The National League defeated the American League by the score of 8-0 on Tuesday night in the All Star Game. The game took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Justin Verlander started for the American League and pitched poorly in his one inning of work. Matt Cain started for the National League and pitched well in his two innings of work. Melky Cabrera won the MVP award for the game. Pablo Sandoval his teammate with the San Francisco Giants also had a good game for the NL. Derek Jeter had a hit in two plate appearances. Jeter has the most hits of any Yankee ever in the All Star game and is also batting 440 career in the All Star Game. The National league has now won three straight All Star games and they will have home field advantage in the World Series.
Verlander pitched an inning giving up five runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. He took the loss in the game. Joe Nathan and David Price each pitched a perfect inning. Matt Harrison of the Texas Rangers didn’t pitch so well either. He gave up four hits and three runs in an inning of work. Jered Weaver walked a batter in his scoreless inning, Chris Sale gave up two hits but no runs in an inning of work including a strikeout and Ryan Cook pitched a perfect inning including two strikeouts. Jim Johnson and Fernando Rodney each pitched a perfect inning.
Cain won the game for the National league. He gave up a hit and struck out one in two scoreless innings. Gio Gonzalez pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Stephen Strasburg gave up a hit and a walk in one scoreless inning and Clayton Kershaw pitched one inning giving up two hits and a walk. Dickey pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Cole Hamels pitched a perfect inning and Craig Kimbrel struck out the only two batters that he faced. Aroldis Chapman had a walk and a strikeout in 1/3 of an inning, Wade Miley gave up a hit in 1/3 of an inning and Jack Hanrahan struck out the only batter that he faced. Jonathan Papelbon got the final out of the game, it was the only batter that he faced.
Jeter had a hit in two at bats. Robinson Cano had a hit in two at bats, Mike Trout had a hit and drew a walk and Joe Mauer had a hit in his only at bat. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli each had a hit in two at bats. The hits were all singles for the AL. They were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Trout did have a stolen base.
Matt Holliday did have a hit and an RBI in his only plate appearance. Chipper Jones in his final All Star Game had a it in his only appearance, Cabrera had two hits and two RBI and McCutchen had a hit in two at bats. Ryan Braun had two hits and an RBI, Sandoval had a hit and three RBI and Dan Uggla had a hit and an RBI. Rafael Furcal had a hit, Braun had a double and Sandoval, Furcal and Braun each had a triple. Cabrera hit a homerun and the National League was 3-8 with runners in scoring position. They left five men on base.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
New York Yankees Postgame notes from Boston
Four games in three days at Fenway. We all knew it was coming, and we knew
there was no hope of making it quick and easy. The best the Yankees could hope
for was to win a few more games and go into the All-Star break on a roll, which
is exactly what they’ve done. The Yankees took three of four and lead the Red Sox by 10 in the loss column. The Sox are battered and bruised, they could still make a run but it will take a lot for them to beat out the Yankees. Here are the postgame notes from Sunday night in Boston. Thanks to Chad Jennings of the Journal News and the Lohud Yankees blog for the information and my thoughts are mixed in.
“I’d rather play four-hour games that we win than four-hour games that we lose,” Mark Teixeira said.
The Yankees took three of four here in Boston. They have the best record in baseball and a seven-game lead in the American League East. Monday will mark seven weeks since the Yankees lost that game against Kansas City, the loss that dropped them into a last-place tie with a .500 record. Since then they’ve gone 31-12. I would say that is pretty impressive, they hit rock bottom and then a switch went on. The Yankees have had injuries and ineffectiveness offensively but they have had great pitching and a great bench to lead them to this.
“There’s a lot more attention paid when we play Boston,” Derek Jeter said. “But I think we’ve been playing good regardless of who the opposition has been.” The Yankees have been playing good no matter who they are playing and have mostly played teams with winning records which makes it more impressive.
Jeter was rolling his shoulder around quite a bit tonight, especially early in the game. “It’s fine,” he said. “Just a little muscle spasm.” He’s still going to Kansas City and still planning to play in Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
With that muscle spasm, Jeter had three hits including a first-inning single. He’s now hitting .400 in the first inning this season. He also tied Carl Yastrzemski for 16th place on baseball’s all-time runs scored list with 1,816. It is amazing to see all the guys he is passing on different lists now.
