New York Yankees drop game two in Tamp Bay as the bullpen doesn't come through

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 6-3.  Adam Warren started but coming back out of the bullpen he was very limited as he builds back up.  The bullpen didn't do their job and the offense was only two homeruns and some hard hit balls that were caught. 

Warren pitched four innings giving up six hits and two runs with no walks and four strikeouts.  James Pazos pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked a batter, Nick Rumbelow pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season and Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning striking out one.  Branden Pinder pitched 2/3 of an inning walking one and struck out two, Bryan Mitchell pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout  and Chris Martin retired the only batter that he faced.  

Jake Odorizzi pitched six innings giving up three hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Odorizzi won his eighth game of the season.  Enny Romero pitched an inning walking one and striking out one, Alex Colome pitched an inning giving up a hit and Brandon Gomes pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Rodriguez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brian McCann had a hit and Greg Bird had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius drew a walk, Stephen Drew had a walk and Dustin Ackley had a pinch hit.  Rodriguez and Bird each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  McCann committed an error and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

John Jaso had two hits and drew a walk, Gardy Sizemore had a hit and Steven Souza Jr. drew a walk.  Evan Longoria had a hit, Logan Forsythe had two hits and an RBI and Nick Franklin had a hit and two RBI.  James Loney had a hit, Mikie Mahtook had three hits and J.P. Arencibia had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Mahtook hit a double and Franklin hit a homerun.  The Rays were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Mahtook and Souza Jr. each had a stolen base and Franklin and Loney each committed an error. 

In the first Rodriguez hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Forsythe hit an RBI single in the bottom of the first to tie the game at one.  In the second a stolen base and throwing error by McCann led to a run and a 2-1 Rays lead.  In the fourth Bird hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the sixth Franklin hit a two run homerun to give the Rays a 4-3 lead.  In the eighth Arencibia hit a two run single to give them a 6-3 lead which would be the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the three game series on Wednesday night. 

The New York Yankees come up with huge rally in ninth to take the game in Tampa Bay

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-1 Yankees.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and pitched great and the bullpen did their job.  The Yankees offense didn't do much but Alex Rodriguez had an RBI double in the ninth and Slade Heathcott had a three run homerun in the ninth.  

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts, Caleb Cotham won his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning striking out a batter and Andrew Miller saved his 33rd game of the season pitching a perfect inning and striking out the side. 

Erasmo Ramirez pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up one hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Alex Colome struck out the only batter that he faced, Brad Boxberger blew his sixth save of the season and pitched 2/3 of an inning gave up three hits and four runs with two walks.  C.J. Riefenhauser pitched 1/3 of an inning walking one. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Alex Rodriguez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Brian McCann drew a walk.  Carlos Beltran had a hit, Heathcott had a hit and three RBI and Greg Bird drew a walk.  Dustin Ackley had a hit, Rodriguez hit a double and Heathcott hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Noel and Gardner each had a stolen base.  Ryan committed two errors and Headley committed an error. 

Mikie Mahtook had a hit, Logan Forsythe had a hit and an RBI and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit.  Steven Souza Jr. had a hit, Richie Shaffer drew two walks and Kevin Kiermaier had two hits.  Forsythe hit a double and the Rays were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Mahtook had a stolen base and an outfield assist. 

In the eighth Forsythe hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the ninth Rodriguez hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  Heathcott hit a three run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead and that was the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.   

The New York Yankees salvage final game of series with Toronto by shutting them out

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-0.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched great, the offense was led by Alex Rodriguez and Dustin Ackley who each had two hits. 

Tanaka pitched seven innings giving up four hits and no runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  He won his 12th game of the season, Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning striking out the side, James Pazos pitched to one batter and retired him and Caleb Cotham pitched to two batters and retired them both. 

R.A. Dickey pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  He lost his 11th game of the season and Ryan Tepera pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Carlos Beltran had a hit, Brian McCann drew a walk and Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk, Ackley had two hits and three RBI and Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI.  Gregorius and Rodriguez each hit a double.  Ackley hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Tanaka had a pickoff. 

