New York Yankees blow late lead and lose to the Tampa Bay Rays

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took 

place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-3.  James Paxton started for 

the Yankees and he pitched great until it fell apart in the last inning.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with

two hits.  

Paxton pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and 11 strikeouts.  Jonathan 

Holder pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk and Zack Britton took his first loss of the 

season.  He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk.  

Charlie Morton pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout.  

Trevor Richards pitched four innings giving up four hits and wo unearned runs with two walks and Joh

four strikeouts.  John Curtiss pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts and Ryan Thompson

pitched a perfect inning.  

LeMahieu had two hits and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk and Luke Voit

had a hit and drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk, Mike Ford had an RBI and 

Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Brett Gardner had a hit, Hicks, Gardner and Torres each hit a double.  The 

Yankees were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  

Yandy Diaz had a hit, Austin Meadows had a hit and Jose Martinez had a hit and drew a walk.  

Mike Brosseau had two hits and two RBI, Brandon Lowe had a hit and an RBI and Manuel Margot

drew a walk.  Mike Zunino drew a walk, Ji-Man Choi had a hit and Michahael Perez had a hit and an

RBI.  Martinez, Meadows and Brosseau hit a double.  Brosseau and Lowe each hit a homerun.  

The Rays were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Margot committed an 

error.  

In the first Ford got hit by a pitch to drive in a run and give them a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Urshela reached

on a fielding error and two runs scored to push the lead to 3-0.  In the seventh Brosseau hit a two-run 

homerun followed by a solo homerun by Lowe to tie the game at three.  In the ninth Perez hit an RBI

single to win the game 4-3 for the Rays.  The Rays took three out of four and the Yankees will  now

have off on Monday before beginning a short two-game series with the Braves at home on Tuesday 

night.  

New York Yankees drop game 2 of the doubleheader

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of a doubleheader on 

Saturday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was

5-3.  Michael King started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen was pretty good.  Luke Voit led

the offense with two hits.  

King pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a hit and three runs with five walks and four strikeouts.  King lost his

first game of the season.  Luis Avilan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked two, Albert 

Abreu made his major league debut pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up three hits and two runs with 

two walks and two strikeouts and Ben Heller pitched 2/3 of an inning.  

Ryan Thompson pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Diego Castillo pitched an 

inning with a walk and a strikeout, Pete Fairbanks pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with

a walk and a strikeout and Andrew Kittredge pitched a perfect inning.  Jalen Beeks pitched 1 2/3 innings

giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Nick Anderson earned his second 

save of the season pitching to one batter and getting him out.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and two RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk.

Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Voit had two hits and an RBI.  Gio Urshela

had a hit and Eric Kratz had a hit and drew a walk.  Kratz hit a double and the Yankees were 3-6 with 

runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  

Austin Meadows had two hits and two RBI, Hunter Renfroe drew two walks and Jose Martinez had a

hit.  Ji-Man Choi had a hit and drew a walk, Joey Wendle drew a walk and Yoshi Tsutsugo had an RBI

and drew a walk.  Willy Adames drew a walk, Kevin Kiermaier drew two walks and Yandy Diaz 

drew a walk.  Kevan Smith had a hit and two RBI, Meadows hit a double and the Rays were 2-12 with

runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Kiermaier had an outfield assist.  

In the bottom of the first Tsutsugo had an RBI walk to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Voit 

hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the fourth Meadows hit a two-run single 

to give the Rays a 3-1 lead.  In the fifth Smith hit a two-run single to push their lead to 5-1.  In the 

seventh LeMahieu hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 5-3 but that would be the final score.  

The two teams will play the rubber game of the four-game series on Sunday afternoon.  

New York Yankees take Game 1 of doubleheader in Tampa Bay

 The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday 

afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 8-4.

Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Aaron Judge led the offense with three hits and 

Giancarlo Stanton and Gio Urshela added a couple of hits each.  

Cole pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Chad Green

picked up his second win of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up a run and two walks with 

two strikeouts and Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  

Tyler Glasnow pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with three walks and five 

strikeouts.  Glasnow took his first loss of the season.  Sean Gilmartin pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up 

five hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts and Oliver Drake pitched an inning giving up 

a hit and a run with a walk.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Judge had three hits and two RBI and Mike Ford had a hit and two RBI.  

Stanton had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Mike

Tauchman had a hit.  Urshela had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Gary Sanchez drew two walks

and Urshela and Tauchman each hit a double.  Ford, Stanton and Judge each hit a homerun and the 

Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Tauchman had a stolen

base and Sanchez had a passed ball.  

