The New York Yankees lose third in a row and first of Subway Series

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Friday night by the score of 6-4. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,NY. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and had a bad first inning, he settled down after that. Jon Niese pitched well and the bullpen was a little shaky for the Mets. The Yankees offense produced three homeruns and the Mets offense did all of it’s damage early. Ike Davis had the big hit of the game for the Mets. 
Pettitte pitched six innings giving up five runs on seven hits. He walked two and struck out six. Pettitte is now 3-3 on the season. Cory Wade pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Clay Rapada pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter. Niese pitched 6 1/3 innings earning his fifth win of the season. He gave up eight hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Bobby Parnell pitched to two batters and retired them both, one on a strikeout and Miguel Batista pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout. Frank Francisco earned his 18^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk. He struck out a batter.

Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Mark Teixeira had two hits. Alex Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and two RBI and Nick Swisher had a hit. Andruw Jones had a hit, RBI and drew a walk, Pettitte had a hit and Jayson Nix had a hit. Raul Ibanez drew a walk. Rodriguez, Jones and Cano each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Jones had an outfield assist.

Andres Torres drew a walk, Ronny Cedeno had a hit and Omar Quintanilla had a hit. David Wright had two hits and an RBI, Scott Hairston drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit. Justin Turner had two hits and two RBI, Davis had a hit and three RBI. Mike Nickeas had a hit, Daniel Murphy drew a walk and Niese had a hit. Wright and Turner each had a double. Davis hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position. They left six men on base.

In the first inning the Mets took a 5-0 lead. Turner hit a two run single and Davis hit a three run homerun. In the sixth Rodriguez hit a homerun to make it a 5-1 game. In the seventh inning Jones hit a solo homerun making it a 5-2 game. The Mets got a run back in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Wright. Cano hit a two run homerun in the eighth making it 6-4 and those would be the final runs of the game.

The Yankees lost their third straight game and the Mets won their fourth straight game. The Yankees record fell to 41-28 and the Mets record improved to 39-32. The Yankees won the first three games of this years Subway Series at Yankee Stadium and this was game one of three at Citi Field. The two teams will play game two of the series on Saturday night.

The Mets sweep another series as they are involved in their fourth straight sweep

The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 4-3 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,NY. The Mets have now won three straight games after losing three straight. They have been involved in four straight series which were sweeps. The Mets were swept by the Yankees, then they swept the Tampa Bay Rays got swept by the Reds and now have swept the Orioles. The Mets got a good start out of Dillon Gee, the bullpen had mixed results. David Wright led the Mets offense and Wilson Betemit provided the offense for the Orioles. 
Gee pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and he struck out nine. Gee lost his fifth game of the season. Bobby Parnell pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Frank Francisco earned his 17^th save of the season pitching an inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks. Matusz lost his eighth game of the season pitching 4 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Luis Ayala pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Pedro Strop pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jim Johnson pitched a perfect inning.

Andres Torres had a hit and drew a walk, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and Wright had three hits and an RBI. Scott Hairston had two hits and an RBI, Vinny Rottino drew a walk and Ike Davis had an RBI. Justin Turner drew a walk, Mike Nickeas had a hit and an RBI and Gee had a hit. Hairston had two doubles, Gee and Wright each had a double. The Mets were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base. Valdespin was caught stealing.

Brian Roberts had a hit and drew a walk, Matt Wieters had a hit and Nick Johnson had two hits. Betemit had a hit and two RBI, Mark Reynolds drew a walk and Matusz had a hit. Steve Pearce had an RBI and drew two walks, Betemit hit a homerun and the Orioles were 0-5 with runners in scoring position. They left seven men on base and Jones and Betemit each committed an error.

Nickeas had an RBI single in the fourth to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Hairston hit an RBI double and Davis had an RBI groundout to make it 3-0 Mets. Wright had an RBI double in the sixth to push the lead to 4-0. In the eighth Betemit hit a two run homerun and in the ninth Pearce walked to make it a 4-3 game but the last out was made with the bases loaded.

The Mets improved their record to 38-32 and the Orioles record dropped to 39-30. The Mets won three straight games after losing three straight. The Mets will have off on Thursday and play the Yankees at home on Friday night for a weekend Subway Series.

