New York Yankees lose a wild slugfest in Detroit

The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan and the final score was 12-11.  Nestor Cortes Jr. started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  Brett Gardner and Didi Gregorius each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Cortes Jr. pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two.  Luis Cessa pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with one being earned, Cory Gearrin pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks.  Ryan Dull pitched to one batter and got him out, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts and Zack Britton pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Chance Adams took his first loss of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Edwin Jackson pitched two innings giving up six hits and six runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Tyler Alexander pitched four innings giving up two hits and two runs with four strikeouts, John Schreiber pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout and Daniel Stumpf pitched giving up a hit and a run.  Jose Cisnero pitched to one batter and got him out, Buck Farmer pitched an inning giving up a walk and Joe Jimenez pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and he won his fourth game of the season. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Gardner had two hits and three RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk.  Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and two RBI, Gregorius had two hits and two RBI and Gio Urshela had a hit.  Mike Ford had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Clint Frazier had a hit and Tyler Wade had a hit and two RBI.  Urshela hit a double, Wade hit a triple and Gardner hit two homeruns.  Res and Encarnacion hit a homerun and Gregorius also hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Estrada had a stolen base, Torres committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Victor Reyes had a hit, Harold Castro had three hits and an RBI and Miguel Cabrera had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Jeimer Candelario had three hits and three RBI, Dawel Lugo drew a walk and Christin Stewart had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Travis Demeritte had a hit and an RBI, Grayson Greiner had three hits and two RBI, Jordy Mercer had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Greiner hit a double and Stewart hit a homerun and the Tigers were 8-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Gardner hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Ford hit an RBI single and Wade hit a two-run triple to push the lead to 4-0.  Gardner hit a two-run homerun and it was 6-0.  In the third Cabrera hit an RBI single, Candelario hit an RBI single and Stewart hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 6-3.  Demeritte hit an RBI single, Greiner hit a two-run single and the game was tied at six.  In the fourth Torres hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees back the lead at 7-6.  In the fifth Gregorius hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 8-6.  In the bottom of the fifth Stewart hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 8-7.  In the sixth Cabrera hit a sac fly to tie the game at eight.  Candelario hit a two-run single to give the Tigers a 10-8 lead.  In the seventh Encarnacion hit a two-run homerun tying the game at ten.  Gregorius hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 11-10 lead.  In the bottom of the seventh Castro hit an RBI single to tie the game at 11.  In the bottom of the ninth the Tigers walked off on an RBI single by Mercer to win the game 12-11. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.   

New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks

The New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-1.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well and Seth Lugo closed it out.  Pete Alonso, Wilson Ramos and Amed Rosario each had two hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and 11 strikeouts.  deGrom earned his ninth win of the season.  Lugo saved his fifth game of the season pitching two perfect innings with four strikeouts. 

Merrill Kelly pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Kelly lost his 14^th game of the season.  Yoan Lopez pitched to one batter and got him out, Robby Scott pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Stefan Crichton pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  T.J. McFarland pitched 2/3 of an inning. 

Jeff McNeil had a hit, Alonso had two hits and two RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk.  Ramos had two hits, Robinson Cano had a hit and Brandon Nimmo drew a walk.  Rosario had two hits and an RBI, Ramos hit a double and McNeil hit a double.  Alonso hit two homeruns and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Ramos committed an error. 

Josh Rojas had a hit, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI.  Jarrod Dyson drew a walk, Flores hit a homerun and the Diamondbacks were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Dyson had a stolen base. 

In the first Alonso hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Rosario hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Flores hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fifth Alonso hit hits second homerun of the game to extend the lead to 3-1 and that would be the final score. 

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

New York Mets lose a slug fest to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 10-7.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched ok and Wilson Ramos and Amed Rosario each had three hits to lead the offense.    

Syndergaard pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Paul Sewald pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and he took his first loss of the season, Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs and Justin Wilson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts.  Tyler Bashlor pitched giving up a hit and a run with three walks and didn’t record an out, Daniel Zamora got out the only batter that he faced and Edwin Diaz pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Vince Velasquez pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Jared Hughes pitched to one batter and walked him, Ranger Suarez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and won his fifth game of the season and Jose Alvarez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk.  Mike Morin pitched 1/3 of an inning, Blake Parker pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Nick Vincent pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Hector Neris pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two and saved his 24^th game of the season. 

Jeff McNeil had two hits and drew a walk, Pete Alonso had a hit and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk.  Ramos had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Robinson Cano had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and J.D. Davis had a hit and drew a walk.  Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Rosario had three hits and Joe Panik had a hit and an RBI.  Ramos hit a double, Ramos and Cano each hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-16 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  McNeil committed an error and Conforto had an outfield assist. 

Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Jean Segura had two hits and an RBI and Corey Dickerson had a hit and two RBI.  Rhys Hoskins had two hits, Scott Kingery had a hit and two RBI and Adam Haseley had a hit and an RBI.  Phil Gosselin had a hit and an RBI, Sean Rodriguez drew a walk and Maikel Franco had two hits and two RBI.  Andrew Knapp had a hit and drew two walks, Jose Pirela had a hit and Bryce Harper had an RBI and drew a walk.  Hoskins hit two doubles and Franco hit a double.  Haseley, Franco and Kingery each hit a homerun and the Phillies were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Kingery and Segura each had a stolen base and Hernandez had two stolen bases. 

In the first Ramos hit a two-run homerun and Cano hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.  In the third Segura hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Haseley hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the fifth Dickerson hit a two-run single to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Nimmo hit an RBI single to tie the game at four.  In the sixth Gosselin hit an RBI single and Franco hit a two-run homerun to make it 7-4.  In the sixth Ramos hit an RBI ground out and Cano hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 7-6.  In the seventh Kingery hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 9-6.  Harper drew an RBI walk and it was 10-6.  In the seventh Panik hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 10-7 but that would be the final score. 

New York Yankees shutout the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 5-0.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and pitched great and the offense was well balanced. 

Paxton won his 13^th game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out seven.  Zack Britton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tyler Lyons pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched six innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and nine strikeouts.  Rodriguez lost his sixth game of the season.  Darwinzon Hernandez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout, Trevor Kelley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Travis Lakins pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Mike Shawaryn pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks and Colten Brewer pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had two hits and drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had two hits and an RBI.  Edwin Encarnacion had a hit, Luke Voit had two hits and an RBI and Gio Urshela had two hits and an RBI.  Austin Romine had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks.  Torres, Voit, Romine, Judge and Urshela each hit a double.  Romine and Urshela each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Romine had two passed balls. 

Mookie Betts had a hit, Rafael Devers had a hit and drew a walk and J.D. Martinez drew a walk.  Christian Vasquez had two hits, Jackie Bradley Jr. had three hits and drew a walk.  Bradley Jr. hit a double and the Red Sox were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. 

In the fifth Romine hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Urshela hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  LeMahieu hit an RBI single and it was 3-0 and then Torres hit a sac fly to extend the lead to 4-0.  In the ninth Voit hit an RBI single and it was 5-0 which was the final score. 

The Yankees took three out of four in the series and will head to Detroit to begin a three-game series on Tuesday night. 

The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 10-5.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The Yankees bullpen did pitch well and Gleyber Torres and Edwin Encarnacion each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Tanaka pitched four innings giving up eight hits and four runs with no walks and two strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched three perfect innings with five strikeouts and he won his third game of the season, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Rick Porcello pitched four innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a strikeout.  Porcello lost his 12^th game of the season.  Ryan Brasier pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned and he struck out one, Trevor Kelley pitched to one batter and got him out and Josh Taylor pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Jhoulys Chacin pitched an inning with a walk, Josh Smith pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out two and Marcus Walden pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and Hector Velazquez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit. 

DJ LeMahieu had ah it and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had two hits and two RBI and Didi Gregorius drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez had an RBI, Encarnacion had three hits and an RBI and Torres had three hits and four RBI.  Luke Voit had a hit, Mike Tauchman had two hits and two RBI and Cameron Maybin had a hit.  Tauchman and Torres each hit a double.  Torres, Tauchman and Judge each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Torres had a stolen base. 

Mookie Betts had two hits and an RBI, Rafael Devers had a hit and Brock Holt had two hits.  Mitch Moreland had a hit and an RBI, Sandy Leon had two hits and an RBI and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and two RBI.  Moreland and Leon each hit a double and Bradley Jr. and Betts each hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Devers committed three errors. 

In the second Torres hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Judge hit an RBI single and Sanchez hit an RBI ground out to push the lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the third Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 4-2.  In the fourth Tauchman hit a two-run homerun and the lead was extended to 6-2.  In the bottom of the fourth Moreland hit an RBI double and Leon hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 6-4.  In the fifth Judge hit a solo homerun and Torres hit into a force out to make it 8-4.  In the eighth Betts hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 8-5.  In the ninth Encarnacion hit an RBI single and Torres hit an RBI double to make it 10-5 and that was the final score.