Yankees win a long one in 14 innings over the Anaheim Angels

The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels on Monday night.  The game took place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 4-3 in 14 innings.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The Yankees bullpen pitched well although Aroldis Chapman blew a save and Gio Urshela led the offense with two hits and two RBI. 

Happ pitched seven innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Adam Ottavino pitched two innings giving up two hits and he walked one, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning with a strikeout and Luis Cessa pitched an inning with two walks and a strikeout.  Chapman pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Jonathan Holder pitched two innings with a walk and three strikeouts and he won his first game of the season. 

Matt Harvey started for the Angels and he pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Cam Bedrosian pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Luis Garcia pitched an inning with a walk and Hansel Robles pitched an inning with three strikeouts.  Taylor Cole pitched three innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts and Luke Bard pitched two innings giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and four strikeouts.  Bard lost his first game of the season.   

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Luke Voit had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had an RBI.  Clint Frazier had a hit,Mike Ford drew two walks and Urshela had two hits and two RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit which was a double and Frazier hit a double.  Voit hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Urshela and Torres each had a stolen base. 

Mike Trout had a hit and drew two walks, Andrelton Simmons drew a walk and Albert Pujols drew a walk.  Kevan Smith had two hits, Jonathan Lucroy had a hit and two RBI.  Kole Calhoun drew two walks, Zack Cozart had a hit and Brian Goodwin had two hits and an RBI.  Lucroy hit a homerun and the Angels were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Bourjos and Trout each had a stolen base. 

In the first Voit hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Lucroy hit a two-run homerun to give the Angels a 2-1 lead.  The Yankees tied the game up in the third on a Torres sacrifice fly and the score would remain at two until the 12^th inning.  Urshela hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead but in the bottom of the 12^th Goodwin hit an RBI single to tie the game at three and keep the game going.  In the 14^th Urshela hit an RBI single to make it 4-3 Yankees which would end up being the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of four on Tuesday night. 

The New York Yankees defeat the Anaheim Angels in extra innings

The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels Of Anaheim on Friday night.  The game took place at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California and the final score was 4-3 in ten innings.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched a scoreless three innings and Didi Gregorius had three hits and Miguel Andujar two to lead the offense. 

Severino pitched seven innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning, David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and won his first game and Aroldis Chapman saved his fifth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Andrew Heaney pitched five innings giving up five hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out nine, Jim Johnson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Cam Bedrosian pitched a perfect inning and Justin Anderson pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout.  Keynan Middleton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout and Blake Parker pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Parker took his first loss of the season. 

Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew a walk, Gregorius had three hits and an RBI and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez drew a walk, Neil Walker had an RBI and Andujar had two hits.  Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Brett Gardner had an RBI.  Gregorius hit a double and Andujar hit two doubles.  Gregorius hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Ian Kinsler drew a walk, Mike Trout had a hit and Justin Upton had a hit.  Albert Pujols had a hit, Shohei Ohtani had a hit and an RBI and Andrelton Simmons had a hit and two RBI.  Zach Cozart had a hit which was a double and Simmons hit a triple and Ohtani hit a homerun.  The Angels were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Kinsler was caught stealing and Simmons committed an error and Calhoun had an outfield assist. 

In the second Ohtani hit a solo homerun to give the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Hicks hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Walker flied into a sac fly double play even though it should have only been one out.  The Yankees took a 2-1 lead and in the seventh Simmons hit a two-run triple to give the Angels a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth Gardner hit a sac fly to tie the game at three and in the tenth Gregorius hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead and that was the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night. 

The AL defeats the NL in All Star Game

The American League defeated the National League in the MLB All Star Game on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Great American Ballpark in Cincinatti, Ohio and the final score was 6-3 AL.  Pete Rose was a story as he was an analyst for Fox for the game but also got to be on the field and mostly cheered as part of the Franchise Four promotion.  The guys that stood out pitching wise were Dellin Betances from the Yankees pitching for the AL and Aroldis Chapman from the hometown Reds and pitching for the NL.  Jacob deGrom also dominated from the Mets striking out the side and only throwing ten pitches.  Felix Hernandez and David Price each pitched perfect innings for the AL and Price had two strikeouts and Hernandez had a strikeout.  Chris Archer and Glen Perkins gave up the earned runs.  Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Francisco Rodriguez and Mark Melancon gave up the earned runs for the NL. 