The Yankees lose their second in a row to lose series to the Braves

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 10-5 on Wednesday afternoon. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. The loss was the second in a row for the Yankees after a ten game winning streak. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and struggled. It was a good day for the offenses as their were a combined nine homeruns which set a new record for the new Yankee Stadium. 
Hughes pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out five, Hughes suffered his sixth loss of the season. Cody Eppley pitched an inning striking out one, Clay Rapada pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out four and Cory Wade pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run. Boone Logan pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and Freddy Garcia pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. Tommy Hanson won his eighth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Jonny Venters pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one, Chad Durbin pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and O’Flaherty pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one. Kris Medlen pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Derek Jeter had a hit, RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI and Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI. Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI, Nick Swisher drew a walk and Eric Chavez had a hit, RBI and drew a walk. Mark Teixeira had a hit, Russell Martin had a hit and drew two walks. Martin and Teixeira each had a double. Jeter, Chavez, Rodriguez and Cano each had a homerun. The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Martin committed an error.

Michael Bourn had a hit, Martin Prado had three hits and two RBI and Dan Uggla had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Freddie Freeman had a hit and three RBI, Jason Heyward had two hits and three RBI and Ben Francisco had a hit. David Ross had two hits and an RBI. Prado had a double, Freeman, Prado and Ross each hit a homerun. Heyward hit two homeruns. The Braves were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. Bourn and Francisco each had a stolen base.

Uggla hit an RBI single and Freeman hit a two run homerun in the first inning. It was 3-0 Braves. Jeter hit a homerun to make it a 3-1 game in the bottom of the first inning. Prado hit a solo homerun in the third inning to push the lead to 4-1. Heyward hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it a 5-1 game and Ross hit a solo homerun making it 6-1. Chavez hit a solo homerun in the fifth making it 6-2 and Rodriguez and Cano hit back-to-back homeruns in the sixth to make it a 6-4 game. The Yankees cut the lead to one run in the seventh. Granderson hit an RBI single. Freeman grounded out and Heyward hit a two run homerun in the eighth inning making it a 9-5 game. The Braves would tack on a final run in the ninth on a Prado RBI single. The final score was 10-5 Braves.

The Yankees lost the last two games of this series to lose two out of three. The Yankees will have the day off on Thursday and then take on the New York Mets in the Subway Series at Citi Field over the weekend. The Yankees record fell to 41-27 and the Braves record improved to 37-32.

Yankees postgame notes after winning their tenth straight

Here are my Yankees notes after they won ten straight on Monday night. The notes are also courtesy of the Lohud Yankees Blog. 

 It’s not that CC Sabathia had pitching poorly. It’s just that, while every other piece of the Yankees rotation had finding new heights these past four weeks, Sabathia had been steady. His ability to grind through without his best stuff is one of his strengths, but he’s also capable of nights like this one.

“It feels good, especially after the last couple starts, any type of a pick me up,” Sabathia said. “You’re watching everybody have good starts. We all pull for each other, and push each other, so you don’t want to be the guy to mess that up.”

Sabathia’s first complete game of the season wasn’t perfect, but it was awfully good. After Michael Bourn tripled to start the game, Sabathia retired seven in a row. Then he retired another seven in a row after Bourn singled in a run in the top of the fifth. Four of his final six outs were strikeouts.

“I thought he had his sinker tonight,” Joe Girardi said. “He got a lot of groundball outs tonight, and that’s key for him. Through his, what we would call struggles — most guys would probably be happy with what he’s doing — he hasn’t had a consistent sinker, and I thought tonight it’s been as consistent as its been. … I could sense he was a little bit frustrated. It’s a great start for him.”

Sabathia credited his between-starts bullpen with Larry Rothschild, where the Yankees pitching coach tweaked his delivery to keep the ball from cutting — “Just not getting through my front side and finishing pitches,” Sabathia said — and the difference was big. Catcher Chris Stewart said this was the best Sabathia’s two-seamer has been all season.

“Any pitcher, every time he’s gets the ball and goes out there on the mound, he’s going to try to be as dominant as he can be,” Stewart said. “He wants to be the No. 1 guy. When you’ve got five guys doing that, it’s really fun. It’s a fun run we’re on right now. … Usually, you’re glad with one, two, or three. We’ve got four and five dominating. There’s really no ace right now. They’re all five aces.”

The Yankees have won 10 in a row for the first time since 2005. This is the first time in franchise history that they’ve won five straight games against teams with winning records. “I don’t think you’re ever satisfied,” Girardi said. “I think when you become satisfied you can go backwards. Guys always feel that they can do more, that’s the bottom line. I’m happy with the way we’re playing. We’re finding ways. You look at the big hits we had tonight and the big hits we had on the road trip, we’re doing a good job.”

Braves starter Mike Minor shutdown the Yankees last week in Atlanta, and he had a no-hitter through four innings tonight. Alex Rodriguez broke that up with a leadoff single that kicked off a three-run first. “You get that leadoff guy on, it kind of gives you a little boost,” Russell Martin said.

The big hit of the night belonged to Derek Jeter — more on that in just a bit — but the first big hit was Martin’s RBI double on a 3-0 pitch. Girardi gave Martin the green light to swing away. “Typically I don’t like swinging 3-0,” Martin said. “But in that situation, I felt like it might be the best pitch to swing at the whole game. I was just aggressive right there.”

Three batters later it was Jeter at the plate with two outs, a full count and the bases loaded. That was the loudest feeling of anticipation that I can remember at Yankee Stadium this season, and Jeter came through with his go-ahead single up the middle. He had three RBI to match a season high. “I hit it where they weren’t, that’s pretty much it,” Jeter said. “The first time, it was 3-2 and the pitch I hit was actually a ball and off the plate, but it was too close to take. Fortunately it found a hole, and the same with the next time up. Sometimes you hit balls well and they catch it, sometimes you find holes. I was fortunate to find some holes today.”

Martin on Jeter’s go-ahead, two-run single: “That’s Jeet. He’s never going to give you an at-bat. He never quits, and he has an ability to fight tough pitches off, and he got back to a 3-2 count and just put the barrel on the ball.”

Mark Teixeira hit his 12th homer of the season and Robinson Cano hit his 13th. Cano’s was his second in as many days, and he has 10 home runs in his past 28 games (after hitting three inhis first 38 games).

Terrific defense today, especially from the infielders, each one of whom had at least one play that stood out. Jeter’s diving play to end the seventh was probably the biggest and most memorable. “Getting the ground balls and these guys catching them and making outs helped out,” Sabathia said.

 Sabathia had 12 groundball outs.

Sabathia said the difference tonight was more about consistency than anything else. His stuff wasn’t overwhelming better. “Just more consistent,” he said. “I felt that way this week in the bullpen and playing catch. I had a pretty good idea, and I felt pretty good. They were hacking early, and it got me in a little bit of a rhythm.”

 This was the Yankees 22nd comeback win of the season. … They’re 17-6 in series openers. … The Yankees have matched a season-high with four straight wins at home. … They’re 16-5 in an opponent’s first game at the current Yankee Stadium (the Braves had never played here before).

 Sabathia and Ivan Nova were the first two American League pitchers to reach nine wins this season.

 Sabathia’s 34 career complete games are the third-most among active pitchers. Roy Halladay has 66 and Livan Hernandez has 50.

We’ll give Girardi the last word, talking about the 10-game winning streak: “It’s not easy to do in this game because you play a lot of good teams during your streaks, and I think with all that’s went on in baseball with all the revenue sharing and all they try to do, I think there’s parity in baseball. Our guys have just really done a great job of finding ways to win games. Some of them have looked pretty bleak at times. You go back to the one in Atlanta when we had nothing going on in that game and then we find a way, Alex hits the big grand slam. I’m proud of what they’ve accomplished.”

The New York Mets win their second straight and shutout the Orioles again

The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 5-0 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Johan Santana started for the Mets and pitched very well, the bullpen was also good. Lucas Duda and Jordany Valdespin led the Mets offense. Tommy Hunter struggled for the Orioles and Matt Wieters led an offense that only managed five hits. 
Santana pitched six innings giving up no runs on four hits. He walked two and struck out five and earned his fifth win of the season. Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Miguel Batista pitched an inning giving up a hit and Jon Rauch pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Hunter lost his fourth game of the season pitching 6 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs. He walked one and struck out three. Dana Eveland pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit.

Valdespin had two hits and two RBI, David Wright had a hit and Duda had two hits and two RBI. Ike Davis drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had an RBI and Omar Quintanilla had a hit. Josh Thole and Santana each had a hit. Duda hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base.

Brian Roberts drew a walk for the Orioles, J.J. Hardy had a hit and Adam Jones had a hit. Wieters had two hits and drew a walk and Wilson Betemit had a hit. Wieters had two doubles and the Orioles were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Roberts was caught stealing.

