New York Mets lose a high scoring nail biter to the Seattle Mariners

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-7.  Carlos Carrasco started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Brandon Nimmo led the offense with a couple of hits and three RBI. 

Carrasco pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.   Chasen Shreve took his first loss of the season pitching an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Drew Smith pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Joely Rodriguez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Colin Holderman pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Robbie Ray won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings giving up five hits and five runs with three walks and nine strikeouts.  Sergio Romo pitched a perfect inning, Paul Sewald pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Drew Steckenrider pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs.  Diego Castillo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and earned his second save of the season. 

Nimmo had two hits and three RBI, Starling Marte had a hit and Francisco Lindor had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Pete Alonso had a hit, Mark Canha drew a walk and J.D. Davis had a hit and two RBI.  Eduardo Escobar had a hit and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had a hit and an RBI and Tomas Nido drew a walk.  Mazeika had a hit, Marte and Nimmo each hit a double and Davis, Nimmo and Escobar each hit a triple.  Lindor hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Canha was caught stealing and Marte had an outfield assist. 

Adam Frazier had two hits, Ty France had two hits and J.P. Crawford had a hit.  Jesse Winker had two hits, Julio Rodriguez had four hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Mike Ford had a hit and two RBI.  Abraham Toro had two hits and an RBI, Steven Souza Jr. had a hit and Cal Raleigh had a hit and two RBI.  Toro, Frazier, France and Winker each hit a double and Rodriguez and Raleigh each hit a homerun.  The Mariners were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the bottom of the first Lindor hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Raleigh hit into a double play but a run scored tying the score at one.  In the fourth Ford hit a two-run single to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead.  Toro hit a sac fly and the lead was pushed to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Davis hit a two-run triple to cut the lead to 4-3 and Nimmo hit a two-run triple to give the Mets a 5-4 lead.  In the sixth Rodriguez hit a solo homerun tying the game at five.  Raleigh hit a two-run homerun and the Mariners grabbed a 7-5 lead.  In the seventh Rodriguez hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 8-5 and in the bottom of the ninth McNeil hit an RBI single and Nimmo an RBI double cutting the lead to 8-7.  8-7 would be the final score. 

New York Mets defeat the Seattle Mariners

 

The New York Mets defeated the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Chris Bassitt started for the Mets and he pitched well and the offense was led by Starling Marte who had three hits. 

Bassitt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Seth Lugo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk, Chasen Shreve pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Ottavino won his second game of the season and Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and he earned his eighth save of the season. 

George Kirby started for the Mariners and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and three runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out one.  Penn Murfee pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Anthony Misiewicz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Andres Munoz pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season.  Sergio Romo pitched a perfect inning. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Marte had three hits and Francisco Lindor had a hit and two RBI.  Pete Alonso had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jeff McNeil had an RBI and Patrick Mazeika had a hit and an RBI.  Marte and Alonso each hit a double and Marte hit a triple.  Mazeika hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Marte had a stolen base.  Bassitt and Shreve each had a pickoff. 

Ty France had two hits, J.P. Crawford had a hit and Eugenio Suarez had a hit and drew a walk.  Jesse Winker had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Julio Rodriguez drew a walk and Steven Souza Jr. had a hit and an RBI.  Luis Torrens had two hits and drew two walks, Winker hit a homerun and the Mariners were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Rodriguez was caught stealing and Suarez and Rodriguez were picked off.  Crawford, Suarez and Torrens each committed an error and Souza Jr. had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the first Lindor hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Lindor hit a sac fly pushing their lead to 2-0.  McNeil hit a sac fly and the lead was 3-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Alonso hit an RBI double extending the Mets lead to 4-0.  In the sixth Souza Jr. hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the seventh Winker hit a three-run homerun to tie the score at four.  In the bottom of the seventh Mazeika hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 5-4 lead and that was the final score of the game.  The third and final game of the series will be on Sunday. 

New York Yankees slug their way to victory in the Windy City

 The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night at Guaranteed Rate Field in

Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 15-7.  Luis Gil started for the Yankees and he pitched ok.  

Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with three hits and six RBI.  

Gil pitched four innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Miguel 

Castro pitched a perfect inning, Lucas Luetge pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a 

strikeout and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk.  Loaisiga 

picked up his first win of the season.  Chad Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with 

two strikeouts.  

Dylan Cease started for the White Sox and pitched four innings giving up six hits and six runs with

two walks and 11 strikeouts.  Jose Ruiz pitched an inning giving up a hit, Ryan Burr pitched two innings 

giving up two hits and a run and Joe Kelly pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and five runs with four 

walks and a strikeout.  Kelly took his first loss of the season and Tanner Banks pitched 1 1/3 innings 

giving up five hits and three runs with a strikeout.  

DJ LeMahieu had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had two hits, four RBI and drew a

walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Stanton had three hits and six RBI and drew

a walk, Josh Donaldson had two hits and three RBI and Joey Gallo had a hit and drew a walk.  Marwin

Gonzalez drew a walk, Kyle Higashioka had two hits and Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk.  

