Tigers would come back in the bottom of the fourth. Cabrera hit a solo homerun and Peralta hit an RBI double to tie the game at two. In the fifth Cabrera hit a two run double to make it 4-2 Tigers. Dirks hit an RBI double in the sixth to make it a 5-2 lead for the Tigers. In the seventh Suzuki hit an RBI double to make it a 5-3 game. The Tigers would score their final run in the eighth on an RBI single by Dirks. The Yankees would rally in the ninth but strand runners at second and third. They got an RBI single from Suzuki and an RBI double from Martin to make it a 6-5 game but Curtis Granderson popped up to end the game.
The Yankees have their trouble in Detroit and they have been on a bad streak for about three weeks now. The Yankees record dropped to 63-46 and the Tigers record improved to 60-50. The Yankees have lost the first two of the four game series. The Yankees have a six game lead in the AL East which could drop to five games by the end of the night. They had a ten game lead not that long ago, they need to start winning some games to get back on track and not make it interesting.

Detroit gets back in the series with a big win in Detroit

The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers by the score of 5-2 on Tuesday night. Doug Fister continued his great run with the Tigers and the bullpen shut the high powered Texas offense down. Colby Lewis started for the Rangers and didn’t pitch very well at all. The bullpen did a pretty good job for the Rangers.
Fister for the Tigers pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs with three strikeouts. Joaquim Benoit pitched 2/3 of an inning and he struck out one batter and Jose Valverde pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one batter. Lewis pitched 5 2/3 innings for the Rangers and he gave up eight hits and four runs with two walks and six strikeouts. Koji Uehara gave up two hits and a run and the other two pitchers, pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck oujt one.

Austin Jackson broke out of his postseason slump with three hits and an RBI. Ramon Santiago had a hit, Miguel Cabrera had two hits and two RBI and Victor Martinez had a hit, RBI and two walks. Jhonny Peralta had two hits and an RBI, Ryan Raburn and Andy Dirks each had a hit. Cabrera and Raburn had a double, Martinez, Cabrera and Peralta had a homerun. The Tigers were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. The Rangers got a double from Yorveat Torrealba and Hamilton. The Rangers were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base.

In the first Hamilton had an RBI single to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead. In the fourth inning Martinez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. In the fifth inning Cabrera hit an RBI double to give Detroit a 2-1 lead. In the sixth Peralta hit a solo homerun and Jackson hit an RBI single to make it 4-1 Detroit. In the seventh inning Cabrera hit a solo homerun to give Detroit a 5-1 lead. In the eighth inning Kinsler grounded out to score a run and cut the lead. The Tigers had a 5-2 lead and that is how the game would end.

The two teams are tied at one game each in their best of seven series. The winner will advance to the World Series and take on the winner of each league. The Cardinals will have the next three games in St. Louis. The Cardinals of course would love to take all three in St. Louis but know with a couple of wins they will be in good shape going into the next couple of days.