Andrew McCutchen had a hit and an RBI for the NL.  Jhonny Peralta had a hit and an RBI, the NL only managed six hits.  Ryan Braun hit a triple, McCutchen hit a homerun and the NL was 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.   

Mike Trout led off the game with a homerun and he was named the MVP for the second straight year.  He is the first player in the history of MLB to ever win back-to-back All Star MVP.  Josh Donaldson had a couple of walks, Manny Machado had a hit and an RBI and Prince Fielder had a hit and two RBI.  Lorenzo Cain had two hits and an RBI, Brian Dozier had a hit and an RBI.  Cain and Machado each hit a double and Trout and Dozier each hit a homerun.  The AL was 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Cain and Holt each had a stolen base and Donaldson and Britton each committed an error. 

In the first Trout hit a solo homerun to lead off the game and give the AL a quick 1-0 lead.  In the second Peralta tied the game at one with an RBI single.  In the fifth Fielder hit an RBI single to give the AL a 2-1 lead.  Cain hit an RBI double and it was 3-1 AL.  In the sixth McCutchen hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2 AL.  Machado hit an RBI double in the seventh and it was 4-2 AL.  Fielder hit a sac fly to make it 5-2 in the seventh and in the eighth Dozier hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-2 game.  In the ninth Crawford hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 6-3 but that would be the final score.  MLB will take two more days off before resuming play and the nominal second half on Friday.  The AL will have home field advantage in the World Series as a result of the All Star victory. 

The New York Yankees salvage final game of road trip in Anaheim

The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 6-1.  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and was good and the bullpen was really good.  Chase Headley led the offense with three hits and Chris Young and Didi Gregorius each had a couple of hits. 

Eovaldi pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  He earned his eighth win of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings with a strikeout, Justin Wilson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Dellin Betances earned his seventh save of the season.  Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings walking two batters and striking out two. 

Matt Shoemaker pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Shoemaker lost his seventh game of the season.  Cesar Ramos pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Jose Alvarez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a walk with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Headley had three hits and an RBI and Alex Rodriguez had a hit.  Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Brian McCann had a hit and Garrett Jones had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Young had two hits, Gregorius had two hits and an RBI and Stephen Drew had a hit.  Young and Drew each hit a double and Jones hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. 

Johnny Giavotella had two hits, Mike Trout had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Albert Pujols drew two walks.  Erick Aybar drew a walk, David Freese had a hit and Matt Joyce had a hit.  Chris Iannetta had a hit and drew a walk, Trout hit a homerun and the Angels were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Aybar had a stolen base. 

In the third Headley had an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Jones hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0 Yankees.  In the eighth Gregorius had an RBI single to make it a 3-0 game.  The Angels got on the board in the bottom of the eighth with a Trout solo homerun to make it 3-1. 

The Yankees salvaged the last game of the three game series.  They will be off on Thursday before beginning a six game homestand on Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.   

The Yankees lose a close one in Anaheim as the offense does next to nothing

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 2-1.  Ivan Nova made the start and pitched well and Adam Warren making his first appearance out of the bullpen for the year was great.  The Yankees offense only managed two hits. 

Nova pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and two runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Nova lost his first game of the season.  Warren pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts. 

Andrew Heaney won his first game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up two hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Joe Smith pitched a perfect inning and Huston Street saved his 23rd game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Chase Headley drew a walk.  Teixeira hit a homerun and the Yankees never had a runner in scoring position and didn't leave anyone on base. 

Johnny Giavotella drew a walk, Kole Calhoun had a hit and Mike Trout had two hits.  Albert Pujols had a hit and an RBI, Erick Aybar had two hits and an RBI and David Freese had a hit.  Matt Joyce had two hits and drew a walk, Chris Iannetta drew a walk and Joyce and Aybar each hit a double.  Pujols and Aybar each hit a homerun.  The Angels were 0-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Trout was caught stealing and Smith committed an error. 

