The New York Yankees shutout the Cleveland Indians and stay alive

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 1-0.  It was a great game that kept the Yankees alive and headed to game four in NY on Monday night.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Greg Bird was the only offense for either team with a homerun. 

Tanaka pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out seven and earned the win.  David Robertson pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter and Aroldis Chapman picked up the save pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up two hits and no runs with no walks and four strikeouts. 

Carlos Carrasco pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out seven.  Andrew Miller took the loss pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Tyler Olson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Joe Smith pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Didi Gregorious had a hit and drew two walks, Bird had a hit and an RBI and Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit, Gardner hit a double and Bird hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Jason Kipnis had two hits, Jose Ramirez had a hit and Carlos Santana had a hit and drew a walk.  Michael Brantley drew a walk, Roberto Perez had a hit and Kipnis hit a triple and the Indians were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the seventh Bird hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead and that would be the only run of the game.  The Yankees stayed alive and force game four on Monday night in New York.  The Yankees will look to force a fifth and decisive game and if not the Indians will advance to the ALCS.   

New York Yankees defeat the Toronto Blue Jays behind strong pitching

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 1-0.  Chad Green started for the Yankees and he was great and the bullpen shut it down as well.  Aaron Judge continued his hot start to his MLB career with an RBI double and he had two hits and Gary Sanchez also had two hits. 

Green pitched six shutout innings giving up two hits.  He walked none and struck out eleven and earned his second win of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Adam Warren pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Dellin Betances earned his fifth save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he walked one. 

R.A. Dickey lost his 13th game of the season pitching five innings and giving up four hits and a run.  He walked four and struck out six.  Joe Biagini pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts, Brett Cecil pitched an inning giving up a walk and Ryan Tepera pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Chase Headley had a hit and drew two walks and Mark Teixeira drew a walk.  Brian McCann had a hit and drew two walks, Sanchez had two hits and drew a walk and Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit, Ellsbury, Judge and Headley each hit a double adn the Yankees were 2-18 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base. 

Josh Donaldson had a hit, Troy Tulowitzki had a hit and Darrell Ceciliani had a hit.  Josh Thole drew a walk, Ceciliani hit a double and the Blue Jays were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the fourth Judge hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead and that was the only run of the game.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

The New York Mets drop a series to the Chicago White Sox in 2-1 loss

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 2-1.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched very well and the bullpen was very good as well.  Neil Walker and Rene Rivera each had two hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and ten strikeouts.  Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one, Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning and Antonio Bastardo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Jim Henderson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out one, Hansel Robles pitched to one batter and retired him and Logan Verrett pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run and he lost his third game of the season. 

Miguel Gonzalez pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with five walks and four strikeouts.  Dan Jennings pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked two and struck out one, Zach Putnam pitched 1/3 of an inning striking out one and Zach Duke pitched an inning walking one and striking out the side.  Nate Jones pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, David Robertson pitched two innings giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout and Matt Albers pitched two innings giving up a hit and he walked two with a strikeout.  Albers won his second game of the season. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and drew two walks and Walker had two hits and drew two walks.  James Loney had a hit and drew a walk, Juan Lagares had a hit and drew two walks.  Ty Kelly drew a walk, Rivera had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and deGrom drew two walks.  Wilmer Flores drew a walk and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base. 

Adam Eaton drew a walk, Albers had a hit and Jose Abreu had an RBI and drew a walk.  Todd Frazier had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brett Lawrie had two hits and J.B. Shuck had a hit and drew a walk.  Alex Avila had two hits, Avisail Garcia drew a walk and Lawrie and Albers each hit a double.  Frazier hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Abreu and Frazier were each caught stealing. 

In the second Rivera hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Frazier hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the 13th Abreu hit a sac fly to give the White Sox a 2-1 lead and that would be the final score. 

The White Sox took two out of three from the Mets and the Mets will be off on Thursday. 

The New York Mets drop a pitching duel to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 1-0.  Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and pitched well, pen was good.  The Mets offense only managed three hits. 

Colon pitched six innings giving up five hits and one run with seven strikeouts.  Colon took his first loss of the season.  Hansel Robles pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Antonio Bastardo pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up three hits and he struck out one. 

Vince Velasquez started for the Phillies and pitched six innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out nine to earn his first win of the season.  Hector Neris pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Daniel Stumpf pitched to one batter and retired him and David Hernandez pitched an inning striking out two.  Jeanmar Gomez pitched a perfect inning to earn his first save of the season and secure the first victory of the season for the Phillies. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Wilmer Flores drew two walks, Alejandro De Aza drew a walk and Cabrera hit a double.  The Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  De Aza had a stolen base. 

Cesar Hernandez had two hits, Odubel Herrera had a hit and Maikel Franco had a hit.  Ryan Howard had a hit and an RBI, Cameron Rupp had two hits and Peter Bourjos had a hit.  Bourjos hit a double and Howard hit a homerun.  The Phillies were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Hernandez was caught stealing. 

The only run of the game came in the fifth inning on a Howard solo homerun.  The win was the first of the year for the Phillies and the two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday afternoon.  Matt Harvey will get the start for the Mets.   

