The New York Yankees rally in the ninth and defeat the Chicago Cubs in extras

The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 4-2.  Chase Whitley started for the Yankees and pitched well, the bullpen was really good.  Brett Gardner, Ichiro Suzuki, Yangervis Solarte and Jacoby Ellsbury each had two hits. 

Whitley pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up no hits and no runs and he struck out three, Adam Warren pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Alfredo Aceves pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.  Matt Daley pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two walks and striking out three, Matt Thornton pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Preston Claiborne picked up his second win of the season by pitching 1 2/3 innings.  He gave up a hit and struck out one and David Robertson picked up his ninth save of the season pitching an inning, giving up a hit and striking out two. 

Jeff Samardzija pitched seven innings giving up four hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out three and remains winless on the season.  Schlitter pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Hector Rondon pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned.  He also walked one and struck out one, Wesley Wright pitched two innings giving up two hits and James Russell pitched an inning giving up two hits.  Jose Veras lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Gardner had two hits and drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit and Ellsbury had two hits.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Brian McCann had a hit and drew two walks and Brendan Ryan had a hit.  Solarte had two hits and drew two walks, Suzuki had two hits and an RBI and John Ryan Murphy had a hit and an RBI.  The Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Suzuki and Gardner each had a stolen base. 

Emilio Bonifacio had a hit and an RBI, Junior Lake had three hits and Anthony Rizzo drew three walks.  Luis Valbuena had a hit and drew a walk, Welington Castillo had two hits and Nate Schierholtz had two hits.  Mike Olt had a hit and an RBI, Ryan Kalish had a pinch hit and Olt hit a double.  Bonifacio and Kalish each hit a triple and the Cubs were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Lake had a stolen base and Barney committed an error. 

In the fourth Olt hit a sacrifice fly to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Bonifacio had a sacrifice bunt and a run scored to make it 2-0.  In the ninth the Yankees scored two runs and tied the game at two.  Suzuki grounded into a force out scoring a run and a second run scored on an error.  In the 13th a wild pitch scored a run to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead and Murphy hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead which was the final score. 

The Yankees split the brief two game series against the Cubs and head to the other side of town to begin a four game series with the White Sox on Thursday night. 

The New York Yankees rally to beat the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees rally to beat the Toronto Blue Jays


The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. Phil Hughes started and was ok and the bullpen was good. The offense was asleep again most of the night. It awoke in the eighth inning for a big rally.

Hughes pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two strikeouts. David Huff pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts, David Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Mariano Rivera pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one. Rivera picked up his 44th save of the season.

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez drew a walk and Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI. Alfonso Soriano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Vernon Wells had two hits and two RBI and Mark Reynolds drew a walk. Eduardo Nunez had a hit, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and Brendan Ryan had a hit. Ryan, Soriano and Wells each hit a double and the Yankees were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Reynolds was caught stealing.

J.A. Happ pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts. Aaron Loup gave up a hit and a run without recording an out, Steve Delabar picked up his fifth loss of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Darren Oliver pitched 2/3 of an inning. Dustin McGowan pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Jose Reyes had a hit, Rajai Davis had a hit and Brett Lawrie had a hit. Adam Lind had a hit, Colby Rasmus had two hits and two RBI and Moises Sierra had a hit. Ryan Goins had a hit and an RBI, Reyes, Sierra and Lawrie each hit a double. Rasmus and Goins each hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Reyes and Davis each had a stolen base.

Rasmus hit a two run homerun and Goins hit his first major league homerun in the fourth. /The Jays had a 3-0 lead and then in the eighth the Yankees scored four runs. Cano hit an RBI single, Soriano an RBI double and Wells a two run double. The Yankees took a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.

The Yankees ended their four game losing streak and improved their record to 80-72. The Jays record fell to 69-82. The two teams will play the rubber game of three on Thursday night.