That said, which Jeter moment do you most remember from tonight’s game? “I wish I had a good story for you to say a bird hit it or something, but it basically was a popup and I dropped it,” Jeter said. “Nothing else to say. I think I’ve done it one other time in my career that I can remember, in Anaheim. I don’t know, man. I dropped it. I had two hands, and it didn’t go in my glove or my hand, so I dropped it. It’s probably, if you think about it, it’s probably the most embarrassing thing that can happen to a player on defense. Whether it’s an infielder, outfielder, catcher. I wish I could tell you the wind was gusting and blew it all over the place, but it didn’t happen. I just dropped it.” You have to respect him for that honesty but what else could he say. In that case there is nothing to say, he did just drop it, nothing else happened why even bother trying to say something happened when it didn't.
Jeter said absolutely no one on the bench gave him a hard time about the error. “No, you don’t do that,” Jeter explained. “Because then there will be more popups hit. I remember the last time I did it, I was laughing at Johnny. Johnny Damon missed a popup to left field the day before and I was laughing at him, and the next day I dropped a popup.”
Girardi’s take on the dropped popup: “I’ve seen it happen twice and both of them were under my managerial watch, so it must be me. He’s as good on popups as I’ve ever seen.”
Andruw Jones has four home runs in two days. Surely he’d rather keep playing than take an All-Star break. “Not really,” he said. “Not after yesterday. I barely made it today.” I thought he would say no way also but he said he was tired and looking forward to the break.
After throwing a lot of pitches early, Ivan Nova admitted that he didn’t think he’d be able to pitch past the fifth inning tonight. Instead, he started getting some quicker innings and gave the Yankees six innings with 10 strikeouts. “I wanted to keep pitching all day,” he said. “But (Girardi) said that I threw too many pitches.” You have to love the competiveness and toughness of this guy.
This was Nova’s second double-digit strikeout game of the year. He said it’s beacuse of being aggressive more than anything else. “I’m getting aggressive, trying to get ahead in the count,” he said.
Sloppy defense behind him and a lot of men on base tonight, but Nova never let the Red Sox take the lead after that two-run first inning from the Yankees. “He overcame some things tonight and I think that’s a sign of maturity,” Girardi said.
Robinson Cano’s ninth-inning double extended his hitting streak to 15 games, tying Jeter for the Yankees longest streak of the season. He’s hitting .393 with five home runs and 16 RBI during the streak. He has been on an unbelievable streak and now your seeing the real Cano, he was hitting terrible the first couple of months of the season.
Mark Teixeira hit .348 with two doubles, two homers, seven runs and 10 RBI during this road trip.
Alex Rodriguez tripled for the first time since April 21, 2010 in Oakland. This was only his fourth triple since the start of the 2007 season.
“I’d rather play four-hour games that we win than four-hour games that we lose,” Mark Teixeira said.
The Yankees took three of four here in Boston. They have the best record in baseball and a seven-game lead in the American League East. Monday will mark seven weeks since the Yankees lost that game against Kansas City, the loss that dropped them into a last-place tie with a .500 record. Since then they’ve gone 31-12. I would say that is pretty impressive, they hit rock bottom and then a switch went on. The Yankees have had injuries and ineffectiveness offensively but they have had great pitching and a great bench to lead them to this.
“There’s a lot more attention paid when we play Boston,” Derek Jeter said. “But I think we’ve been playing good regardless of who the opposition has been.” The Yankees have been playing good no matter who they are playing and have mostly played teams with winning records which makes it more impressive.
Jeter was rolling his shoulder around quite a bit tonight, especially early in the game. “It’s fine,” he said. “Just a little muscle spasm.” He’s still going to Kansas City and still planning to play in Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
With that muscle spasm, Jeter had three hits including a first-inning single. He’s now hitting .400 in the first inning this season. He also tied Carl Yastrzemski for 16th place on baseball’s all-time runs scored list with 1,816. It is amazing to see all the guys he is passing on different lists now.
