New York Yankees fail to sweep the Colorado Rockies

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-4.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The Yankees offense only managed four hits. 

Paxton pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and seven runs with four of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out six.  Paxton lost his fifth game of the season.  Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Stephen Tarpley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and an unearned run with two walks and a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

German Marquez pitched seven innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Marquez won his ninth game of the season.  Scott Oberg pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Wade Davis pitched a perfect inning. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Hicks had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Mike Tauchman had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, LeMahieu, Tauchman and Hicks each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Voit committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Charlie Blackmon had four hits and an RBI, Trevor Story had two hits and two RBI and Nolan Arenado had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Daniel Murphy had a hit, Ian Desmond drew a walk and David Dahl had two hits and two RBI.  Ryan McMahon drew a walk, Chris Iannetta drew three walks, Arenado and Blackmon each hit a double.  Story hit two doubles and Blackmon hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 4-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Dahl and McMahon each had a stolen base. 

In the first Blackmon hit a solo homerun to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first LeMahieu hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the third Arenado hit a two-run double to give the Rockies a 3-1 lead.  Dahl hit a two-run single and it was 5-1 Rockies.  In the fourth Story hit a two-run double to extend the Rockies lead to 7-1.  In the fifth Tauchman hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 7-2.  In the eighth a passed ball made it 8-2.  In the eighth Hicks hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 8-4 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will head to Minnesota to take on the Twins Monday night for the first of three. 

New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies

The New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium and the final score was 11-5.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  The bullpen pitched well and DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Tanaka pitched six innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Tanaka won his seventh game of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and David Hale pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout. 

Antonio Senzatela pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up seven hits giving up a hit  and six runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Senzatela lost his seventh game of the season.  Chad Bettis pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout, Carlos Estevez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and Bryan Shaw pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Jairo Diaz pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three. 

LeMahieu had three hits and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Mike Tauchman had an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and three RBI and Luke Voit drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI, Torres had three hits and two RBI and Austin Romine had two hits and an RBI.  Brett Gardner drew a walk, Judge, Gregorius and Encarnacion each hit a double.  The Yankees were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Romine had a stolen base. 

Charlie Blackmon had a hit, Trevor Story had two hits and an RBI and David Dahl drew a walk.  Nolan Arenado had a hit and three RBI, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Ian Desmond had a hit and an RBI.  Tony Wolters had a hit, Story and Murphy each hit a double and Arenado hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 2-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Senzatela and Bettis each committed an error. 

In the first Judge hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Torres hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  Romine hit an RBI single, Hicks hit an RBI single and Encarnacion hit a two-run double to make it 6-0.  In the fourth Gregorius hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 7-0.  Torres hit a two-run single making it 9-0.  In the sixth Story hit an RBI double and Arenado hit a three-run homerun to cut the lead to 9-4.  Desmond hit an RBI single to make it 9-5.  In the seventh Tauchman hit into an RBI ground out making it a 10-5 game and Encarnacion hit an RBI single to make it 11-5.  That was the final score and the Yankees will look to sweep the series on Sunday afternoon. 

New York Yankees roll over the Colorado Rockies

The New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-2.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen also pitched well.  Mike Tauchman had three hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched five innings giving up eight hits and two runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  He won his eighth game of the season.  Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts and Stephen Tarpley pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out six. 

Kyle Freeland pitched four innings giving up six hits and five runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Freeland lost his seventh game of the season.  Yency Almonte pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs, Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Jairo Diaz pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits and two RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks and Gary Sanchez drew a walk.  Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and four RBI, Aaron Hicks had two hits and Luke Voit had a hit and drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres had two hits and Tauchman had three hits.  Tauchman hit a double and Encarnacion and Judge each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Tauchman had a stolen base and Torres and Sanchez each committed an error.  Tauchman and Judge each had an outfield assist. 