The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning. Murphy had an RBI groundout and in the sixth Duda hit a two run homerun making it 3-0 Mets. Valdespin hit a two run single in the seventh to push the lead to 5-0 and that would be the final score of the game.

The Mets have now won two games in a row after being swept at home by the Cincinnati Reds. The Mets record improved to 37-32 and the Orioles record dropped to 39-29. The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday night.

The Yankees win streak ends at ten as they fall to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 4-3. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and didn’t have his best stuff. He battled though and kept the Yankees in the game. The Yankees struggled once again with runners in scoring position. Tim Hudson pitched ok also and their bullpen pitched well. Jason Heyward had a very good game for the Braves. 
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up four runs on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Kuroda lost his seventh game of the season. Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Dave Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. Hudson won his fifth game of the season for the Braves. Hudson pitched five innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked five and struck out five. Chad Durbin pitched a perfect inning, Jonny Venters pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and O’Flaherty pitched a perfect inning. Craig Kimbrel saved his 20^th game of the season with a 1-2-3 easy inning. Kimbrel was very impressive.

Derek Jeter drew two walks, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Alex Rodriguez drew a walk. Mark Teixeira had a hit and drew a walk, Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew a walk and Nick Swisher had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Ibanez and Swisher each had a double and the Yankees were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Granderson had an outfield assist.

Martin Prado had a hit, Brian McCann had a hit and Freddie Freeman drew a walk. Chipper Jones had a hit, RBI and drew a walk. Heyward had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Andrelton Simmons had two hits and two RBI. Jones and McCann each had a double and Heyward had a triple. The Braves were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Freeman and Jones each committed an error. Heyward had an outfield assist.

The Yankees got on the board first in the second inning. Swisher hit a two run double to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the third Simmons had an RBI groundout to make it a 2-1 game. In the fourth Jones had an RBI double to tie the game at two. Simmons had an RBI single to give the Braves a 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the fourth Martin reached on an error and a run scored tying the game at three. In the sixth Heyward had an RBI single to give the Braves a 4-3 lead. The Braves were able to hold on to the 4-3 lead.

The Yankees winning streak came to an end at ten. The Yankees and Braves will play the rubber game of their three game series on Wednesday afternoon. The Yankees will have Thursday off and then play a weekend series at Citi Field against the cross town rival the New York Mets. The Yankees record dropped to 41-26 and the Braves record improved to 36-32.

The Mets get another brilliant start from R.A. Dickey as they defeat the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 5-0 on Monday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and was simply brilliant once again. Ike Davis led the Mets offense as they didn’t need to do much. Jake Arrietta started for the Orioles and didn’t pitch bad but on this night he wasn’t going to match Dickey. 
Dickey pitched nine innings giving up no runs on one hit. He walked two and struck out a career high 13 batters. Dickey is now 11-1 on the season. Arrietta lost his ninth game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and four strikeouts. Kevin Gregg pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit, Jordany Valdespin had two hits and Wright had a hit and an RBI. Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk, Davis had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk and Scott Hairston had a hit. Dickey had a hit. Valdespin had a double and a triple and Davis hit a homerun. The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base.

Wilson Betemit had a hit and drew a walk for the Orioles. Arrietta drew a walk. The Orioles left three men on base.

In the sixth inning Davis hit a grand slam to give the Mets a 4-0 lead. In the eighth Wright hit an RBI single to make it 5-0 and that would be the final score. The Mets record improved to 36-32 and they ended their three game losing streak. The Orioles record dropped to 39-28. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.

The Yankees win streak reaches double digits with their win over the Braves

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves by the score of 6-2 on Monday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. The Yankees offense took a while to get going but then they were able to grab the lead and add on to it. CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and pitched really well. The Yankees offense did have two homeruns. The win streak has reached ten as they have swept through this portion of the interleague schedule with five more games to go in it. 
Sabathia started and pitched a complete game. He pitched nine innings giving up two runs on seven hits. He walked one and struck out ten to win his ninth game of the season. Mike Minor started for the Braves and had the Yankees baffled for four innings. Minor suffered his fifth loss of the season pitching 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with three walks and seven strikeouts. Kris Medlen pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, Jonny Venters pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Anthony Varvaro pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.