That said, which Jeter moment do you most remember from tonight’s game? “I wish I had a good story for you to say a bird hit it or something, but it basically was a popup and I dropped it,” Jeter said. “Nothing else to say. I think I’ve done it one other time in my career that I can remember, in Anaheim. I don’t know, man. I dropped it. I had two hands, and it didn’t go in my glove or my hand, so I dropped it. It’s probably, if you think about it, it’s probably the most embarrassing thing that can happen to a player on defense. Whether it’s an infielder, outfielder, catcher. I wish I could tell you the wind was gusting and blew it all over the place, but it didn’t happen. I just dropped it.” You have to respect him for that honesty but what else could he say. In that case there is nothing to say, he did just drop it, nothing else happened why even bother trying to say something happened when it didn't.
Jeter said absolutely no one on the bench gave him a hard time about the error. “No, you don’t do that,” Jeter explained. “Because then there will be more popups hit. I remember the last time I did it, I was laughing at Johnny. Johnny Damon missed a popup to left field the day before and I was laughing at him, and the next day I dropped a popup.”
Girardi’s take on the dropped popup: “I’ve seen it happen twice and both of them were under my managerial watch, so it must be me. He’s as good on popups as I’ve ever seen.”
Andruw Jones has four home runs in two days. Surely he’d rather keep playing than take an All-Star break. “Not really,” he said. “Not after yesterday. I barely made it today.” I thought he would say no way also but he said he was tired and looking forward to the break.
After throwing a lot of pitches early, Ivan Nova admitted that he didn’t think he’d be able to pitch past the fifth inning tonight. Instead, he started getting some quicker innings and gave the Yankees six innings with 10 strikeouts. “I wanted to keep pitching all day,” he said. “But (Girardi) said that I threw too many pitches.” You have to love the competiveness and toughness of this guy.
This was Nova’s second double-digit strikeout game of the year. He said it’s beacuse of being aggressive more than anything else. “I’m getting aggressive, trying to get ahead in the count,” he said.
Sloppy defense behind him and a lot of men on base tonight, but Nova never let the Red Sox take the lead after that two-run first inning from the Yankees. “He overcame some things tonight and I think that’s a sign of maturity,” Girardi said.
Robinson Cano’s ninth-inning double extended his hitting streak to 15 games, tying Jeter for the Yankees longest streak of the season. He’s hitting .393 with five home runs and 16 RBI during the streak. He has been on an unbelievable streak and now your seeing the real Cano, he was hitting terrible the first couple of months of the season.
Mark Teixeira hit .348 with two doubles, two homers, seven runs and 10 RBI during this road trip.
Alex Rodriguez tripled for the first time since April 21, 2010 in Oakland. This was only his fourth triple since the start of the 2007 season.
The Yankees take the series in Boston behind a strong Nova
The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox by the score of 7-3 on Sunday night. The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched very well. The bullpen was able to mix and match to close it out. Jon Lester started for the Red Sox and didn’t pitch great. Derek Jeter and Andruw Jones led the Yankees offense. Pedro Ciriaco led the Red Sox offense.
Nova pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs with one earned run. He walked two and struck out ten. Nova is now 10-3 on the season. Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two walks, Clay Rapada pitched to one batter and struck him out and Dave Robertson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout. Rafael Soriano struggled in a non save situation but pitched a scoreless inning. He walked two and struck out the side.
Lester lost his sixth game of the season pitching 4 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and five runs with four of them being earned. He walked two and struck out six. Scott Atchison pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout. Mark Melancon pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and Alfredo Aceves pitched an inning giving up a hit and walking one.
Jeter had three hits, Curtis Granderson had two hits and Mark Teixeira had two hits and an RBI. Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and drew a walk. Cano extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Nick Swisher had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Jones had two hits and three RBI and Nix had a hit. Chris Stewart had an RBI, Teixeira, Nix, Swisher and Cano each had a double. Rodriguez had a triple and Jones hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base. Jeter committed an error.
Daniel Nava drew a walk, Ciriaco had three hits and drew a walk and David Ortiz had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Nick Punto had two hits and drew a walk, Cody Ross drew a walk and Jarrod Saltalamacchia drew a walk. Mauro Gomez drew a walk and Alex Aviles had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Ortiz and Aviles each hit a double. The Red Sox were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 12 men on base. Ciriaco had a stolen base and Saltalamacchia had a passed ball.
The Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Teixeira had an RBI double and Swisher grounded into a force out scoring a run. Ross reached on an error by Jeter scoring a run to make it 2-1 in the bottom of the first inning. In the second Stewart hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1 Yankees. In the bottom of the third Ortiz hit an RBI double to make it a 3-2 game. In the fifth Rodriguez had an RBI triple and Jones had an RBI single to make it 5-2. Jones hit a two run homerun in the seventh to give the Yankees a 7-2 lead. Aviles hit an RBI double in the eighth to cut the lead to 7-3. The final score was 7-3 as the Yankees closed out the series and the first half.
The Yankees improved their record to 52-33. They finish the first half with the best record in baseball. The Red Sox record dropped to 43-43 and they are ten games back of the Yankees in the loss column. The Yankees will have four days off and start the second half at home against the Anaheim Angels.
Nova pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs with one earned run. He walked two and struck out ten. Nova is now 10-3 on the season. Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two walks, Clay Rapada pitched to one batter and struck him out and Dave Robertson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout. Rafael Soriano struggled in a non save situation but pitched a scoreless inning. He walked two and struck out the side.
Lester lost his sixth game of the season pitching 4 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and five runs with four of them being earned. He walked two and struck out six. Scott Atchison pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout. Mark Melancon pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and Alfredo Aceves pitched an inning giving up a hit and walking one.
Jeter had three hits, Curtis Granderson had two hits and Mark Teixeira had two hits and an RBI. Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and drew a walk. Cano extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Nick Swisher had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Jones had two hits and three RBI and Nix had a hit. Chris Stewart had an RBI, Teixeira, Nix, Swisher and Cano each had a double. Rodriguez had a triple and Jones hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base. Jeter committed an error.
Daniel Nava drew a walk, Ciriaco had three hits and drew a walk and David Ortiz had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Nick Punto had two hits and drew a walk, Cody Ross drew a walk and Jarrod Saltalamacchia drew a walk. Mauro Gomez drew a walk and Alex Aviles had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Ortiz and Aviles each hit a double. The Red Sox were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 12 men on base. Ciriaco had a stolen base and Saltalamacchia had a passed ball.
The Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Teixeira had an RBI double and Swisher grounded into a force out scoring a run. Ross reached on an error by Jeter scoring a run to make it 2-1 in the bottom of the first inning. In the second Stewart hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1 Yankees. In the bottom of the third Ortiz hit an RBI double to make it a 3-2 game. In the fifth Rodriguez had an RBI triple and Jones had an RBI single to make it 5-2. Jones hit a two run homerun in the seventh to give the Yankees a 7-2 lead. Aviles hit an RBI double in the eighth to cut the lead to 7-3. The final score was 7-3 as the Yankees closed out the series and the first half.
The Yankees improved their record to 52-33. They finish the first half with the best record in baseball. The Red Sox record dropped to 43-43 and they are ten games back of the Yankees in the loss column. The Yankees will have four days off and start the second half at home against the Anaheim Angels.
The Mets get shutout by the Cubs as they close out the first half
The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon by the score of 7-0. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and didn’t pitch well. The Mets bullpen did pitch well. Daniel Murphy led the Mets offense. Ryan Dempster and the bullpen pitched very well for the Cubs. Starlin Castro led the Cubs offense.
Niese pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and seven runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three. Niese is now 7-4 on the season. Pedro Beato pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Tim Byrdak pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. Dempster improved his record to 4-3. He pitched five innings giving up four hits and no runs with no walks and four strikeouts. Paul Maholm pitched one inning giving up two hits, Manual Corpas pitched an inning giving up a hit and James Russell pitched an inning giving up a hit. Shawn Camp pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Ruben Tejada had a hit, Murphy had three hits and David Wright had a hit. Scott Hairston had a hit, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and Niese had a hit. Hairston had a triple, the Mets were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Murphy had a stolen base.
Reed Johnson had two hits, Castro had two hits and three RBI and Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI. Jeff Baker had two hits and an RBI, Geovany Soto had a hit and two RBI and Luis Valbuena had a hit. Baker had a double and Castro hit a homerun. The Cubs were 4-5 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.
The Cubs took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Soriano hit an RBI single, Baker had an RBI double and Soto had a two run single. Castro hit a three run homerun in the seventh inning to make it 7-0. That would be all the scoring in the game.
The Mets lost two out of three to the Cubs to close out the first half of the season. The Mets have had their trouble with the Cubs in the last month. The Mets record fell to 46-40. The Cubs improved their record to 33-52. The Mets still had a very good first half. They had very low expectations and have exceeded them. They are looking to stay in the race all the way to the end, it also helps that there is an extra wild card this year.
