New York Yankees defeat the Kansas City Royals

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 7-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Chris Carter had three hits and four Yankees had two hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out four and won his third game of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jason Hammel pitched six innings giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk.  Hammel lost his fifth game of the season.  Seth Maness pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, Travis Wood pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and Al Alburquerque pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Gary Sanchez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Matt Holliday had an RBI.  Starlin Castro had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk and Carter had three hits and two RBI.  Gregorius hit a double, Sanchez and Carter each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Headley and Judge each had a stolen base and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Mike Moustakas had a hit, Eric Hosmer had a hit and Jorge Bonifacio had two hits.  Jorge Soler had a hit and drew two walks.  Alex Gordon had two hits and drew a walk, Whit Merrifield had a hit and an RBI.  Hosmer hit a double and the Royals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the third Sanchez hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Carter hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-0.  In the seventh Ellsbury hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  In the eighth Holliday hit an RBI groundout extending the lead to 7-0.  In the ninth Merrifield hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and the final score was 5-4.  Tommy Milone started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch great, the bullpen pitched well.  The Mets offense managed only five hits and no player had more than a hit. 

Milone pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked three and struck out four and took his first loss of the season.  Paul Sewald pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Zack Greinke pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Greinke won his fifth game of the season.  Andrew Chafin pitched to one batter and struck him out, Archie Bradley pitched one inning walking one and stricking out two and Fernando Rodney saved his 10^th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Neil Walker had a hit and drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Rene Rivera had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Flores hit a double.  Granderson and R. Rivera each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Gregor Blanco had a hit and two RBI, Nick Ahmed had a hit and Paul Goldschmidt drew a walk.  Chris Owings had two hits and an RBI, Yasmany Thomas had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Brandon Drury had a hit, Daniel Descalso drew a walk and Jeff Mathis had a hit and drew a walk.  Mathis and Drury each hit a double and Tomas hit a homerun.  The Diamondbacks were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Blanco, Goldschmidt and Owings each had a stolen base. 

In the second Granderson drew an RBI walk to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Blanco hit a two-run single to give Arizona a 2-1 lead.  Owings hit an RBI single and Goldschmidt stole home to make it 4-1 Arizona.  In the fifth Granderson hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-2.  Tomas hit a solo homerun in the sixth to push the lead to 5-2.  In the seventh R. Rivera hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-4 and that would be the final score. 

New York Yankees defeat the Kansas City Royals behind a strong CC Sabathia

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 7-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Chris Carter had three hits and four Yankees had two hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out four and won his third game of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jason Hammel pitched six innings giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk.  Hammel lost his fifth game of the season.  Seth Maness pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, Travis Wood pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and Al Alburquerque pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Gary Sanchez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Matt Holliday had an RBI.  Starlin Castro had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk and Carter had three hits and two RBI.  Gregorius hit a double, Sanchez and Carter each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Headley and Judge each had a stolen base and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Mike Moustakas had a hit, Eric Hosmer had a hit and Jorge Bonifacio had two hits.  Jorge Soler had a hit and drew two walks.  Alex Gordon had two hits and drew a walk, Whit Merrifield had a hit and an RBI.  Hosmer hit a double and the Royals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the third Sanchez hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Carter hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-0.  In the seventh Ellsbury hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  In the eighth Holliday hit an RBI groundout extending the lead to 7-0.  In the ninth Merrifield hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

New York Mets lose in Arizona

The New York Mets were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.  The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and the final score was 7-3.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen was bad.  The Mets offense managed four hits. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up seven hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Hansel Robles pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and five runs.  He walked walked one and struck out one and took his first loss of the season and Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Zach Godley started for the Diamondbacks pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with five walks and seven strikeouts.  J.J. Hoover pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jorge De La Rosa won his second game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Silvino Bracho pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts. 

Jay Bruce drew a walk, Neil Walker had a hit and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Jose Reyes drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Rene Rivera had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Wilmer Flores had a hit and two RBI, Walker hit a double and Flores hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Granderson had an assist. 

Ray Fuentes had a hit, Chris Owings had two hits and drew a walk and Paul Goldschmidt had two hits.  Jake Lamb had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Yasmany Tomas had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk and Brandon Drury had a hit.  Jeff Mathis had two hits and two RBI, Godley had a hit and Daniel Descalso had a hit and an RBI.  Goldschmidt hit two doubles and Drury hit a double.  Lamb, Tomas, Mathis and Descalso each hit a homerun and the Diamondbacks were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Godley committed an error. 

R. Rivera hit an RBI single in the second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Lamb hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the eighth Tomas hit a three-run homerun, Mathis hit a two-run homerun and Descalso hit a solo homerun to give the Diamondbacks a 7-1 lead.  Flores hit a two-run homerun in the ninth to cut the lead to 7-3 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night

New York Yankees split a double header on Derek Jeter night with the Houston Astros

The New York Yankees split a doubleheader with the Houston Astros on Sunday.  It was also Derek Jeter night so it was a long, emotional day for the team.  The team also placed their closer Aroldis Chapman on the ten-day DL but say he should miss about a month.  In the first game of the double dip the Yankees defeated the Astros 11-6 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch too well or deep into the game.  The Yankees bullpen pitched well.  Brett Gardner lead the offense with three hits.   

Severino pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs.  He walked three and struck out two.  Chad Green pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, Adam Warren won his first game of the season pitching two innings and giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Mike Fiers started game one for the Astros and pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Michael Feliz pitched to one batter and struck him out, Will Harris lost his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up three hits and three runs and Chris Devenski pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Tony Sipp pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts. 

Gardner had three hits and an RBI, Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and Matt Holliday had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had two hits and three RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Chase Headley had a hit and three RBI, Chris Carter had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Gardner, Gregorius, Ellsbury, Castro and Carter each hit a double and Headley hit a triple.  Castro, Judge and Gardner each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Castro committed an error. 

George Springer had a hit, Josh Reddick had two hits and drew a walk and Jose Altuve drew a walk.  Carlos Correa had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Evan Gattis had two hits and two RBI and Marwin Gonzalez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Yuli Gurriel had two hits and an RBI, Nori Aoki drew a walk and the Astros were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gurriel committed two errors and Correa committed an error. 

In the first Holliday hit an RBI ground out to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Correa hit an RBI single to tie the game at one and Gattis hit an RBI single to give the Astros a 2-1 lead.  Gonzalez hit a RBI single to push the Astros lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Castro and Judge went back-to-back giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  In the seventh Gattis hit an RBI single to tie the game at four and Gonzalez reached on a force attempt error and Gurriel hit a sac fly giving the Astros the lead at 6-4.  In the bottom of the seventh Holliday hit an RBI single, Castro hit an RBI double and Headley hit a three-run triple giving the Yankees a 9-6 lead.  Carter hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 10-6 and in the bottom of the eighth Gardner hit a solo homerun to make it 11-6 and that would be the final score. 

In the second game the Astros jumped out to an early 6-0 lead and never looked back as they won the game 10-7.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched terrible.  The Yankees bullpen was great and their offense was led by Brett Gardner once again who had three hits. 

Tanaka pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and eight runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Tanaka lost his second game of the season.  Giovanny Gallegos made his major-league debut and pitched three innings giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and three strikeouts, Chasen Shreve pitched 2 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout and Tommy Layne pitched 1 2/3 perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Dellin Betances came into the game to get some work in and gave up two hits and an unearned run in 1/3 of an inning. 

Charlie Morton started for the Astros and pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with four walks and ten strikeouts.  He earned his fifth win of the season.  Michael Feliz pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out four, Brad Peacock pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and Dayan Diaz pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He struck out two batters and Ken Giles pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked one. 

Gardner had three hits and an RBI, Gary Sanchez had two hits and drew a walk and Matt Holliday had a hit and three RBI.  Starlin Castro had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and Didi Gregorius drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk, Chris Carter drew a walk and Ronald Torreyes had a hit.  Gardner and Sanchez each hit a double and Holliday hit a homerun and the Yankees were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Sanchez committed an error and had a passed ball. 

George Springer had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Josh Reddick had a hit and an RBI and Jose Altuve had a hit.  Carlos Correa had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Carlos Beltran had two hits and an RBI and Yuli Gurriel had a hit.  Alex Bregman had a hit and four RBI, Beltran hit a double and Springer hit two homeruns.  Reddick and Bregman each hit a homerun and the Astros were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Marisnick committed an error. 

Springer hit a solo homerun in the fifth Gardner hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 9-1.  Holliday hit a three-run homerun making it 9-4.  In the ninth a passed ball made it 10-4 Astros and in the bottom half a wild pitch made it a 10-5 game.  Castro hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 10-6 and Judge hit an RBI single to make it 10-7.  The Yankees did have the tying run to the plate but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost three of four in the series to the Astros and will have a day off on Monday.  They will then begin a three game series in Kansas City on Tuesday night against the Royals. 

New York Mets are blown out by the Milwaukee Brewers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 11-4.  Robert Gsellman continued his horrible start to the season pitching bad and the bullpen wasn’t so great either.  Michael Conforto, Neil Walker and Kevin Plawecki each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Gsellman pitched four innings giving up nine hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out three and suffered his third loss of the season.  Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout, Paul Sewald pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts and Rafael Montero pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Zach Davies started for the Brewers and he pitched five innings giving up seven hits and four runs.  He walked one and struck out two and earned his fourth win of the season.  Jared Hughes pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two, Jacob Barnes pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Rob Scahill pitched two innings giving up two hits and he walked one. 

Conforto had two hits, Jay Bruce had a hit and Walker had two hits and an RBI.  T.J. Rivera had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Lucas Duda drew two walks.  Plawecki had two hits and two RBI, Gsellman had an RBI and Juan Lagares had a hit.  Conforto, Plawecki and Lagares each hit a double and Walker hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Conforto was picked off and Cabrera committed an error and Plawecki had a passed ball. 

Jonathan Villar had two hits and two RBI, Eric Thames drew two walks and Nick Franklin had a hit.  Hernan Perez had a hit, Travis Shaw had three hits and four RBI and Domingo Santana had three hits and and drew a walk.  Jett Bandy had a hit, Keon Broxton had two hits and an RBI and Orlando Arcia had a hit and two RBI.  Davies drew a walk, Jesus Aguilar had two hits and two RBI and Perez and Aguilar each hit a double and Aguilar hit a triple.  Shaw hit a homerun and the Brewers were 8-18 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Villar and Broxton each had a stolen base and Santana was caught stealing.  Davies had a pickoff. 

In the first Shaw hit an RBI single to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.  In the second Plawecki hit a two-run double to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  Gsellman hit an RBI ground out to extend the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the second Villar hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the fifth Walker hit a solo homerun to push the Mets lead to 4-2.  In the fifth Broxton hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-3.  Arcia hit a two-run single to give the Brewers a 5-4 lead.  Aguilar hit a two-run double and it was 7-4 Brewers.  Shaw hit a three-run homerun to make the score 10-4.  In the seventh Villar hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 11-4 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of three on Sunday afternoon.