New York Mets defeat the Houston Astros

The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros on Friday afternoon.  The game took place at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie and the final score was 11-3.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and pitched well.  Yoenis Cespedes, Neil Walker, Brandon Nimmo and Rene Rivera all led the offense with two hits each. 

Syndergaard pitched two innings giving up a hit and no runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Jerry Blevins earned the win pitching an inning and giving up a up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Kevin McGowan pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Josh Smoker pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Dominic Smith had a hit and an RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Cespedes had two hits, Patrick Biondi had a hit and Walker had two hits and two RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit and an RBI, Nimmo had two hits and Lucas Duda had a hit and two RBI.  T.J. Rivera had a hit and an RBI, Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk and Wuilmer Becerra drew a walk.  Champ Stuart had a hit and an RBI, Rivera had two hits and Duda, Rivera, Rosario and Stuart each hit a double.  Walker hit a homerun and the Mets were 7-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Lagares had an outfield assist. 

In the third Cabrera hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Bruce hit an RBI single and the lead was extended to 2-0.  Duda hit a two-run double to push the lead to 4-0.  In the fifth Walker hit a two-run homerun and the lead grew to 6-0.  A passed ball allowed another run to score and make it a 7-0 game still in the fifth.  Smith hit an RBI single and the lead was 8-0.  Rosario  hit an RBI double and it was 9-0.  In the sixth Teoscar Hernandez hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 9-1.  In the seventh Jake Marisnick hit a solo homerun to make it a 9-2 game.  Carlos Correa hit a sac fly to cut into the lead further and make it a 9-3 game.  IN the seventh Stuart hit an RBI double and it became a 10-3 game.  In the eighth Rivera hit a sac fly and it was 11-3 Mets which would be the final score. 

New York Mets defeat the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie and the final score was 11-6.  Robert Gsellman started and pitched well for the Mets and Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia also pitched well.  Phillip Evans led the offense with a couple of hits and five RBI. 

Gsellman pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Reed pitched a perfect inning, Familia earned the win pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Tom Gorzelanny pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Erik Goeddel pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and David Roseboom pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs.  Hansel Robles pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out three. 

Evans had two hits and five RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and an RBI.  Curtis Granderson had a hit, Brandon Nimmo had three hits and Neil Walker had two hits and two RBI.  Gavin Cecchini had a hit, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Travis Taijeron had a hit.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Dominic Smith drew a walk and Travis d’Arnaud had two hits.  Tomas Nido had a hit, Matt Reynolds had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Reynolds hit a double.  Cespedes, Walker and Evans each hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

In the fourth Cespedes hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Walker hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 3-0.  A wild pitch made it a 4-0 game still in the fourth inning.  In the fifth Derek Dietrich hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Flores hit an RBI single to make it a 5-1 game and then Evans hit a grand slam to extend the lead to 9-1.  In the seventh Tomas Telis hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 9-2.  Yefri Perez hit an RBI double to make it a 9-3 game.  In the seventh Reynolds hit an RBI double to make it 10-3 and then Evans  hit an RBI single to push it to 11-3.  In the eighth J.T. Riddle hit into a force out and it was 11-4 and then Isaac Galloway hit an RBI single to cut it to 11-5 and Telis hit an RBI single to make it 11-6 which would be the final score. 

New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 11-1.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and he was great.  Aaron Hicks and Billy McKinney each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Pineda pitched two scoreless innings giving up a hit and he struck out five.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Chad Green pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Ben Heller pitched 1 1/3 innings and he struck out one.  Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Chasen Shreve pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Giovanny Gallegos pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

In the third Sanchez hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Castro hit an RBI double and it was 3-0 Yankees.  Hicks hit a two-run homerun in the fourth and it was 5-0 Yankees.  In the fourth Omar Infante hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Refsnyder drew an RBI walk to push the lead to 6-1.  Sanchez had an RBI walk in the fifth to make it a 7-1 lead.  Donovan Solano hit a two run single to push the lead to 9-1 still in the fifth.  In the sixth Rashad Crawford hit a two run single to make it 11-1 and that was the final score.   

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday afternoon.  The game took place at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida and the final score was 3-2.  Luis Severino started and pitched ok and Aaron Judge had two hits to lead the offense. 

Severino pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Johnny Barbato pitched two innings and he struck out three, J.R. Graham pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out one and Evan Rutckyj pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit.  Brady Lail pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and he struck out one and Joe Mantiply pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Judge had two hits and Chris Carter drew a walk.  Wilken Castillo had a hit, Austin Romine had a hit and Francisco Diaz had a hit.  Rob Refsnyder drew a walk, Ji-Man Choi had a hit and two RBI and Diaz hit a double.  The Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the first Bautista hit a two-run homerun to give the Jays a 2-0 lead.  In the ninth Choi hit a two run single to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the ninth Ryan McBroom hit a solo homerun to give the Jays a 3-2 win. 

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 8-1.  Adam Warren started for the Yankees and he pitched pretty well.  Aroldis Chapman made his first appearance of the spring and he looked great.  Billy McKinney and Gary Sanchez each had two hits. 

Warren pitched three innings giving up one hit and one run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Chapman got the win pitching an inning with two strikeouts, Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Tommy Layne pitched a perfect inning.  Dietrich Enns pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out one and Giovanny Gallegos pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit, McKinney had two hits and three RBI and Sanchez had two hits and an RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit and drew a walk, Greg Bird had a hit and two RBI and Matt Holliday had a hit and an RBI.  Starlin Castro had a hit, Jorge Mateo had a hit and an RBI and Miguel Andujar had a hit.  Tyler Wade had a hit, Gleyber Torres had a hit, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Sanchez, Higashioka, Mateo and McKinney each hit a double.  Holliday, Bird and McKinney each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Mateo had a stolen base and Tejada committed an error. 

In the second Holliday hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Caleb Joseph hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the fourth Bird hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the fifth Sanchez hit an RBI single and it was 4-1 Yankees.  McKinney hit a two-run homerun in the seventh to extend the lead to 6-1.  Mateo hit an RBI double to push the lead to 7-1.  In the eighth McKinney hit an RBI double to make it