Niese pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and seven runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three. Niese is now 7-4 on the season. Pedro Beato pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Tim Byrdak pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. Dempster improved his record to 4-3. He pitched five innings giving up four hits and no runs with no walks and four strikeouts. Paul Maholm pitched one inning giving up two hits, Manual Corpas pitched an inning giving up a hit and James Russell pitched an inning giving up a hit. Shawn Camp pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Ruben Tejada had a hit, Murphy had three hits and David Wright had a hit. Scott Hairston had a hit, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and Niese had a hit. Hairston had a triple, the Mets were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Murphy had a stolen base.
Reed Johnson had two hits, Castro had two hits and three RBI and Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI. Jeff Baker had two hits and an RBI, Geovany Soto had a hit and two RBI and Luis Valbuena had a hit. Baker had a double and Castro hit a homerun. The Cubs were 4-5 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.
The Cubs took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Soriano hit an RBI single, Baker had an RBI double and Soto had a two run single. Castro hit a three run homerun in the seventh inning to make it 7-0. That would be all the scoring in the game.
The Mets lost two out of three to the Cubs to close out the first half of the season. The Mets have had their trouble with the Cubs in the last month. The Mets record fell to 46-40. The Cubs improved their record to 33-52. The Mets still had a very good first half. They had very low expectations and have exceeded them. They are looking to stay in the race all the way to the end, it also helps that there is an extra wild card this year.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
The Mets draw even with the Cubs behind Dillon Gee
The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs by the score of 3-1 on Saturday evening. The game was played at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched very well and Bobby Parnell closed it out. Jeff Samardzija started for the Cubs and pitched ok and their bullpen held the Mets down. The Mets offense was led by Jordany Valdespin and Ruben Tejada. Anthony Rizzo and Valbuena led the Cubs offense.
Gee won his sixth game of the season pitching eight innings giving up seven hits and a run. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four. Parnell saved his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out a batter. Samardzija took his eighth loss of the season pitching seven innings and giving up three runs on seven hits. He walked two and struck out four. Scott Maine pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Manual Corpas pitched 1/3 of an inning retiring the only batter that he faced.
Tejada had two hits, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Wright had a hit and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit and two RBI, Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk and Valdespin had two hits and an RBI. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit. Valdespin and Davis each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Wright had a stolen base.
David DeJesus had a hit and an RBI, Starlin Castro had a hit and Rizzo had two hits. Bryan LaHair had a hit, Darwin Barney had a hit and Luis Valbuena had two hits. Valbuena and Rizzo each had a double. The Cubs were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Castro had a stolen base.
Valdespin hit a solo homerun in the second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the third Davis hit a two run homerun to make it 3-0 Mets. DeJesus hit an RBI single in the sixth to make it a 3-1 game but that would be all the scoring in the game.
The Mets and Cubs have split the first two games of the series. The rubber game will be played on Sunday afternoon. The Mets record improved to 46-39 on the season and the Cubs record fell to 32-52 on the season.
Gee won his sixth game of the season pitching eight innings giving up seven hits and a run. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four. Parnell saved his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out a batter. Samardzija took his eighth loss of the season pitching seven innings and giving up three runs on seven hits. He walked two and struck out four. Scott Maine pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Manual Corpas pitched 1/3 of an inning retiring the only batter that he faced.
Tejada had two hits, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Wright had a hit and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit and two RBI, Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk and Valdespin had two hits and an RBI. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit. Valdespin and Davis each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Wright had a stolen base.
David DeJesus had a hit and an RBI, Starlin Castro had a hit and Rizzo had two hits. Bryan LaHair had a hit, Darwin Barney had a hit and Luis Valbuena had two hits. Valbuena and Rizzo each had a double. The Cubs were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Castro had a stolen base.
Valdespin hit a solo homerun in the second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the third Davis hit a two run homerun to make it 3-0 Mets. DeJesus hit an RBI single in the sixth to make it a 3-1 game but that would be all the scoring in the game.
The Mets and Cubs have split the first two games of the series. The rubber game will be played on Sunday afternoon. The Mets record improved to 46-39 on the season and the Cubs record fell to 32-52 on the season.
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