New York Yankees fail to sweep the Red Sox

 The New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Yankee 

Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees

and pitched ok and the bullpen was good.  Stanton had three hits and Judge two to lead the offense.

Montgomery pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  

Clarke Schmidt took his first loss of the season pitching 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and run with a

strikeout, Lucas Luetge pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning

with two walks.  Wandy Peralta pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts.  

Tanner Houck started for the Red Sox and pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with 

three walks and three strikeouts.  Ryan Brasier pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Kutter Crawford

pitched two innings giving up four hits and he struck out three and he won his first game of the season.

Matt Strahm pitched a perfect inning, Hansel Robles pitched an inning with a walk and Jake Diekman

earned his first save of the season pitching a perfect inning striking out the side.

Josh Donaldson had a hit, Anthony Rizzo had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks and Judge had two

hits.  Stanton had three hits and an RBI, Joey Gallo drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Aaron 

Hicks had a hit, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit and drew a walk and Jose Trevino had a hit.  Kiner-Falefa 

and Torres each hit a double and the Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men

on base.  Judge had a stolen base.  

Kike Hernandez drew a walk, Rafael Devers had a hit and Xander Bogaerts had a hit and drew a walk.

J.D. Martinez had a hit and an RBI, Bobby Dalbec had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Christian 

Arroyo had an RBI.  Alex Verdugo had a hit and drew a walk, Jonathan Arauz had an RBI and Martinez 

hit a double.  Dalbec hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and

left six men on base.  

In the first Martinez hit an RBI double, Arroyo hit a sac fly and the Red Sox took a 2-0 lead.  In the 

bottom of the third Stanton hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Arauz hit a sac fly 

pushing the Red Sox lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Rizzo hit a two-run single tying the game

at three.  In the sixth Dalbec hit a solo homer giving the Red Sox a 4-3 lead and that would be the final 

score.  The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will start a four game series with Toronto

on Monday night.  

New York Mets lose first game of season

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took 

place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Carrasco started for the 

Mets and he pitched well.  Mark Canha led the offense with three hits.

Carrasco pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with no walks and five strikeouts.  Chasen

Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up one hit and one run with a walk and strikeout and Trevor Williams

lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and two unearned runs.  

Erick Fedde started for the Nationals and pitched five innings giving up five hits and two runs with two 

walks and five strikeouts.  Steve Cishek pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout,

Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Kyle Finnegan won his first game pitching 

a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Tanner Rainey pitched an inning giving up a hit and earning his first 

save of the season.

Francisco Lindor had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and Dom Smith drew 

two walks.  Canha had three hits and an RBI, Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew a walk and Tomas Nido 

had a hit.  Escobar hit a double, Lindor hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring 

position and left eight men on base.  Lindor had a stolen base and Alonso committed an error.

Nelson Cruz had two hits and three RBI, Josh Bell had a hit and drew a walk, Yadiel Hernandez had a hit.

Maikel Franco had a hit, Lucius Fox had an RBI and Cruz hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 1-5 with

runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Bell was caught stealing.  

In the bottom of the first Cruz hit a solo homerun to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Lindor

hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Canha hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the 

bottom of the eighth Fox hit a sac bunt to tie the game at two, Cruz hit a two-run single and the Nationals 

took a 4-2 lead and that was the final score.  The Mets took three of four and will head to Philly to take

on the Phillies starting Monday night.  

New York Mets win again in Washington

 The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Saturday.  The game took place at Nationals 

Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 5-0.  Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and pitched well.

The offense was led by Brandon Nimmo and Travis Jankowski who each had two hits.

Bassitt won his first game of the season pitching six innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked

one and struck out eight.  Drew Smith pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Joely Rodriguez pitched

1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and Adam Ottavino pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking 

out one.  

Joan Adon started for the Nationals and he pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with 

four walks and three strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season.  Austin Voth pitched 2/3 of an 

inning giving up two hits, Kyle Finnegan pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Tanner Rainey

pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.  Mason Thompson walked the only guy he faced 

and Andres Machado pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  

Nimmo had two hits and drew a walk, Francisco Lindor had a hit and drew two walks and Pete Alonso

had a hit and four RBI.  Jeff McNeil had a hit, Dom Smith had a hit and Jankowski had two hits and drew

a walk.  Luis Guillorme drew a walk, James McCann had a hit and Nimmo and Lindor each hit a double.

Alonso hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

Jankowski had a stolen base and Lindor committed an error.

Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Juan Soto had two hits and Josh Bell had a hit and drew a walk.  The Nationals 

were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Thomas had an outfield assist.  

In the fifth Alonso hit a grand slam giving the Mets a 4-0 lead.  In the ninth a wild pitch made it 5-0

which was the final score.  The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Sunday

afternoon.  The Mets will look for the sweep.

New York Mets win second straight in Washington

 The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Friday.  The game took place at Nationals 

Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 7-3.  Max Scherzer started for the Mets and had a solid

outing.  Jeff McNeil led the offense with three hits.  

Scherzer pitched six innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Scherzer 

won his first game of the season.  Drew Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, 

Seth Lugo pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one and Sean Reid-Foley pitched a perfect 

inning.

Josiah Gray started for the Nationals and pitched four innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two

walks and five strikeouts and took his first loss of the season.  Steve Cishek pitched to one batter and hit

him getting ejected, Sean Doolittle pitched an inning with a strikeout and Victor Arano pitched an inning

giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Patrick Murphy pitched 2/3 of an inning walking three,

Paolo Espino pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  

Brandon Nimmo had two hits, Starling Marte had two hits and three RBI and Francisco Lindor drew a

walk.  Pete Alonso had a hit, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and drew two walks and Robinson Cano had a

hit and two RBI.  Mark Canha had two hits and drew two walks, McNeil had three hits, two RBI and

drew a walk.  Tomas Nido had a hit, Escobar, Marte and Alonso each hit a double.  Nimmo hit a triple

and McNeil hit a homerun.  The Mets were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.

Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Juan Soto drew a walk and Nelson Cruz had a hit.  Josh Bell had a hit and two

RBI, Keibert Ruiz had two hits and Yadiel Hernandez had an RBI.  Bell hit a homerun and the Nationals 

left three on base.  Dee Strange-Gordon had an outfield assist

In the bottom of the second Hernandez hit a sac fly giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the third McNeil

hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the fourth Cano hit a two-run single giving the Mets a 3-1

lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Bell hit a two-run homer tying the game at three.  In the fifth Marte

hit an RBI double giving the Mets a 4-3 lead, in the sixth the lead was extended to 6-3.  Marte hit a 

two-run single.  In the ninth McNeil hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 7-3 which was the final score.

The two teams will play game three on Saturday.  

New York Yankees win second straight over Red Sox

 The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Saturday evening.  The game took place in the 

Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and looked good, he 

just didn’t pitch long.  The bullpen was great and the offense hit two two-run homeruns.

Severino pitched three innings giving up five hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Ron

Marinaccio made his major league debut pitching an inning, walking one and striking out two.  Miguel

Castro pitched an inning with a walk, Lucas Luetge picked up his first win of the season pitching an 

inning with a walk and two strikeouts and Chad Green pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Clay 

Holmes pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with a

strikeout and earned his first save of the season.  

Nick Pivetta started for the Red Sox and took his first loss of the season.  He pitched 5 2/3 innings giving

up four hits and four runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  Austin Davis pitched to one batter and got 

him out, Hirokazu Sawamura pitched a perfect inning and Phillips Valdez pitched a perfect inning with

a strikeout.

Josh Donaldson had a hit, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and two RBI.  Giancarlo

Stanton had a hit and two RBI, DJ LeMahieu drew a walk and Joey Gallo had a hit and drew a walk.  

Rizzo and Stanton each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and

left two men on base.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa committed an error.

Rafael Devers had a hit, Xander Bogaerts drew a walk and J.D. Martinez had a hit.  Alex Verdugo had two

hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Trevor Story had a hit and drew a walk, Bobby Dalbec drew a walk and

Story and Devers each hit a double.  Verdugo hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 0-10 with runners in

scoring position and left eight men on base.  Jackie Bradley Jr. had an outfield assist.  

In the second Verdugo hit a two-run homerun giving the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth

Rizzo hit a two-run homer to tie the game at two and in the bottom of the sixth Stanton hit a two-run 

homer to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead which would be the final score.  The two teams will play the third 

and final game of the series on Sunday night.  The Yankees will be looking for the sweep.