Derek Jeter had two hits and three RBI, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI. Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk, Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Russell Martin had two hits and an RBI. Jayson Nix drew a walk and Chris Stewart had a hit. Martin and Stewart each had a double. Cano and Teixeira each had a homerun. The Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base.

The Braves took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Prado groundout following a leadoff triple. Bourn hit an RBI single to give the Braves a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning. In the bottom of the fifth Martin had an RBI double and Jeter had a two run single giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Teixeira had a solo homerun in the sixth to extend the lead to 4-2. Jeter had an RBI single in the seventh to push the lead to 5-2 and the scoring was complete on a solo homerun by Cano. The homerun came in the eighth inning.

The Yankees are now 41-25 and 2 ½ games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles for first in the AL East. They are also tied in the loss column with the Los Angeles Dodgers for best record in baseball. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night and then complete the series on Wednesday afternoon.

The Mets get swept at home by the Reds

The New York Mets were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Chris Young started for the Mets and pitched well again. The Mets bullpen pitched well. Josh Thole led their offense which didn’t produce much. Johnny Cueto started for the Reds and pitched very well and their bullpen shut it down. Zack Cozart led the Reds offense. 
Young pitched seven innings giving up nine hits and three runs with two of them being earned. Young walked two and struck out two and suffered his first loss of the season. Jon Rauch pitched an inning walking a batter and striking out another batter and Frank Francisco pitched an inning giving up a hit. Cueto pitched seven innings giving up six hits and a run. He walked one and struck out eight and Cueto picked up his eighth win of the season. Jose Arredondo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and walking one and Sean Marshall picked up his ninth save of the season. Marshall pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings including a strikeout.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit, David Wright had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Thole had two hits. Young had an RBI and drew a walk, the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base. Duda committed an error.

Cozart had three hits, Wilson Valdez had a hit and an RBI and Joey Votto had three hits and drew a walk. Brandon Phillips had a hit and an RBI, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Willie Harris drew a walk. Ryan Hanigan and Cueto each had a hit. Cueto, Cozart and Hanigan each had a double. The Reds were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and they left 10 men on base. Cairo and Harris each had a stolen base. Cairo committed an error.

In the second Young walked to give the Mets a 1-0 win. In the fifth Valdez hit an RBI single. Phillips hit a two run single and it was 3-1 Reds. The Reds would hold onto that lead and that would be the final score.

The Reds swept the three game series. The Mets record dropped to 35-32 and they have been involved in three straight sweeps. They got swept then swept a series and now got swept again. The Reds improved their record to 38-27. The Mets will remain at home and begin a three game series with the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.

The New York Yankees sweep the Nationals with a 4-1 victory

The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Nationals by the score of 4-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees won their ninth straight game after sweeping their third straight series. The game took place in Washington D.C. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched very well, the offense struggled again in the clutch but they did enough to win. The Yankees did hit a couple of homeruns and scored enough to win. They continue to have problems with hitting with runners in scoring position but if they get the pitching they will win a majority of the games. 
Nova pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and a run. He walked one and struck out four, Nova earned his ninth win of the season. Boone Logan faced one batter and retired him and Rafael Soriano earned his 13^th save of the season. Soriano pitched a 1-2-3 inning including a strikeout. Edwin Jackson started for the Nationals and pitched six innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out one and suffered his fourth loss of the season. Tom Gorzelanny pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs, one of them being earned. He struck out a batter, Ryan Mattheus pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Mike Gonzalez pitched one inning giving up a walk and striking out two batters. Sean Burnett pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks. Mark Teixeira had three hits and an RBI, Andruw Jones drew two walks and Chris Stewart had two hits. Granderson and Stewart each had a double and Teixeira had two doubles. Granderson and Cano each had a homerun. The Yankees were 0-12 with runners in scoring position and they left 12 men on base.

Bryce Harper had two hits for the Nationals. Adam LaRoche had two hits and an RBI, Ian Desmond had a hit and Danny Espinosa had a hit and drew a walk. Solano had a hit, Harper and LaRoche each had a double. LaRoche had a homerun and the Nationals were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Desmond had an error and Solano had two passed balls.
In the first inning Teixeira hit a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0 Yankees. LaRoche hit a solo homerun in the second for the Nationals to tie the game at one. In the fifth inning Granderson hit a solo homerun to put the Yankees ahead 2-1. Cano hit a solo homerun in the seventh and a passed ball scored another run to make it 4-1 which would be the final score.