In the second Teixeira hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Pujols and Aybar hit back-to-back homeruns to give the Angels a 2-1 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday night.   

The New York Yankees lose to Mike Trout and the Anaheim Angels

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Monday night.  The game took place at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 4-1.  CC Sabathia started and pitched ok and Brett Gardner had three hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  He lost his eighth game of the season.  Nick Rumbelow pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout. 

C.J. Wilson pitched six innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and five strikeouts.  Wilson won his sixth game of the season.  Trevor Gott pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked a batter, Joe Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Huston Street saved his 22nd game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Gardner had three hits, Alex Rodriguez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Mark Teixeira drew a walk.  Carlos Beltran had two hits, Brian McCann drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk.  Gardner hit two doubles and the Yankees were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Murphy had a passed ball. 

Johnny Giavotella had a hit, Kole Calhoun had a hit and an RBI and Mike Trout had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Albert Pujols had a hit and an RBI, David Freese drew a walk and C.J. Cron had a hit and an RBI.  Daniel Robertson had a hit, Pujols and Calhoun each hit a double and Trout and Cron each hit a homerun.  The Angels were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Trout had a stolen base. 

In the first Pujols hit an RBI double to give the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the third Rodriguez hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Trout hit a solo homerun in the third to give the Angels back the lead at 2-1.  In the fifth Kalhoun hit an RBI double to increase the lead to 3-1 and in the seventh Cron hit a solo homerun to make it 4-1 which would be the final score.  Trout robbed Young of two doubles and three RBI so he was the biggest reason the Yankees lost as he took away three runs and had his own solo homerun to account for four runs.  The two teams will play on Tuesday night in game two of three. 

New York Yankees win late in Anaheim

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.  Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched great.  Yangervis Solarte and Brian Roberts each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Kuroda pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with one of them being earned.  He walked none and struck out eight.  Shawn Kelley picked up his first win of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up a hit.  He did strike out a batter and Dave Robertson picked up his fifth save in as many chances.  Robertson pitched a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout. 

C.J. Wilson pitched eight innings giving up seven hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Ernesto Frieri took his third loss of the season pitching an inning.  He gave up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit and drew a walk.  Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI, Solarte had two hits and Brett Gardner had a hit.  Roberts had two hits and two RBI and hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Solarte committed an error. 

Erick Aybar had a hit and an RBI, Mike Trout had a hit and an RBI and Albert Pujols had two hits and an RBI.  Hank Conger had a hit, Colin Cowgill had a hit and Trout hit a triple.  The Angels were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the third Aybar and Trout each hit a sacrifice fly to give the Angels a 2-0 lead.  Roberts hit an RBI single and Ellsbury hit into a double play to score a run and tie the game at two.  In the eighth Soriano hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  Pujols hit an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game at three and Roberts hit a solo homerun in the ninth to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  The game would end 4-3 and the series tied at one game each.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Wednesday night. 

The New York Yankees defeat the Anaheim Angels by a run

The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels on Sunday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-2.  Masahiro Tanaka started and didn't have the command he has shown thus far.  He still pitched well though and had a lot of strikeouts.  The bullpen was outstanding and Mark Teixeira hit a homerun. 

Tanaka pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up two runs and five hits.  He walked four and struck out 11.   Adam Warren picked up his first win of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up one hit and struck out two and David Robertson pitched an inning walking one and striking out two to pick up his fourth save of the season. 

Garrett Richards pitched seven innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Michael Kohn lost his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning, he gave up an unearned run with two walks and a strikeout and Kevin Jepsen pitched 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters that he faced. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Carlos Beltran drew two walks and Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI an drew a walk.  Kelly Johnson had a hit, Brian Roberts had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had an RBI.  Roberts hit a double and Teixeira hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Collin Cowgill had a hit, Mike Trout had two hits and Albert Pujols drew a walk.  Howie Kendrick had a hit and drew a walk, Erick Aybar had a hit and David Freese had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Ianetta drew three walks and J.B. Shuck had an RBI.  Cowgill and Aybar each hit a double, Kendrick hit a triple and Freese hit a homerun.  The Angels were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Richards committed an error and Iannetta had a passed ball. 