Trevor Story had a hit, Nolan Arenado had a hit and drew and Daniel Murphy had a hit.  Ian Desmond had two hits, Ryan McMahon had a hit and an RBI and Chris Iannetta had two hits.  Garrett Hampson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Hampson, Iannetta and Desmond each hit a double.  McMahon hit a homerun and the Rockies were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Iannetta committed an error.

In the second McMahon hit a solo homerun, Hampson hit an RBI double and it was 2-0 Rockies.  In the third Encarnacion hit a grand slam to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  In the fourth LeMahieu hit an RBI single to push the Yankees lead to 5-2.  In the sixth LeMahieu reached on a fielder’s choice and it was 6-2 Yankees.  Judge hit a two-run homerun and the scoring ended at 8-2.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon. 

New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins

The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the final score was 3-2.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched well but not for long.  The Mets bullpen was great and Michael Conforto had four hits to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched four innings giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Robert Gsellman pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two walks, Luis Avilan pitched an inning with a  walk and he won his second game of the season and Jeurys Familia pitched to one batter and got him out.  Justin Wilson pitched a perfect inning, Seth Lugo pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Edwin Diaz saved his 21^st game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout. 

Michael Pineda pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with one of them earned.  He walked none and struck out three.  Pineda lost his fifth game of the season.  Zack Littell pitched an inning with a strikeout, Blake Parker pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks and Matt Magill pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Jeff McNeil had a hit, Conforto had four hits and an RBI and Pete Alonso drew a walk.  Robinson Cano had an RBI, Todd Frazier drew a walk and J.D. Davis had a hit.  Amed Rosario had a hit which was a double and the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Marwin Gonzalez had two hits, Nelson Cruz drew a walk and Eddie Rosario had two hits.  C.J. Cron had two hits, Max Kepler had an RBI and Miguel Sano drew a walk.  Jonathan Schoop had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Luis Arraez drew a walk and Jason Castro drew a walk.  Mitch Garver had a hit, Cron hit two doubles and Schoop hit a homerun.  The Twins were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Schoop was caught stealing and Schoop committed an error.  Castro and Garver each had a passed ball.  

In the first Cano hit a sac fly to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Ramos reached on a fielding error and it was 2-0.  In the third Schoop hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Kepler hit an RBI ground out and the game was tied at two.  In the fifth Conforto hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon.  They will then head to San Francisco to take on the Giants in a four-game series beginning on Thursday night. 

New York Mets take finale in Miami over the Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Sunday.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was 6-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well.  The Mets bullpen pitched well and Robinson Cano led the offense with four hits. 

deGrom won his fifth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up six hits and a run.  He walked three and struck out six.  Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked two and Seth Lugo pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout.  Robert Gsellman pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Sandy Alcantara pitched six innings giving up nine hits and four runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Alcantara lost his ninth game of the season.  Elieser Hernandez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Wei-Yin Chen pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and Sergio Romo pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Jeff McNeil had a hit and two RBI, Michael Conforto had a hit and an RBI and Pete Alonso had an RBI.  Cano had four hits and an RBI, Wilson Ramos had a hit and drew a walk and Todd Frazier had a hit.  Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and an RBI and deGrom drew a walk.  Luis Guillorme had a hit, Amed Rosario had a hit and Cano and Rosario each hit a double.  McNeil and Cano each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  McNeil had an outfield assist. 

Miguel Rojas had three hits and an RBI, Neil Walker had a hit and Garrett Cooper had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Brian Anderson had a hit, Starlin Castro had two hits and Curtis Granderson drew a walk.  Cesar Puello had a hit, Bryan Holaday had a hit and drew a walk and Anderson hit a double.  Cooper hit a homerun and the Marlins were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Cooper committed an error. 

In the first McNeil hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  IN the second Rojas hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the fourth Hechavaria hit an RBI ground out to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  Conforto hit an RBI single and the lead was extended to 3-1.  In the sixth McNeil reached on a fielder’s choice and the score was 4-1 Mets.  Cano hit a solo homerun in the seventh to push the lead to 5-1.  In the eighth Alonso hit a sac fly to make it 6-1.  In the ninth Cooper hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-2 and that would be the final score.