New York Yankees rally for win in Baltimore

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-7.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  The Yankees bullpen did a good job and Gary Sanchez led the offense with two hits and four RBI. 

Happ pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and six runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Luis Cessa pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout, Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Zack Britton won his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk.  Aroldis Chapman saved his 12^th game of the season pitching an inning with a walk and he struck out three. 

Andrew Cashner pitched six innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Branden Kline pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned.  He walked one and Shawn Armstrong pitched 1 1/3 perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.  Mychal Givens pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and five runs with a walk. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits and an RBI, Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew a walk and Luke Voit had two hits and drew a walk.  Sanchez had two hits and four RBI, Kendrys Morales had an RBI and Gleyber Torres had two hits and two RBI.  Gio Urshela had a hit, Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Cameron Maybin had a hit and drew a walk.  Voit hit a double and Sanchez hit a homerun.  Torres hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Urshela and Voit each committed an error. 

Hanser Alberto had four hits and two RBI, Dwight Smith Jr. had three hits and an RBI and Trey Mancini had a hit and two RBI.  Renato Nunez had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Pedro Severino had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Stevie Wilkerson drew a walk.  Joey Rickard drew a walk, Rio Ruiz had a hit and Richie Martin had a hit.  Alberto, Ruiz, Mancini, Nunez and Martin each hit a double.  Smith Jr. hit a triple and Alberto and Nunez each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Alberto had a stolen base and Smith Jr. committed an error. 

In the first Mancini hit an RBI double, Severino hit an RBI single and the Orioles had a 2-0 lead.  In the second Torres hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Alberto hit a solo homerun and Nunez hit a solo homerun going back-to-back to push the Orioles lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Alberto hit an RBI single and Smith Jr. hit an RBI single to make it a 6-1 game.  In the sixth Sanchez hit an RBI single, Morales hit an RBI ground out and the lead was cut to 6-3.  In the bottom of the sixth Mancini hit a sac fly to push it to 7-3.  In the seventh LeMahieu hit an RBI single and Hicks had a fly out but a run scored on a throwing error to cut the lead to 7-5.  In the eighth Torres hit his second homerun of the game to make it a 7-6 game and in the ninth Hicks hit a sac fly to tie the game and Sanchez hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 10-7 lead which would be the final score. 

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

New York Mets are defeated by the San Diego Padres

The New York Mets were defeated by the San Diego Padres on Thursday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 7-5.  Chris Flexen made the start and his major league debut for the Mets.  He didn’t pitch very well.  The Mets had three batters with two hits and Jay Bruce had three RBI to lead the offense. 

Flexen pitched three innings giving up five hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out two and lost his first game of the season.  Tyler Pill pitched two innings giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout, Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning and Fernando Salas pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Erik Goeddel pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Luis Perdomo pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Perdomo won his fifth game of the season.  Jose Torres pitched giving up a hit and a run,  Phil Maton pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts and Brad Hand saved his fifth game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Michael Conforto had two hits, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and an RBI.  Bruce had a hit and three RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk.  Matt Reynolds had two hits, Conforto hit a double, Cabrera, Grandreson and Cespedes also each hit a double.  Bruce hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Conforto committed an error. 

Manuel Margot had three hits and three RBI, Carlos Asuaje drew two walks and Wil Myers had a hit.  Cory Spangenberg drew two walks, Jabari Blash had a hit and drew a walk and Dusty Coleman had two hits and three RBI.  Luis Torrens drew a walk, Margot hti a double and a homerun and Coleman hit a homerun.  The Padres were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Myers was caught stealing. 

In the first Bruce grounded into an RBI force out to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Margot hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the second Margot hit a three run double to give the Padres a 4-1 lead.  In the fifth Coleman hit a three-run homerun to push the lead to 7-1.  In the seventh Cespedes hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 7-2.  A balk brought home another run and Bruce hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 7-5.  The final score would be 7-5 and the Mets would begin a three game series with the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.