The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves battle to a 3-3 tie

The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves played to a 3-3 tie on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Champion Stadium in Orlando, Florida.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well.  Matt Reynolds led the offense with a couple of hits. 

deGrom pi9tched 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Addison Reed pitched to one batter and retired him, Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Zach Thornton pitched a perfect inning.  Erik Goeddel pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI, Kyle Johnson drew a walk and Wilmer Flores had a hit.  Dominic Smith had a hit, Marc Krauss had a hit and drew a walk and Travis Taijeron drew two walks.  Reynolds had two hits and drew a walk, Gavin Cecchini drew a walk and deGrom had an RBI.  Johnny Monell had an RBI, Reynolds hit a double and the Mets were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Taijeron and Robles each committed an error. 

In the fourth Adonis Garcia grounded into a double play and a run scored to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth deGrom hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at one.  Lagares hit an RBI single and it was 2-1 Mets in the fifth.  In the sixth Ender Inciarte hit a sac fly to tie the game at two and in the bottom of the eighth Jace Peterson hit a sac fly to make it 3-2 Braves.  In the ninth Monell hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at three and that would be the final score. 

The Mets now have four tie games this spring and their record is 7-13.  They will play at home in Port St. Lucie against a split squad Washington Nationals team on Sunday afternoon. 

The New York Mets are swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-1 Pirates.  Matt Harvey started and pitched ok for the Mets.  The Mets bullpen was not good at all and the offense didn't do too much. 

Harvey pitched six innings giving up seven hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  Bobby Parnell took his third loss of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and four runs with two of the runs being earned.  He walked two, Eric O'Flaherty pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run and Carlos Torres pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts. 

Jeff Locke pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and five strikeouts.  Arquimedes Caminero won his fourth game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and struck out one, Antonio Bastardo pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts and Joakim Soria pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Juan Lagares had a hit, Yoenis Cespedes drew a walk and Daniel Murphy had a hit.  Travis d'Arnaud had two hits and an RBI, Ruben Tejada drew a walk and d'Arnaud hit a double.  d'Arnaud hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Parnell committed an error and d'Arnaud had a passed ball. 

Gregory Polanco had two hits and an RBI, Starling Marte had two hits and an RBI and Neil Walker had a hit and drew two walks.  Aramis Ramirez had four hits and three RBI, Pedro Alvarez had two hits and two RBI, and Andrew McCutchen drew a walk.  Travis Ishikawa had two hits, Chris Stewart had a hit and Pedro Florimon drew two walks.  Sean Rodriguez had a hit, Walker, Rodriguez and Ramirez each hit a double and Marte and Polanco each hit a triple.  Alvarez hit a homerun and the Pirates were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

In the second Alvarez hit a solo homerun to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead.  In the second d'Arnaud hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the seventh Polanco hit an RBI single to make it 2-1 Pirates.  A passed ball made it 3-1, Ramirez hit an RBI single to make it 4-1 and Alvarez hit an RBI single to push the Pirates lead to 5-1.  In the eighth Marte hit an RBI single and it was 6-1 Pirates.  Ramirez hit a two run double to make it 8-1 and that would be the final score.  The Mets were swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the three game series.  The Mets will be off on Monday and play a brief two game series in Baltimore starting on Tuesday night.   

The New York Yankees win their second in a row in Toronto

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 4-1.  Masahiro Tanaka started and pitched well, saving the bullpen by pitching a complete game.  Jacoby Ellsbury, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran led the offense with two hits each. 

Tanaka pitched a complete game giving up five hits and a run.  He walked three and struck out eight and won his ninth game of the season. 

Marco Estrada lost his seventh game of the season pitching six innings and giving up three hits and two runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Mark Lowe pitched an inning giving up a hit, LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts and Aaron Loup pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Liam Hendricks pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout. 

Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI, Beltran had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Chris Young drew a walk.  Teixeira had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley drew a walk and Greg Bird picked up his first major league hit.  John Ryan Murphy had a hit, Stephen Drew had a hit and Beltran and Murphy each hit a double.  Ellsbury hit a triple and Teixeira and Beltran each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base. 

Troy Tulowitzki drew a walk, Josh Donaldson had an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Bautista had a hit.  Edward Encarnacion had two hits, Chris Colabello had a hit and Ryan Goins drew a walk.  Ben Revere had a hit, Encarnacion hit a double and the Blue Jays were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Beltran hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Donaldson hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  Teixeira hit a solo homerun in the sixth to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the eighth Teixeira hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the ninth Ellsbury hit an RBI single to make it 4-1 Yankees and that would be the final score.  The Yankees have won the first two games of the series and will try to sweep the series on Sunday afternoon. 

New York Yankees lose as Alex Rodriguez makes his spring debut

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, Florida.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field and saw the return of Alex Rodriguez to action after a year long suspension.  He was 1-2 and drew a walk and had a mix of cheers and boos but nothing overwhelming.  Nathan Eovaldi made his pitching debut for the Yankees and looked pretty good as well as Andrew Miller. 

