Yankees lose a great game at the Dodgers

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday evening.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 2-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen pitched well.  Aaron Judge was the Yankees only offense with a solo homerun. 

Sabathia pitched four innings giving up five hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Sabathia took his eighth loss of the season.  Cory Gearrin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Chad Green pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts and Adam Ottavino pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk.  Zack Britton pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Tony Gonsolin won his second game of the season pitching five innings and giving up two hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts.  Joe Kelly pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Pedro Baez pitched 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and Kenley Jansen saved his 27^th game of the season.  He pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out three. 

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Judge had a hit and an RBI and Gleyber Torres had two hits and drew a walk.  Brett Gardner had a hit, Mike Tauchman drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit.  Judge hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

A.J. Pollock had a hit and drew a walk, Justin Turner had a hit and two RBI and Will Smith had a hit and drew a walk.  Cody Bellinger had a hit, Kike Hernandez had a hit and Gonsolin had a hit.  Turner hit a homerun and the Dodgers were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Bellinger and Pollock each had a stolen base and Pollock had an outfield assist. 

In the third Turner hit a two-run homerun to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Judge hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  The final score was 2-1 although there was some drama in the ninth.  The Yankees had 1^st and second one out and a ground ball was hit to 3B, they threw to second for an out and Torres scampered home but they sent him back to third because the umps claimed time was called.  Gardner on a replay review was ruled safe at 2^nd so it was bases loaded one out.  It should have been a tie game but the Yankees still didn’t do anything with the bases loaded and lost the

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 are shutout by the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets are shutout by the Miami Marlins


The Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets by the score of 3-0 on Thursday afternoon. Matt Harvey made the start and pitched ok. The Mets offense didn’t do much to support him.

Harvey pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three runs on five hits. He struck out eight batters and took his third loss of the season. Scott Atchison pitched 1/3 of an inning striking out a batter and Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out two.

Turner had two hits and drew a walk, David Wright had a hit and drew a walk and Marlon Byrd drew a walk. Ike Davis drew two walks, Juan Lagares had two hits and Omar Quintanilla had a hit and drew a walk. Turner hit a double, Lagares hit a triple and the Mets were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Quintanilla committed an error.

Tom Koehler won his third game of the season pitching six innings giving up five hits and no runs. He walked five and struck out five. A.J. Ramos pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out two and Steve Cishek got his 23rd save of the season. Cishek pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two.

Christian Yelich had a hit, Logan Morrison had a hit and an RBI and Donovan Solano had a hit and two RBI. Koehler had a hit, Juan Pierre had a hit and Placido Polanco had a hit. The Marlins were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Solano had a stolen base and Marisnick had an outfield assist.

Morrison hit an Rbi single and Solano hit a two run single in the sixth inning. That would be all the scoring in the game as the Marlins won 3-0.

The Mets record fell to 48-58 and the Marlins record improved to 42-65. The Mets will now begin a three game series with the Kansas City Royals at home on Friday night.