The Yankees rally but fall just short in Detroit

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night by the score of 6-5. The game took place at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan. Phil Hughes started and wasn’t at his best, he struggled after starting out well. Rick Porcello started for the Tigers and was pretty good. The Yankees offense was led by Eric Chavez and Ichiro Suzuki. Miguel Cabrera led the Tigers offense.  Hughes pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four runs on eight hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three and lost his ninth game of the season. Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one, Cody Eppley pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Clay Rapada faced two batters and retired them both. Joba Chamberlain pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, a run, a walk and he struck out one. Porcello won his ninth game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs. He struck out three and didn’t walk a batter, Brayan Villarreal pitched to one batter and retired him, Octavio Dotel pitched one perfect inning and Jose Valverde saved his 22^nd game of the season. Valverde pitched one inning throwing a ton of pitches and making it very interesting. He gave up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Mark Teixeira had two hits and Chavez had two hits and two RBI. Nick Swisher had three hits, Raul Ibanez drew a walk and Suzuki had two hits and two RBI. Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI, Swisher hit two doubles, Suzuki and Martin each hit a double. Chavez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Swisher had an outfield assist.
Austin Jackson had a hit, Omar Infante had a hit and Cabrera had two hits and three RBI. Brennan Boesch had two hits, Delmon Young had a hit and Jhonny Peralta had a hit and an RBI. Alex Avila had two hits and drew a walk and Andy Dirks had three hits and two RBI. Peralta, Cabrera and Dirks each hit a double and Cabrera hit a homerun. The Tigers were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.
In the fourth Chavez hit a two run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. That lead would be short lived as the Tigers would come back in the bottom of the fourth. Cabrera hit a solo homerun and Peralta hit an RBI double to tie the game at two. In the fifth Cabrera hit a two run double to make it 4-2 Tigers. Dirks hit an RBI double in the sixth to make it a 5-2 lead for the Tigers. In the seventh Suzuki hit an RBI double to make it a 5-3 game. The Tigers would score their final run in the eighth on an RBI single by Dirks. The Yankees would rally in the ninth but strand runners at second and third. They got an RBI single from Suzuki and an RBI double from Martin to make it a 6-5 game but Curtis Granderson popped up to end the game.
The Yankees have their trouble in Detroit and they have been on a bad streak for about three weeks now. The Yankees record dropped to 63-46 and the Tigers record improved to 60-50. The Yankees have lost the first two of the four game series. The Yankees have a six game lead in the AL East which could drop to five games by the end of the night. They had a ten game lead not that long ago, they need to start winning some games to get back on track and not make it interesting.

The New York Yankees late rally falls just short as they lose to the Cincinatti Reds

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 6-5 on Saturday afternoon. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and set a career high in strikeouts but he still gave up too many runs. He really made one bad mistake that cost him. The bullpen did a good job. The Yankees offense was ok but not great. They were good late but came up just short. Jayson Nix led the Yankees offense, Nick Swisher and Raul Ibanez both had good days. Joey Votto led the Reds offense with a big hit. 
Nova pitched six innings giving up seven hits and five runs. He walked two and struck out 12 and suffered his second loss of the season. Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk, Clay Rapada pitched 2/3 of an inning and retired both batters that he faced. David Phelps pitched two innings giving up a hit and an unearned run. He walked one and struck out three.

Homer Bailey got his second win of the season pitching 6 1/3 innings and giving up seven hits and three runs. He walked one and struck out seven. Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Sean Marshall the closer struggled pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up four hits and two runs with a strikeout. Jose Arredondo picked up his first save of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters that he faced on groundouts.

Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Ibanez had two hits and an RBI. Swisher had two hits and an RBI, Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI and Eric Chavez had a hit. Andruw Jones had a hit and Nix had three hits and two RBI. Ibanez had two doubles, Martin and Nix each had a homerun. The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Chris Heisey had two hits and an RBI for the Reds. Drew Stubbs drew two walks, Joey Votto had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk. Brandon Phillips had two hits and an RBI, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Mike Costanzo had a hit. Devin Mesoraco and Heisey each had a double and Votto had a homerun. The Reds were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Stubbs had a stolen base and was picked off.

Phillips hit an RBI single in the first inning to give the Reds a 1-0 lead. Heisey hit an RBI double in the second to make it 2-0 Reds. Martin hit a solo homerun in the third to make it a 2-1 game. Ibanez hit an RBI double in the fourth to tie the game at two. Votto hit a three run homerun in the fifth to make it 5-2 Reds. The Yankees cut the lead to 5-3 on a Nix solo homerun in the bottom of the fifth inning. Costanzo hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to give the Reds a 6-3 lead. In the ninth inning the Yankees rallied for two runs. Swisher hit an RBI single and Nix hit an RBI single but Jeter and Granderson grounded out to end the game with a man stuck on third base.

The Yankees and Reds has split the first two games of this three game series. The rubber game will be played on Sunday afternoon. CC Sabathia and Johnny Cueto will square off in a good pitching matchup. The Yankees will remain home and take on the Kansas City Royals for three games. The Yankees would like to start making a run now as they are in fourth place and five games behind the division leading Baltimore Orioles.