The New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins in extra innings

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-7 in ten innings.  Bryan Mitchell started for the Yankees but in the second inning was hit in the face by a line drive and had to leave the game, the Yankees used their entire bullpen to get through the game.  Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian McCann each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Mitchell pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with two strikeouts.  Caleb Cotham pitched two innings giving up six hits and four runs with a strikeout, Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts and Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Adam Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk, Dellin Betances pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and Andrew Miller earned his first win of the season pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Kyle Gibson pitched five innings giving up four hits and six runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Brian Duensing pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Ryan O'Rourke gave up two hits without recording an out and Casey Fien pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out two.  Kevin Jepsen pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Glen Perkins took his fourth loss of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a walk. 

Ellsbury had three hits, Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Greg Bird had a hit and drew a  walk and  McCann had three hits and five RBI.  Carlos Beltran had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI and Bird and McCann each hit a double.  McCann and Beltran each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Rodriguez had a stolen base and Gregorius committed an error. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI, Brian Dozier had three hits and Joe Mauer had a hit.  Miguel Sano had three hits and two RBI, Trevor Plouffe had three hits and two RBI and Torii Hunter had a hit.  Eddie Rosario had two hits and an RBI.  Kurt Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk, Eduardo Nunez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Sano, Hicks and Plouffe each hit a homerun.  The Twins were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Dozier and Nunez each had a stolen base and Dozier, Hunter and Nunez were each caught stealing.  Plouffe committed an error and Rosario had an outfield assist.

The Yankees scored three in the first on a McCann three run homerun.  Nunez hit an RBI single in the second to make it a 3-1 game.  In the third Sano hit a two run homerun to tie the game at three.  Rosario hit an RBI single and it was 4-3 Twins.  In the third McCann hit a two run single to make it 5-4 Yankees.  In the fourth Hicks hit a solo homerun to tie the game at five.  In the fifth Plouffe hit a solo homerun to make it 6-5 Twins and in the sixth he hit an RBI single to make it 7-5.  Beltran hit a two run homerun in the sixth to tie the game at seven.  In the tenth Headley hit an RBI groundout for the 8-7 walk-off win for the Yankees.  The Yankees have now won three of their last four games.  They will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

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 Mets lose in extra innings to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-3 in 14 innings.  Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched ok and the bullpen was good until the 14th inning.  Yoenis Cespedes and Ruben Tejada each had two hits. 

Niese pitched six innings giving up five hits nad three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Carlos Torres pitched a perfect inning, Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out a batter.  Hansel Robles pitched three innings giving up a hit and a walk and struck out three, Sean Gilmartin lost his first game of the season pitching two innings giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts. 

Charlie Morton pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out nine, Joakim Soria pitched to two batters and retired them both, Tony Watson pitched a perfect inning and Arquimedes Caminero pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one.  Jared Hughes pitched an inning giving up a hit, Joe Blanton won his fourth game of the season pitching three innings and giving up a hit and a walk with six strikeouts and Mark Melancon saved his 37th game of the season.  Melancon pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Cespedes had two hits, Juan Uribe had a hit and an RBI and Kelly Johnson had a hit and drew a walk.  Travis d'Arnaud drew a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit and two RBI and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Johnson hit a double, Uribe and Conforto each hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Cespedes had a stolen base, Johnson committed an error and Cespedes had an outfield assist. Niese had a pickoff. 

Gregory Polanco had three hits and an RBI, Jung Ho Kang had a hit and Andrew McCutchen drew a walk.  Aramis Ramirez had a hit and two RBI, Francisco Cervelli had two hits and drew a walk and Michael Morse drew a walk.  Chris Stewart had a hit and an RBI, Sean Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI and Cervelli and Rodriguez hit a double.  Ramirez and Polanco hit a homerun and the Pirates were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Polanco was caught stealing, Kang was caught stealing and Rodriguez was caught stealing.  Cervelli and Ramirez each committed an error. 

In the first Ramirez hit a two run homerun to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.  In the third Polanco hit a solo homerun to give the Pirates a 3-0 lead.  In the seventh Uribe hit a solo homerun, Conforto hit a two run homerun and the game was tied at three.  In the 14th Stewart hit an RBI single to make it 4-3 Pirates and Rodriguez hit an RBI single to make it 5-3 which was the final score.  The Pirates have won the first two games of the series and will look to sweep on Sunday afternoon. 

New York Yankees fail to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 3-1 Toronto.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and pitched well.  The offense didn't do too much at all, Jacoby Ellsbury had a couple of hits. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up three runs and five hits.  He walked three and struck out nine and lost his second game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and drew a walk and Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and struck out three. 

Drew Hutchison won his 12th game of the season.  He pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Brett Cecil pitched to one batter and retired him, Aaron Sanchez pitched an inning striking out one and Roberto Osuna saved his 13th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and struck out one. 

Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI, Brett Gardner had a hit and Alex Rodriguez drew a walk.  Brian McCann had a hit, McCann hit a double and Ellsbury hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Ellsbury was caught stealing and had an outfield assist. Severino had a pickoff. 

Troy Tulowitzki had a hit, Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Bautista had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Edward Encarnacion had a hit, Justin Smoak had a hit and Russell Martin drew a walk.  Ryan Goins had a hit and drew a walk, Kevin Pillar had a hit and Tulowitzki hit a double and Bautista hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Bautista was picked off. 

In the third Donaldson hit an RBI single to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the third Bautista hit a two run homerun to give the Jays a 3-0 lead.  In the sixth Ellsbury hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees won two out of three in the series and competed their six game road trip at 3-3.  They will begin a ten game homestand on Monday night against the Minnesota Twins. 

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.