LeMahieu hit two doubles, Rizzo hit a triple and Stanton hit two homeruns.  Judge and Donaldson each 

also hit a homer.  The Yankees were 6-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Rizzo

and Luetge each committed an error.  Gil had a pickoff.  

Tim Anderson drew a walk, Yoan Moncada had a hit and three RBI and Luis Robert had a hit.  Yasmani

Grandal drew a walk, Gavin Sheets had a hit and drew a walk and AJ Pollock had two hits, an RBI and 

drew a walk.  Adam Engel had a hit, Leury Garcia had two hits and two RBI.  Pollock and Sheets each hit

a double and Moncada hit a homerun.  The White Sox were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and

left six men on base.  Garcia was picked off and Grandal had a passed ball.  

In the first Stanton hit a two-run homer giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second 

Pollock hit an RBI double, Garcia hit a two-run single and it was 3-2 White Sox.  In the third Rizzo

hit an RBI triple tying the game at three.  Stanton hit another two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 

5-3 lead.  In the fourth LeMahieu hit an RBI double pushing the lead to 6-3.  In the bottom of the fourth

a wild pitch cut the lead to 6-4.  In the seventh Judge hit a solo homer extending the lead to 7-4.  In the 

bottom of the seventh Moncada hit a three-run homer tying the game at seven.  In the eighth Judge hit 

a two-run single giving the Yankees a 9-7 lead.  Stanton hit a two-run single and Donaldson hit a 

three-run homerun.  In the ninth Judge hit a sac fly making it 15-7 and that was the final score.

The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night.  

New York Yankees sweep the Toronto Blue Jays

 The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at 

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Jameson Taillon started for the 

Yankees and he pitched well.  Gleyber Torres led the offense with two hits and five RBI.  

Taillon pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Michael 

King pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Clay Holmes pitched 1 2/3 innings with 

a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.

Jose Berrios started for the Blue Jays and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs.  He

walked one and struck out four and took his second loss of the season.  Trevor Richards pitched 2/3 of an

inning giving up a hit, Trent Thornton pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and 

Ryan Borucki pitched to one batter and struck him out.  

Aaron Judge had a hit, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and drew a walk and DJ LeMahieu had two hits.  Torres 

had two hits and five RBI, Joey Gallo had a hit and Marwin Gonzalez had a hit.  LeMahieu hit a double 

and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on

base.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa committed two errors.  

George Springer had an RBI and drew a walk, Bo Bichette had three hits and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a

hit.  Teoscar Hernandez had a hit and an RBI, Alejandro Kirk had two hits and Matt Chapman had an

RBI.  Santiago Espinal had a hit, Raimel Tapia had a hit and Vinny Capra drew a walk.  Kirk, Bichette,

and Espinal each hit a double and the Blue Jays were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine 

men on base.  Hernandez had a stolen base.  

In the first Hernandez grounded into a force out giving the Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth 

Torres hit a three-run homer giving the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the sixth Chapman hit a sac fly cutting the

lead to 3-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Torres hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 5-2 and that would 

be the final score.  The Yankees swept the brief two-game series and will now head to Chicago to take on

the White Sox for a four-game series beginning Thursday night.  

New York Yankees walk-off the Toronto Blue Jays

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and battled.  The offense was led by Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton who each had two hits and three RBI. 

Severino pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Miguel Castro pitched 1 1/3 innings with four strikeouts, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Wandy Peralta won his first game of the season pitching an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Yusei Kikuchi started for the Blue Jays and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Yimi Garcia gave up a hit and a run, David Phelps pitched 2/3 of an inning and Adam Cimber pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one.  Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Trevor Richards pitched 1/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Jordan Romano pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Romano blew his second save of the season and lost his second game of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Judge had two hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo drew a walk.  Stanton had two hits and three RBI, Josh Donaldson drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew two walks.  Joey Gallo drew a walk, Jose Trevino drew a walk and LeMahieu hit a double.  Stanton and Judge each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

George Springer had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Bo Bichette had ah it and drew a walk and Vlad Guerrero Jr. had a hit and drew a walk.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Alejandro Kirk had a hit and an RBI and Matt Chapman drew a walk.  Santiago Espinal had a hit and two RBI, Espinal hit a double and Gurriel Jr. hit a double and Springer hit a homerun.  The Jays were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gurriel Jr. had a stolen base. 

In the first Springer hit a solo homerun giving the Jays a 1-0 lead.  In the second Espinal hit a two-run double pushing their lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the sixth Stanton hit a three-run homerun to tie the game at three.  In the eighth Gurriel Jr. hit an RBI double giving the Jays a 4-3 lead.  Kirk hit a sac fly and it was 5-3 Jays.  In the bottom of the ninth Judge hit a three-run walk-off homerun giving the Yankees a 6-5 victory.  The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon.