The New York Mets get a walk-off hit from Juan Uribe in his Mets debut

The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-2 in ten innings.  Curtis Granderson had two hits to lead the offense. 

Jacob deGrom pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Jeurys Familia blew his fourth save of the season.  Familia pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and Jennry Mejia won his first game of the season pitching an inning walking one and striking out another. 

Zack Greinke pitched seven innings giving up four hits and two runs.  He walked three and struck out three.  J.P. Howell pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two, Juan Nicasio lost his third game of the season.  Nicasio pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Nicasio lost his third game of the season.  Kenley Jansen pitched to one batter and gave up a hit. 

Granderson had two hits, Daniel Murphy had a hit and drew two walks, Juan Uribe had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Michael Conforto had an RBI and drew a walk and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit.  Kevin Plawecki had a hit, deGrom had an RBI and drew a walk and Granderson hit a double.  The Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Granderson had a stolen base. 

Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and drew a walk, Justin Turner had a hit and an RBI and Yasmani Grandal had a hit and an RBI.  Andre Ethier had a hit, Jimmy Rollins drew two walks and Greinke had a hit.  Gonzalez and Turner each hit a double.  The Dodgers were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Rollins had a stolen base, Pederson committed an error and Ethier had an outfield assist. 

In the third deGrom reached on a fielder's choice and a run scored making it 1-0 Mets.  In the sixth Conforto had an RBI hit by pitch to make it 2-0.  In the ninth Turner hit an RBI double to make it a 2-1 game.  In the ninth Grandal hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In the tenth Uribe hit an RBI walk-off RBI single to win the game at 3-2 Mets.  The New York Mets will have the day off on Monday.   

The New York Mets lose second straight to the Los Angeles Dodgers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.  The game took place at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 7-4.  Jacob deGrom started and wasn't that great, the bullpen was ok and Juan Lagares lead the offense with two hits and three RBI. 

deGrom pitched six innings giving up five runs on five hits.  He walked two and struck out seven.  Vic Black pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and an unearned run with a strikeout and Jennry Mejia pitched a perfect inning. 

Zach Greinke won his 13th game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up nine hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out four, J.P. Howell pitched to one batter and retired him, Brian Wilson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Kenley Jansen pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.  Jansen picked up his 37th save of the season. 

Daniel Murphy had two hits and drew a walk, Lucas Duda had two hits and an RBI and Travis d'Arnaud had a hit.  Lagares had two hits and three RBI, Matt den Dekker had a hit and Wilmer Flores had a hit.  deGrom had two hits, deGrom hit a double, den Dekker and Kirk Nieuwenhuis each hit a double.  Lagares and Duda each hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Young Jr. had a stolen base and Edgin committed an error. 

Dee Gordon had a hit, Carl Crawford drew two walks and Scott Van Slyke had a hit and an RBI.  Adrian Gonzalez had two hits and five RBI, Matt Kemp had a hit and Andre Ethier had a hit.  Erisbel Arruebarrena had an RBI, Miguel Rojas had a hit and Greinke had a hit.  Ethier hit a triple and Gonzalez hit a homerun, the Dodgers were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Crawford had a stolen base and Rojas committed an error. 

The Mets will try and avoid the sweep on Sunday afternoon. 

AL Cy Young

The American League Cy Young is about to be announced in roughly 10 minutes. The serious candidates are Zach Greinke from the Royals who came back from some anxiety disorder to have a unbelievable year. Felix Hernandez of the Mariners who I don't think a lot of people realize how good he was because he plays in Seattle and CC Sabathia who won 19 games and of course helped lead the Yankees to the World Championship. The writers are only supposed to be voting on the regular season and I wouldn't expect them to be influenced by the Yankees winning and CC Sabathia being great in the postseason but who knows. I am going to pick Zach Greinke to win it. I will be back in a little while with the announcement and some reaction to it. UPDATE: Zach Greinke of the Royals won the award in a landslide. Felix Hernandez of the Mariners finished second with Justin Verlander third and CC Sabathia fourth. I think fourth is a little disappointing for CC but I am sure he doesn't mind since he has that nice shiny ring to show off. Tomorrow will be the NL Cy Young. I am glad I got this one right since yesterday I struck out with my predictions of the Rookie of the Year.

Yanks at Rays

The Yankees look to stay healthy and hope that Andy Pettitte and A.J. Burnett fare better then CC did last night heading into the postseason. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Josh Thompson of the Journal News who is covering for Sam Borden. The game is at 7:08PM tonight from Tampa on the YES network. Mark Teixeira, who is tied for first in the AL with 39 HR and first in RBI with 121, is only the third first-year player in club history to reach those power totals. You may know the others: Babe Ruth (54 HR, 136 RBI) in 1920 and Jason Giambi (41 HR, 122 RBI) in 2002.THE 900 CLUB: The Yanks now have 902 runs, marking the 16th time in franchise history they have scored 900 or more. It’s also the third time this decade. Juan Miranda jacked his first homer of his career last night. It also happened to match a team milestone. The homer was No. 242 for the club, matching its previous high set in 2004. It is their ninth 200-homer season this decade. That said, Elias Sports Bureau says the Yankees haven’t ended a season as MLB’s outright home run champ since 1961 (read: Maris and Mantle). The season is almost over for last year’s darling, but Friday night was a record-setting one for the Rays. The otherwise disappointing B.J. Upton went 5 for 5 with six RBI and hit for the cycle. He was the first player in franchise history to hit for the cycle; tied the club record for hits; and set a career-high for RBI. … The Rays also became the eighth team in MLB history to win 180 games over two seasons after losing 180 the two seasons before. It wasn't all bad for Tampa although they won't make the postseason, remember they are in the best division and had some injuries. In the Who-Plays-The-Yankees race, Detroit sends rookie Alfredo Figaro (1-2, 5.74) against Chicago’s Freddy Garcia (2-4, 4.78), while the Twins, down a game, send Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.08) on three-days rest against Kansas City ace and future Cy Young winner Zack Greinke (16-8, 2.06). The Yankees would love to see this come down to tomorrow. Yankees Lineup: Gardner(CF) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Hinske(3B) Hairston(SS)