The Yankees record improved to 40-25 and they completed a perfect six game road trip. The Yankees have won nine straight games including three straight three game sweeps. They will head home and face the Atlanta Braves for three games beginning Monday night. The Nationals came into this series on a six game winning streak and now have lost three straight. Their record now stands at 38-26.

The New York Mets are on the verge of being swept

The New York Mets were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 on Saturday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched ok, the Mets bullpen pitched a good game. Wright had the only RBI for the Mets. Homer Bailey started for the Reds and pitched well. The Reds didn’t have one batter who had more then a hit but they had eight players with a hit. 
Niese pitched seven innings giving up six hits and four runs. He walked one and struck out seven. Niese suffered his third loss of the season. Tim Byrdak pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Miguel Batista pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and a strikeout. Bailey pitched eight innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts. Bailey won his fifth game of the season. Aroldis Chapman picked up his eighth save of the season, he pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one.

Daniel Murphy had a hit, Wright had a hit, RBI and drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit. Ike Davis, Scott Hairston and Josh Thole each had a hit. Andres Torres drew a walk. Murphy, Wright and Hairston each had a double. The Mets were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Murphy had a stolen base.

Cozart had a hit, Valdez had a hit and Joey Votto had a hit and drew a walk. Brandon Phillips had a hit, Jay Bruche had a hit and three RBI and Frazier had a hit and drew a walk. Ryan Ludwick had a hit and an RBI, Mesoraco had a hti. Bruce hit a homerun. The Reds were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Bruce hit a three run homerun in the first to give the Reds a quick 3-0 lead. Wright hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first. It was 3-1 Reds until Ludwick hit an RBI single to make it 4-1.

The Reds improved their record to 37-27 and the Mets record dropped to 35-31. The Mets will look to avoid the sweep.

Yankees win a marathon extra inning game in Washington

The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Nationals by the score of 5-3 on Saturday evening. The game was a marathon game that lasted 14 innings. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and pitched very well, the Yankees bullpen was great. Mark Teixeira had the big hit for the Yankees offense. Jordan Zimmerman started for the Nationals and pitched pretty well, their bullpen was also great. Jesus Flores led their offense, Bryce Harper had a tough day going 0-7 with five strikeouts. 
Pettitte pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with three walks and six strikeouts. Cory Wade pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk, Boone Logan pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and Clay Rapada pitched to one batter and struck him out. Cody Eppley pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out two, Freddy Garcia earned his first win of the season pitching two innings and striking out two and Rafael Soriano picked up his 12^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits. Zimmerman pitched six innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked three and struck out six, Ross Detwiler pitched two innings, walking two and striking out one and Tyler Clippard pitched an inning walking two and striking out one. Sean Burnett pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Stammen pitched three innings giving up a walk and striking out two and Brad Lidge lost his first game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out two. Mike Gonzalez pitched to one batter and retired him.

Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew three walks and Teixeira had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Robinson Cano had a hit and drew three walks, Nick Swisher had two hits and drew a walk and Raul Ibanez had an RBI. Eric Chavez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jayson Nix had a hit. Swisher, Chavez and Teixeira each had a double. The Yankees were 2-18 with runners in scoring position and they left 13 men on base. Nix had a stolen base and Jeter committed an error. Wise had an outfield assist.

Espinosa had a hit and drew a walk, Ryan Zimmerman drew a walk and Michael Morse had a hit. Ian Desmond had a hit and an RBI, Moore had a hit and drew two walks and Adam LaRoche had a hit and drew a walk. Flores had two hits and two RBI, Zimmerman the pitcher had a hit and Steve Lombardozzi had a hit. Flores had a double, Desmond had a homerun. The Nationals were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base. Moore had a stolen base, Desmond and R. Zimmerman each committed an error. Flores had a passed ball and Xavier Nady had an outfield assist.

In the second inning Flores hit a two run double to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead. In the fourth Chavez reached on an error and a run scored making it a 2-1 game. Ibanez had an RBI groundout in the sixth and Chavez hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Desmond hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three in the eighth inning. Teixeira hit a two run double in the 14^th inning to complete the scoring.

The Yankees have now won eight straight games. They are now 39-25 on the season in first place in the American League East. The Yankees will be looking for the series sweep on Sunday afternoon. If the Yankees do complete the sweep it would be their third straight sweep. The Nationals record dropped to 38-25.