The New York Yankees end the road trip with a win in St. Louis

The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and the final score was 7-4.  Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched ok, the bullpen was ok.  Jacoby Ellsbury led the offense with three hits.  John Ryan Murphy had a couple of RBI. 

Kuroda pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and three runs.  He walked none and struck out three and won his fourth game of the season.  Matt Thornton faced one batter and gave up a hit, Dellin Betances faced one batter and retired him and Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  David Robertson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts. 

Shelby Miller lost his fourth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up nine hits and seven runs.  He walked two and struck out one.  Sam Freeman pitched an inning walking one, Seth Maness pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one and Randy Choate pitched an inning striking out one.  Jason Motte pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Brian Roberts had two hits and drew a walk and Ellsbury had three hits and three RBI.  Brian McCann had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Murphy had a hit and two RBI and Ichiro Suzuki had an RBI.  Brendan Ryan had two hits, Kelly Johnson had two hits and Roberts hit a double.  The Yankees were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.   Ellsbury had two stolen bases and Ryan committed an error. 

Matt Carpenter had two hits and an RBI, Kolten Wong had four hits and an RBI and Matt Holliday had a hit.  Allen Craig had a hit and an RBI, Yadier Molina had two hits and drew two walks and John Jay had a hit.  Daniel Descalso had two hits and an RBI, Molina, Wong each hit a double and Carpenter hit two doubles.  The Cardinals were 3-15 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Maness committed an error. 

In the third Ellsbury hit an RBI single, Murphy hit a two run single and Suzuki hit an RBI groundout to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  In the fourth Ellsbury hit a two run single and McCann had an RBI single to give the Yankees a 7-0 lead.  Descalso hit an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 7-1 game.  Craig hit an RBI groundout in the fifth to cut the lead to 7-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Carpenter hit an RBI double to make it a 7-3 game.  Wong hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it a 7-4 game and that was the final score.  The Yankees won two out of three in the series and were 5-4 on the road trip.  They will have a day off on Thursday before opening a three game weekend series against the Minnesota Twins. 

The New York Mets lose to the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2

The New York Mets lost to the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 4-2 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. Sean Marcum started for the Mets and pitched pretty well, the bullpen wasn’t great. Rick Ankiel and Marcum each had two hits to lead the offense. 
Marcum took his fourth loss of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two being earned. They had one walk and three strikeouts, Scott Rice pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts.

Daniel Murphy had a hit, David Wright had a hit and John Buck had a hit and drew a walk. Ankiel had two hits and two RBI, Marcum had two hits. Murphy hit a double, Ankiel hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Wright and Murphy each had a stolen base and Buck was caught stealing. Wright and Murphy each committed an error and Baxter had an outfield assist.

Shelby Miller pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and no runs with a walk and six strikeouts. Randy Choate pitched to two batters retiring them both, Seth Maness won his third game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up three hits and two runs and Trevor Rosenthal pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Mujica saved his 11^th game of the season pitching a perfect inning.

Carlos Beltran drew a walk, Matt Holliday had a hit and Allen Craig drew a walk. John Jay had a hit and an RBI, Cruz had a hit and an RBI and Yadier Molina had a hit and an RBI. Daniel Descalso had a hit, Pete Kozma had a hit and Ty Wigginton drew a walk. Jay hit a double and the Cardinals were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Jay had an outfield assist.

In the fourth Jay hit an RBI double, Cruz hit an RBI single to make it 2-0 Cardinals. In the seventh Ankiel hit a two run homerun to tie the game at two. In the bottom of the seventh Kozma scored on a wild pitch to give the Cardinals a 3-2 lead and Molina hit an RBI single in the eighth to give the Cardinals a 4-2 lead which would be the final score.

The Mets record dropped to 14-23 and the Cardinals record improved to 26-13. The two teams will play game four of their four game series on Thursday afternoon. The Mets have lose three straight to already lose this series and six straight losses overall.