Jose Bautista had a hit, Chris Colabello had a hit and Kevin Pillar had a hit.  Josh Thole had a hit, Bautista, Pillar and Colabello each hit a double.  The Blue Jays were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the second Ackley hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead and Gregorius hit a sac fly to make it 2-0.  In the fourth Ackley hit a two run homerun and it was 4-0 Yankees.  In the eighth Rodriguez hit an RBI double to make it 5-0 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees were able to salvage the final game and avoid a four game sweep.  They will head to Tampa Bay to take on the Rays in a three game series beginning on Monday night. 

The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves as they roll towards the postseason

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.  The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 6-4.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and pitched very well, Tyler Clippard didn't.  Daniel Murphy had two hits and Travis d'Arnaud had three hits to lead the offense. 

Syndergaard pitched seven innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Clippard pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and he saved his 40th game of the season. 

Williams Perez pitched six innings giving up eight hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Ryan Kelly pitched a perfect inning, Edwin Jackson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and Arodys Vizcaino pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and he lost  his first game of the season.  Andrew McKirahan pitched to one batter and walked him and Matt Marksberry pitched to two batters and retired them both. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and two RBI and Murphy had two hits.  David Wright had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk and d'Arnaud had three hits and an RBI.  Kelly Johnson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had  a hit and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Murphy hit two doubles and d'Arnaud hit a double.  Cespedes hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Conforto had an outfield assist. 

Nick Markakis drew a walk, Freddie Freeman had a hit and an RBI and Jace Peterson had a hit and drew a walk.  Michael Bourn had a hit, Adonis Garcia had a hit and three RBI and the hit was a homerun.  The Braves were 2-2 with runners in scoring position and left one men on base. 

In the first Freeman hit an RBI single to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Wright hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Johnson drew an RBI walk to give the Mets a 2-1 lead and in the sixth d'Arnaud hit an RBI single to increase the lead to 3-1 Mets.  In the eighth Cespedes hit a solo homerun to make it 4-1 Mets.  In the bottom of the eighth Garcia hit a three run homerun to tie the game at four.  In the ninth Johnson hit an RBI single and Cespedes reached on a fielder's choice and a run scored to make it 6-4 Mets which would be the final score.  The two teams will play the final game of the series on Sunday afternoon. 

The New York Yankees rally but fall short in game two loss to the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-7.  It was the second game of a doubleheader and the Yankees lost both games.  Ivan Nova started this game and wasn't very good, the bullpen was ok.  Brett Gardner led the offense with two homeruns and six RBI. 

Nova pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a walk and a strikeout.  He lost his eighth game of the season.  Nick Rumbelow pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk, Chris Capuano pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Branden Pinder pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs with three strikeouts.  James Pazos pitched a perfect inning. 

Marcus Stroman won his first game of the season in his first start of the season.  He pitched five innings giving up four hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Bo Schultz pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Aaron Loup pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Jeff Francis pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a strikeout.  Steve Delabar pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Mark Lowe pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and he picked up his first save of the season. 

Gardner had two hits and six RBI, Carlos Beltran had two hits and Brian McCann had a hit.  Chase Headley had a hit, Dustin Ackley had a hit and drew a walk, John Ryan Murphy had two hits and Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI.  Brendan Ryan had a hit and drew a walk, Stephen Drew had a hit and Gregorius had a double.  Gardner hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Murphy had a passed ball. 

Ben Revere had four hits and two RBI, Josh Donaldson had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Bautista had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Justin Smoak had a hit, Russell Martin had a hit and two RBI and Ezequiel Carrera had two hits.  Ryan Goins had a hit and an RBI, Cliff Pennington had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Carrera, Bautista and Martin hit a double.  Pennington hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 7-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Donaldson and Revere each had a stolen base and Martin had a passed ball. 

In the second Goins hit an RBI single, Pennington hit a two run homerun and Bautista hit an RBI double.  It was 4-0 Jays and Martin hit a two run double to make it 6-0 all in the second inning.  In the fifth Gardner hit a three run homerun to cut the lead to 6-3.  In the sixth Gregorius hit an RBI double to make it a 6-4 game.  The Yankees did leave runners at second and third though with one out.  In the seventh Revere hit a two run single to make it 8-4.  Donaldson hit an RBI single to make it 9-4 and Bautista hit an RBI single to make it 10-4 all in the seventh inning.  In the eighth Gardner hit a three run homerun to cut the lead to 10-7 but that would be the final score.  The teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon.