New York Yankees defeat the Miami Marlins on ninth inning rally

The New York Yankees defeated the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 3-2.  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and pitched ok, he gave up a lot of base runners but not a lot of runs.  Lane Adams and Brett Gardner each hit a homerun. 

Eovaldi pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and a run with four walks and three strikeouts.  Dellin Betances pitched to two batters and retired them both, Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Luis Cessa earned the win pitching an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  Nick Goody earned his second save of the spring pitching a perfect inning. 

Jose Fernandez started for the Marlins pitching four innings and giving up two hits and a run with seven strikeouts.  Craig Breslow pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Cody Ege pitched an inning giving up a walk and Brad Hand pitched a perfect inning.  Bryan Morris pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and A.J. Ramos pitched an inning giving up a  hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  He suffered his second loss of the spring and first blown save. 

Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Adams had a hit and two RBI.  Austin Romine drew a walk, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Gardner and Adams each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Castro committed an error and Hicks had an outfield assist. 

Dee Gordon had a hit and drew a walk, Marcell Ozuna drew a walk and Christian Yelich had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew two walks, Justin Bour had a hit and Martin Prado had two hits.  Miguel Rojas drew a walk, J.T. Realmuto had two hits and an RBI and Cole Gillespie had a hit.  Luke Hechavarria drew a walk, Don Kelly had a hit and Chris Johnson had an RBI.  Yelich hit a double and the Marlins were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Gordon was caught stealing. 

In the fourth Gardner hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Realmuto hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the eighth Johnson hit a sac fly to give the Marlins a 2-1 lead.  In the ninth Adams hit a two run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play one more game on Saturday afternoon.  The Yankees will head home to New York after the game, workout at Yankee Stadium on Sunday and open the season on Monday afternoon. 

The New York Mets lose to the Chicago Cubs in Las Vegas

The New York Mets lose to the Chicago Cubs in Las Vegas

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.  The game took place at Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada and the final score was 5-1.  Paul Sewald started for the Mets and pitched well and a host of relievers pitched pretty well.  Lucas Duda led the offense with three hits. 

Sewald pitched three innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Chasen Bradford pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with one of them being earned and he struck out one and Erik Goeddel pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.  Jim Henderson pitched an inning giving up a hit, Hansel Robles pitched an inning and a run and Addison Reed pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

David Wright had a hit, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and Duda had three hits and an RBI.  Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit, Kevin Plawecki had two hits and Duda hit a double.  The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Bradford committed an error and Henderson had a pickoff. 

In the fourth Duda hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Zobrist hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Kris Bryant hit an RBI single to make it 2-1 Cubs.  Trevor Cahill hit a sac bunt and a run scored to make it 3-1 still in the fifth inning.  In the sixth Jorge Soler hit a sac fly to push the lead to 4-1 and in the eighth Yasiel Balaguert hit a solo homerun to make it 5-1 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets and Cubs will play one more game on Friday night and then the Mets will head to Kansas City  to open the season on Sunday night.  Matt Harvey will get the start for the Mets. 

The New York Yankees finish their grapefruit league schedule losing both games of a spli squad

The New York Yankees were defeated twice on Thursday afternoon.  They lost 10-6 to the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and they lost 9-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  Chad Green started the game against the Tigers and didn't pitch very well and Austin Romine led the offense with three hits and two RBI and Starlin Castro added a couple of hits.  In the home game Michael Pineda started and got hit around pretty hard.  The offense couldn't get much going as they only managed four hits. 

Green started the game against the Tigers and pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Tyler Webb pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and Conor Mullee pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts. 

Pineda  started the game against the Cardinals and pitched five innings giving up seven hits and six runs with four strikeouts.  Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Anthony Swarzak pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four htis and three runs with a walk and Branden Pinder pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk.  Matt Tracy pitched an inning striking out two batters. 

Gary Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk, Castro had two hits and Romine had three hits and two RBI in the game against the Tigers.  Jorge Mateo had a hit and two RBI, Pete Kozma had a hit and Rob Refsnyder had a hit.  Chris Parmelee had two hits and an RBI, Tyler Austin drew a walk and Trey Amburgey drew a walk.  Juan Silva had a hit, Sanchez hit a double and Romine hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Amburgey was picked off. 

In the first Victor Martinez hit a two run homerun to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.  J.D. Martinez hit a solo homerun and it was 3-0 Tigers.  In the third Miguel Cabrera hit a fly ball and a run scored on a throwing error to make it 4-0 Tigers.  Romine hit a two run homerun in the fourth to cut the lead to 4-2.  Martinez hit his second homerun of the game in the bottom of the fourth and it was 5-2 Tigers.  Ian Kinsler hit a solo homerun in the fifth to make it 6-2.  In the sixth a wild pitch scored a run and cut the lead to 6-3.  Parmelee hit an RBI single and the lead was cut to 6-4.  In the seventh Kinsler hit a sac fly to increase the lead to 7-4, Cabrera hit an RBI single making it 8-4 and Martinez hit his third homerun of the game to make it 10-4 Tigers.  In the ninth Mateo hit a two run single to cut the lead to 10-6 and that would be the final score. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit, Carlos Beltran had a hit and Brian McCann had a hit in the Cardinals game.  Eddy Rodriguez had a hit, Jonathan Diaz drew a walk and Lane Adams had an RBI.  Rodriguez hit a double and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  McCann and Puello each committed an error. 

In the second Stephen Piscotty hit a solo homerun to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Brandon Moss hit a solo homerun making it 2-0.  Piscotty hit his second homerun in the fourth and it was 3-0 Cardinals.  In the fifth Jeremy Hazelbaker hit a three run homerun to push the lead to 6-0.  In the seventh Tommy Pham hit a two run homerun making it 8-0 Cardinals.  Jedd Gyorko hit an RBI single and it was 9-0 Cardinals.  In the bottom of the eighth Adams hit a sac fly to make it 9-1 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees finished the grapefruit league at 13-15 and they will head to Miami to play two exhibition games at Marlins Park on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.  They will fly home to New York after the game Saturday, have an off day on Sunday and open the season on Monday afternoon against the Houston Astros. 

The New York Mets are blown out by the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the final score was 12-1.  Matt Harvey made the start which was his final tuneup before Opening Night on Sunday.  Harvey didn't pitch very well in only a couple of innings.  Yoenis Cespedes had a couple of hits and Travis Taijeron also had a couple of hits. 

Harvey pitched two innings giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Noah Syndergaard pitched three innings giving up four hits and two runs with a strikeout, Zach Thornton pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up twohits and five runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out one and Antonio Bastardo pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Taijeron had two hits and an RBI, David Wright had a hit and Eric Campbell had a hit.  Cespedes had two hits, Juan Lagares drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Neil Walker had a hit, Ty Kelly drew a walk and Michael Conforto drew a walk.  Asdrubal Cabrera drew a walk, Matt Reynolds had a hit and Cespedes hit a double.  Taijeron hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Duda, Campbell and Familia each committed an error. 

In the first Ryan Zimmerman hit a three run homerun to give the Nationals a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Jayson Werth hit a two run homerun pushing the Nationals lead to 5-0.  In the sixth Stephen Drew hit a two run homerun to make it 7-0 Nationals.  In the ninth Trea Turner reached on a fielding error and two runs scored, Reed Johnson hit an RBI single and Drew reached on a missed catch error to make it 11-0 Nationals.  Jhonatan Solano hit an RBI single and it was 12-0 Nationals.  In the bottom of the ninth Taijeron hit a solo homerun to get the Mets on the board and 12-1 would be the final score.  The New York Mets have finished their grapefruit league schedule and will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to take on the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.   

The New York Yankees shutout the Atlanta Braves

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Champion Stadium in Orlando, Florida and the final score was 2-0.  Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched great.  Aaron Hicks led the offense with three hits. 

Nova pitched six innings giving up two hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out two.  Andrew Miller gave up a hit to the only batter he faced, he left after being struck in the right hand.  Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning striking out the side, Bryan Mitchell pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked two with a strikeout and Kirby Yates pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Dustin Fowler had a hit, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Billy Fleming had a hit and an RBI.  Hicks had three hits, Dustin Ackley had a hit and Austin Romine had a hit and an RBI.  Vicente Conde drew a walk, Cesar Puello had a hit and Juan Silva had a hit.  Puello and Hicks each hit a double and Fowler and Fleming each hit a triple.  The Yankees were 3-16 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Hicks, Puello and Silva each had a stolen base. 

In the eighth Fleming hit an RBI triple and Romine hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  2-0 would hold up as the final score.  The Yankees improved their spring record to 13-13 with a couple of tie games.  They will play the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon in Lakeland, Florida.