In the fourth Shuck grounded into a force out scoring a run and giving the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Suzuki had an RBI groundout to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Freese hit a solo homerun to give the Angels a 2-1 lead.  In the seventh Teixeira hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the eighth a wild pitch scored a run to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  The game would end with the Yankees winning 3-2. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will begin a series with the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.  It will be the return of their former second baseman Robinson Cano. 

The New York Yankees hold off the Anaheim Angels

The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Vidal Nuno was ok but not great and the bullpen was excellent.  John Ryan Murphy led the offense with a couple of hits including his first major league homerun. 

Nuno pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up three runs on five hits.  He walked two and struck out four.  Dellin Betances got his first major league win pitching two innings.  He gave up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, Shawn Kelley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout and Matt Thornton pitched to one batter and retired him.  David Robertson earned his third save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit with two strikeouts. 

Hector Santiago took the loss his fourth of the season.  He pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Kevin Jepsen pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one, Nick Maronde pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and had a strikeout and Michael Kohn pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out one.  Ernesto Frieri pitched a perfect inning.   

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Derek Jeter had a hit and Alfonso Soriano had a hit.  Brett Gardner had two hits, Brian Roberts drew a walk and Murphy had two hits and three RBI.  Murphy hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Roberts committed an error. 

Collin Cowgill had a hit, Mike Trout had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Albert Pujols had two hits.  Howie Kendrick drew a walk, Chris Iannetta had two hits and an RBI and Ian Stewart had  a hit and drew a walk.  David Freese had a hit, Iannetta hit a double, Trout hit a homerun and the Angels were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Trout had a stolen base. 

In the first inning Trout hit a solo homerun to give the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the second Teixeira scored on a balk and then Murphy hit a two run single to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the fourth the Angels came back to tie the game at three.  Erick Aybar grounded into a force out which scored a run and Iannetta hit an RBI double.  In the fifth Murphy hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday night. 

The New York Mets lose to the Anaheim Angels in extra innings

The New York Mets were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Friday night.  The game took place at

Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 5-4 Angels.  Dillon Gee started for

the Mets and pitched ok and the bullpen was pretty good.  Daniel Murphy led the offense with a

couple of hits. 

Gee pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Carlos

Torres pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, Gonzalez Germen

pitched 2/3 of an inning walking a batter and Scott Rice gave up a hit to the only batter that he

faced.  Kyle Farnsworth pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter and Jeurys Familia took his second

loss of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings and he gave up three hits and a run with three walks.

Tyler Skaggs started for the Angels and pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and four runs.  He

struck out four.  Joe Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Ernesto Frieri

pitched an inning striking out two and Fernando Salas pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Michael Kohn earned his first win of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Murphy had two hits and David Wright had a hit.  Andrew Brown had a hit,

Curtis Granderson had a hit and Josh Satin had a hit and two RBI.  Juan Lagares had a hit, Travis

d'Arnaud had a hit and an RBI and Ruben Tejada had a hit.  Granderson, Satin and Wright each hit a

double.  d'Arnaud hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left

four men on base.  Lagares was caught stealing. 

Kole Calhoun had a hit and drew two walks, Mike Trout had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and

Albert Pujols had a hit and drew a walk.  Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew a walk, Howie Kendrick had

two hits and drew two walks and J.B. Shuck had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Iannetta had a

hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Hank Conger had an RBI and Erick Aybar had two hits.  Kendrick hit a

double, Trout and Shuck hit homeruns.  The Angels were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and

left 17 men on base.  Skaggs had a pickoff. 

In the first inning Wright grounded into a double play scoring a run.  In the bottom of the first Trout hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Iannetta hit an RBI single in the second giving the Angels a 2-1 lead.  d'Arnaud hit a solo homerun in the third to tie the game at two.  Satin hit a two run double in the fourth to give the Mets a 4-2 lead.  Shuck hit a two run homerun in the sixth to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the 11th Conger was hit by a pitch that scored the winning run and gave the Angels a 5-4 victory.  The two teams will play game two on Saturday night and complete the three game series on Sunday afternoon.