New York Yankees defeat Kansas City Royals and take the series

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  J.A. Happ made his Yankees debut and pitched well and Aaron Hicks led the offense with three hits. 

Happ pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Happ earned his 11^th win of the season.  Chad Green pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Aroldis Chapman earned his 28^th save of the season pitching a perfect inning and striking out the side. 

Burch Smith pitched four innings giving up five hits and five runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  Smith lost his second game of the season.  Tim Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Jason Adam pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Brandon Maurer pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Wily Peralta pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI and Didi Gregorius drew a walk.  Hicks had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had an RBI and Greg Bird had a hit and an RBI.  Miguel Andujar had a hit and an RBI, Neil Walker had a hit and drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit.  Hicks and Romine each hit a double and Hicks hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Hicks was caught stealing. 

Rosell Herrera had two hits and an RBI, Salvador Perez had two hits and an RBI and Hunter Dozier had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Alex Gordon had a hit, Gordon hit a double and Perez, Dozier and Herrera each hit a homerun.  The Royals were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Dozier committed an error. 

In the first Hicks hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Andujar hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.  In the fifth Torres grounded out and a run scored to make it 4-0.  Bird hit an RBI single and lead increased to 5-0.  In the sixth Perez hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Stanton hit a sac fly to push the lead to 6-1.  In the seventh Dozier hit a solo homerun and in the eighth Herrera hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-3 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees won three out of four in the series and will take on the Baltimore Orioles for a brief two game set beginning on Monday night. 

New York Yankees lose another one in TAmpa

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 3-2.  Luis Cessa started for the Yankees and pitched well.  Miguel Andujar led the offense with two hits but the offense didn’t do much. 

Cessa pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with three strikeouts.  Cessa lost his second game of the season.  Jonathan Holder pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a  strikeout, A.J. Cole pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Delllin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Ryne Stanke pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two,

 Jaime Schultz pitched three innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and four strikeouts and Diego Castillo pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and won his second game of the season.  Jose Alvarado pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Sergio Romo pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and saved his 12^th game of the season.  Jonny Venters pitched to one batter and got him out. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres drew a walk and Greg Bird had a hit.  Andujar had two hits, Neil Walker had a hit and an RBI and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Stanton had a stolen base. 

Kevin Kiermaier had a hit and two RBI, Jake Bauers had a hit and C.J. Cron had a hit and an RBI.  Joey Wendle had two hits, Daniel Robertson had a hit and Adam Moore had a hit.  Kiermaier and Cron each hit a homerun and the Rays were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Bauers had a stolen base and Duffy committed an error. 

In the second Walker hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Kiermaier hit a two-run homerun to give the Rays a 2-1 lead.  Cron hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 3-1.  In the eighth Stanton hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three in the series and will now head home to face the Kansas City Royals for four starting on Thursday night. 

New York Yankees shutout the Tampa Bay Rays behind a dominant Masahiro Tanaka

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-0.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Miguel Andujar, Greg Bird and Neil Walker each had two hits to pace the offense. 

Tanaka pitched a complete game shutout giving up three hits and a walk and he struck out nine.  Tanaka won his eighth game of the season. 

Yonny Chirinos pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  He lost his second game of the season.  Chih-Wei Hu pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run and he struck out four. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit and Didi Gregorius had an RBI.  Andujar had two hits, Bird had two hits and Walker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Austin Romine had two RBI, Bird and Andujar each hit a double and the Yankees were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

C.J. Cron had two hits, Ji-Man Choi drew a walk and Jesus Sucre had a hit.  Cron hit a double and the Rays were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. 

In the first Gregorius hit an RBI ground out to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Romine hit an RBI ground out to push the lead to 2-0.  In the seventh Romine hit a sac fly to extend the lead to 3-0 and in the ninth Walker hit an RBI single to make it 4-0 and that was the final score. 

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.  Each team has won one making this the rubber game of the series. 

New York Yankees hang on for win over the New York Mets

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-6.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched well and Aaron Judge and Miguel Andujar each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Gray pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out six and won his seventh game of the season.  David Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Aroldis Chapman was awful trying to close out the game, he gave up a hit and three runs with three walks and didn’t record an out.  Chasen Shreve recorded his first save of the season and he pitched a perfect inning. 

Steven Matz lost his eighth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Tim Peterson pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run and he struck out one and Anthony Swarzak pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Aaron Hicks drew a walk, Judge had three hits and an RBI and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Andujar had three hits and an RBI and Greg Bird had two hits and two RBI.  Brandon Drury had a hit, Austin Romine had a hit and two RBI and Andujar hit two doubles.  Bird and Judge hit a double and Gregorius hit a triple.  Judge hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Robertson committed an error. 

Brandon Nimmo had an RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Michael Conforto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Jose Bautista drew two walks, Kevin Plawecki drew a walk and Amed Rosario had three hits and an RBI.  Ty Kelly drew a walk, Jose Reyes had an RBI and drew a walk and Conforto hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base and Nimmo committed an error. 

In the second Conforto hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Gregorius hit an RBI triple to tie the game at one.  Andujar hit an RBI double, Bird hit an RBI double and Romine hit an RBI single to make it 4-1 Yankees.  In the sixth Rosario hit an RBI single and Robertson committed a throwing error to allow a run to score cutting it to 4-3.  In the bottom of the sixth Bird hit an RBI single to push the lead to 5-3.  In the seventh Judge hit a solo homerun and it was 6-3 Yankees.  In the eighth Romine hit an RBI ground out to increase the lead to 7-3.  In the ninth Reyes drew an RBI walk, Nimmo was hit by a pitch and a run scored an Mesoraco hit into a double play and a run scored cutting the lead to 7-6.  The game would end with the Yankees winning 7-6. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Sunday night.  Jacob deGrom will start for the Mets with Masahiro Tanaka going for the Yankees. 

New York Yankees lose to the New York Mets

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-5.  Domingo German started for the Mets and didn’t pitch very well, Adam Warren wasn’t good in relief but rest of pen was.  The Yankees offense struggled with runners in scoring position. 

German pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  German lost his sixth game of the season.  Warren pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and two strikeouts, Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and Chad Green pitched an inning with a walk.  Jonathan Holder pitched an inning and struck out one and A.J. Cole pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched five innings giving up eight hits and a run with four strikeouts.  Syndergaard won his sixth game of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Robert Gsellman saved his fifth game of the season pitching two innings giving up two hits and two unearned runs with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge had three hits and Didi Gregorius had three hits and an RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Greg Bird had a hit and drew a walk, Miguel Andujar had two hits and Neil Walker had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Walker and Gregorius each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Stanton had an outfield assist. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Yoenis Cespedes had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and an RBI.  Wilmer Flores drew a walk, Michael Conforto had two hits and three RBI and Jose Bautista had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Devin Mesoraco had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Matt den Dekker drew a walk, Cabrera, Conforto, Bautista, Mesoraco and Nimmo each hit a double.  Cespedes hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Rosario committed an error. 

In the first Cabrera hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead, Conforto hit an RBI double and Bautista hit an RBI double to push the lead to 3-0.  In the third Cespedes hit a solo homerun to make it 4-0.  In the bottom of the third Stanton hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Conforto hit an RBI single and Mesoraco hit an RBI single to increase their lead to 6-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Walker hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 6-3.  In the bottom of the eighth Gregorius hit an RBI double and Stanton an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 6-5.  In the ninth Conforto hit a sac fly to push the lead to 7-5 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.  Sonny Gray and Steven Matz make the start and German was optioned to AAA after the game with Luis Cessa taking his spot in the rotation.