Yandy Diaz had a hit, Ji-Man Choi had two hits and an RBI and Jose Martinez had a hit and two RBI.

Yoshi Tsutsugo drew a walk, Hunter Renfroe drew a walk and Joey Wendle drew a walk.  Willy Adames

had a hit, Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI and Mike Zunino had a hit.  Adames and Zunino each hit a 

double and Choi hit two doubles.  Martinez hit a homerun and the Rays were 2-8 with runners in 

scoring position and left five men on base.  

In the third Ford hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Urshela hit a two-run doubleex

and the lead extended to 4-0.  In the fifth Stanton hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 5-0.  In the 

bottom of the fifth Choi hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  Martinez hit a two-run homerun and 

it was cut to 5-3.  In the sixth Judge hit a two-run homerun to push the lead back to four at 7-3.  

In the bottom of the sixth Kiermaier hit an RBI groundout to make it 7-4 and that was as close as it

got.  Urshela added a sac fly in the seventh and the final score was 8-4.  

New York Mets double up the Miami Marlins

 The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in 

Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-4.  David Peterson started for the Mets and he pitched

well.  J.D. Davis led the offense with two hits and four RBI.  

Peterson pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  

Peterson won his second game of the season.  Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with three walks, Drew Smith pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and 

Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Seth Lugo pitched a perfect 

inning with a strikeout and Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two 

strikeouts.  

Daniel Castano pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with four being earned.  He 

walked one and struck out four.  James Hoyt pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Brian Moran 

pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and a strikeout and Josh Smith 

pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run.  Pat Venditte pitched a perfect inning.  

Amed Rosario had a hit, Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew a walk and Davis  had two hits and four RBI.

Pete Alonso had a hit, two RBI and a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and 

Dom Smith had a hit.  Smith hit a double, Conforto, Alonso and Davis each hit a homerun.  The Mets

were 1-3 with runners in scoring position  left four men on base.  

Jon Berti drew a walk, Jesus Aguilar had two hits and Corey Dickerson had two hits and drew a walk.

Brian Anderson had two hits and an RBI, Matt Joyce drew a walk and Logan Forsythe had a hit, an RBI

and drew two walks and Monte Harrison had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks.  Forsythe hit a

homerun and the Marlins were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  

Anderson committed an error.  

In the first Anderson hit an RBI single to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead.  In the second Conforto hit a 

two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  Alonso hit a two-run homerun in the third to extend 

the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Forsythe hit a solo  homerun cutting the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the 

fifth Davis hit a sac fly and the lead was 5-2.  In the sixth Harrison hit a two-run single to cut the lead

to one at 5-4.  In the seventh Davis hit a three-run homerun to make it 8-4 and that would be the final

score.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Sunday afternoon.  

New York Mets lose a close one to the Miami Marlins

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi

field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Michael Wacha started for the Mets and he

pitched ok, the bullpen was good and Pete Alonso had two hits to lead the offense.  

Wacha pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and nine strikeouts.  Wacha 

lost his second game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking 

out five, Jared Hughes pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Edwin Diaz pitched a 

perfect inning with two strikeouts.  

Humberto Mejia pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts.  

Justin Shafer pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Stephen Tarpley won his second

game of the season pitching two perfect innings with two strikeouts and James Hoyt pitched 2/3

of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Richard Bleier pitched 1/3 of an inning giving

up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and Nick Vincent picked up his first save of the season

pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Brian Dozier drew a walk and Alonso had two hits.  Michael Conforto

had a hit, J.D. Davis had a hit and an RBI and Dom Smith had a hit and an RBI.  Wilson Ramos drew a

walk, Amed Rosario had a hit and Alonso, Conforto and Rosario each hit a double.  Smith hit a

homerun and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Shreve

had a pickoff.  

Jonathan Villar had a hit and an RBI, Jesus Aguilar had two hits and drew a walk and Brian Anderson

drew a walk.  Matt Joyce had two hits, Francisco Cervelli had a hit and three RBI and Magneuris 

Sierra had a hit and drew two walks.  Villar hit a double and Aguilar hit two doubles.  Cervelli hit a 

homerun and the Marlins were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  

Sierra had a stolen base and was caught stealing.  Anderson committed an error.  

In the second Cervelli hit a three-run homerun to give the Marlins a 3-0 lead.  Villar hit an RBI double

and the lead was pushed to 4-0.  In the second Smith hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1.  

In the eighth Conforto hit into a fielder's choice and the lead was 4-2.  Davis hit an RBI single to 

make it a 4-3 game but that would be the final score.