Eovaldi pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Miller pitched a scoreless inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Kyle Davies pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and Danny Burawa pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  James Pazos pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Wilking Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Tyler Webb pitched an inning with a strikeout.  

Didi Gregorius drew a walk, Cito Culver had a hit and Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez had an RBI, Francisco Arcia had a hit and Cole Figueroa had a hit.  Mason Williams had a hit which was a double, Arcia also hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Drew committed an error and Williams had an outfield assist. 

In the second Cord Phelps hit an RBI single to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Maikel Franco hit an RBI single to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead.  The Yankees got on the board in the bottom of the sixth on a Sanchez sacrifice fly.  In the seventh Aaron Altherr hit an RBI single to give the Phillies a 3-1 lead.  The final score of the game was 3-1 and the Yankees record is 0-1-1 now in the spring.  The Yankees will play in Bradenton against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon.  Esmil Rogers will make the start. 

The New York Giants win a wild one over the Tampa Bay Bucaneers

The New York Giants defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by the score of 41-34 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. The Giants did not get off to a good start and had to comeback to win the game. The Giants improved their record to 1-1 and will play next at the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night. 
Eli Manning was sensational throwing for over 500 yards. He did have three interceptions but rebounded really nicely in the second half. He threw for 510 yards which is the second most in franchise history and he also threw for three touchdowns. Manning was 31-51 and said “It’s fun”. The Giants had 604 total yards which is also second in franchise history.

Victor Cruz caught 11 passes for 179 yards including catching an 80 yard touchdown. Hakeem Nicks caught ten passes for 199 yards and a touchdown. They are the first teammates in NFL history with at least 10 receptions and 175 yards in the same game. Ahmad Bradshaw went down with a neck injury and Andre Brown was asked to step in. Brown had a career rushing total of -1 yards. He had 71 yards on 13 carries. He had the game winning touchdown run with 31 seconds remaining. Lawrence Tynes had four field goals.

The defense didn’t look great but I can’t totally blame them. Manning had three picks which led to 17 points. The Giants were down 27-16 in the fourth quarter. The defense had to get some big stops for the offense to be able to come back and they did. The Giants will take their 1-1 record to Carolina to take on the Panthers on Thursday night Football.

The New York Mets break their six game losing streak with a win over the Houston Astros

The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 3-1 on Saturday afternoon. The game was played at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen also pitched well. Andres Torres led the Mets offense with a couple of hits. Abad started for the Astros and pitched pretty well and the bullpen was up and down. The Astros offense only managed five hits. 
Dickey won his 16^th game of the season and pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run. Dickey walked one and struck out two. Jon Rauch pitched 2/3 of an inning and retired both hitters, Josh Edgin retired the only batter that he faced and Frank Francisco saved his 21^st game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. Fernando Abad lost his first game of the season pitching four innings and giving up four hits and a run with four walks and two strikeouts. Mickey Storey pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Hector Ambriz pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Fernando Rodriguez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. Xavier Cedeno pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and striking out one.

Torres had two hits, Ruben Tejada drew a walk and David Wright drew a walk. Scott Hairston had a hit and drew a walk, Justin Turner had a hit and an RBI and Ronny Cedeno had a hit. Ike Davis had a hit, Jason Bay had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Dickey had a hit and an RBI. Jordany Valdespin drew a walk, Turner hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base.

Fernando Martinez had a hit, Tyler Greene had a hit and Jason Castro had a hit. Brandon Barnes had a hit and drew a walk, Brian Bogusevic had a hit and the Astros were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Castro had a passed ball and Barnes had an outfield assist.

In the fourth Dickey hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the sixth Turner hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 Mets. In the seventh the Astros scored their only run on a Dickey wild pitch to make it 2-1. Bay hit an RBI single in the eighth and that would be the final run of the game as the Mets won 3-1.

The Mets evened the three game series at one with the rubber game on Sunday afternoon. The Mets ended their six game losing streak and their record improved to 58-69. The Astros record dropped to 40-87

NFL Week 14

The New York Giants will play another huge game this week, I don't think this one is do or die but they really would like to win this one. I can't believe this but the Giants will be in first place in the NFC East if they win this game and Dallas loses. They would have the tiebreakers even though they would all have the same record. Dallas is at home but they are playing a very good Chargers team. I think the Giants are going to bring the same passion and intensity they brought last week and it is going to be a old school smashmouth type of game. The game is Sunday night football and it will be very very cold in the meadowlands. The Giants are going to need to get Jacobs going and play ball control and hopefully their defense will get some pressure on Mcnabb and be able to do a pretty good job at shutting them down. I think the Giants are going to win this game in a squeaker. Giants 24- Eagles 21. The New York Jets will travel to Tampa Bay to play the hapless Bucs who are 1-11. This is one of those games where you could say same old Jets but I don't think they will lose this one. Their quarterback is injured and Kellen Clemons will get the start but I think the Jets will mainly run the ball and their defense will have no problems shutting down Tampa. I see the Jets winning this one 20-7. I am going to go with Chicago beating Green Bay in Chicago for my third and final pick of the week. Green Bay is a good team and they are battling for a playoff spot but this is a old rivalry game and it is in Chicago. I think the Bears will win 17-14.