The New York Mets fall 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Detroit Tigers by the score of 3-2 on Friday afternoon. The game took place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched pretty well. The Mets offense only managed five hits, Jordany Valdespin had a hit and an RBI. 
Gee pitched four innings giving up a hit and a run with three walks and a strikeout. LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up two hits and struck out one batter, Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect inning and Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run which was unearned. Edgin walked two batters, Cory Mazzoni took the loss pitching one inning and giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.

Valdespin had a hit and an RBI, Colin Cowgill drew two walks and Matthew den Dekker drew a walk. Travis d’Arnaud drew a walk, Landon Powell had a hit and Zach Lutz had a hit and an RBI. Brandon Hicks had a hit and drew a walk, Josh Satin had a hit and Valdespin hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Baxter and Cowgill each had a stolen base. Tovar committed an error and Baxter had an outfield assist.

Max Scherzer pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three walks and struck out six. Luke Putkonen pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts, Phil Coke pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jose Ortega pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. Bruce Rondon got the win pitching an inning giving up two hits and struck out two and Jose Alvarez got the save pitching an inning and giving up a walk.

Ramon Santiago drew a walk, Tyler Collins had a hit and an RBI and Brennan Boesch drew a walk. Avisail Garcia had a hit, Ramon Cabrera drew a walk and Don Kelly had a hit and drew a walk. Matt Tuiasosopo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and hit a double, Collins hit a homerun and the Tigers were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the third on an RBI double by Tuiasosopo. In the fourth Lutz hit an RBI single to tie the game at one and in the seventh each team scored a run. Valdespin hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead and the Tigers tied it at two when Hernan Perez reached on a force attempt error. In the eighth Collins hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers the 3-2 lead and that would be the final score.

The Mets record dropped to 3-6 and the Tigers record improved to 8-6 in the spring. The Mets will host the Houston Astros on Saturday afternoon and the Detroit Tigers will play at the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.

The New York Yankees fall to the Miami Marlins 6-1

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Miami Marlins by the score of 6-1 on Friday afternoon. The game was played at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Adam Warren started the game for the Yankees and didn’t pitch very well. The Yankees bullpen pitched pretty well and the Yankees offense only managed five hits. Melky Mesa was the only player with more then one hit. 
Warren pitched four innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and he took the loss. Chase Whitley pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs, Branden Pinder pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Mark Montgomery pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up two hits.

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Bobby Wilson drew a walk and Eduardo Nunez had a hit and drew a walk. Luke Murton had a hit, Mesa had two hits and Thomas Neal had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Ronnier Mustelier drew a walk, Neal hit a double and the Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Nunez was caught stealing.

Nathan Eovaldi pitched four innings for the Marlins. He got the win and gave up four hits and a run with three walks. John Maine pitched two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts, Mike Dunn pitched an inning giving up two walks and striking out one and Jon Rauch pitched a perfect inning. Zach Phillips pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Juan Pierre had a hit, Donovan Solano had two hits and Rob Brantly had two hits and drew a walk. Matt Downs had a hit and two RBI, Christian Yelich had an RBI and drew a walk and Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and two RBI. Casey Kotchman had a hit, Kevin Kouzmanoff had a hit and Gorkys Hernandez had a hit and an RBI. Downs and Brantly each hit a double and Hechavarria hit a triple. The Marlins were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Hernandez had a stolen base

The Marlins took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Downs sacrifice fly. Hernandez had an RBI groundout in the second to give the Marlins a 2-0 lead. Downs hit an RBI double and Hechavarria had a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0 in the third inning. Neal hit an RBI double in the fourth to get the Yankees on the board to make it a 4-1 lead. Yelich had an RBI groundout and Hechavarria hit an RBI triple in the fifth to complete the scoring and the final was 6-1 Marlins.

The Yankees record dropped to 3-10 in the spring and the Marlins are 5-5. The Yankees will host the Atlanta Braves on Saturday afternoon and the Marlins will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday afternoon.

The New York Mets defeat the Miami Marlins 4-1

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by the score of 4-1 on Thursday afternoon. The game took place at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Ike Davis and Matt Van Dekker each had a couple of hits. Matt Harvey started for the Mets and pitched great, the whole pitching staff only gave up a couple of hits and a run. 
Harvey pitched 4 1/3 perfect innings with five strikeouts and picked up the win. Pedro Feliciano faced two batters and retired them both, Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up a hit and Brandon Lyon pitched a perfect inning. Scott Rice pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Greg Burke pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a couple of strikeouts.

Reese Havens had a hit, Davis had a couple of hits and Marlon Byrd had a hit. Andrew Brown had a hit and an RBI, Justin Turner had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI. Den Dekker had two hits and an RBI, Davis and Brown each hit a double and den Dekker hit a homerun. The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Byrd was caught stealing and Omar Quintanilla committed an error.

Rickey Nolasco pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up three hits and an unearned run with six strikeouts. He took the loss in the game, Mitch Talbot pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with two strikeouts and Adam Conley pitched 1/3 of an inning striking out the only batter that he faced. Doug Mathis pitched an inning giving up two hits and Jonathan Albaladejo pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Juan Pierre had a hit and J.T. Realmuto had a hit and an RBI. Realmuto hit a homerun and were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Figgins had a stolen base and Pierre. Valaika committed an error and Pierre had an outfield assist.

Recker had an RBI single in the second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Dekker hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 Mets in the fifth. Brown hit an RBI double and Turner hit an RBI single in the sixth to make it 4-0 Mets, the Marlins would score their only run in the ninth on a Realmuto solo homerun.

The Mets record improved to 3-5 on the spring and the Marlins are now 4-5. The Mets will play at Detroit on Friday afternoon and Miami will host the New York Yankees.

The New York Yankees lose to the St. Louis Cardinals in a wild finish

The New York Yankees were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 7-6 on Thursday afternoon. The game took place at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched well and Francisco Cervelli had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and a walk. The Yankees had 11 hits in the game but no player had as many as two hits. The Cardinals had 11 hits also but had two guys with two hits. 
Nova pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Brett Marshall pitched four innings giving up five hits and three runs with three strikeouts, Matt Tracy pitched a perfect inning and Kelvin Perez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He had a strikeout and Josh Spence gave up a hit without recording an out.

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Ramon Flores had a hit and an RBI and Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk. Dan Johnson had a hit, Cervelli had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and JR Murphy had a hit and an RBI. Matt Diaz had a hit and drew a walk, Thomas Neal had a hit and Chris Stewart had a hit. Austin Romine had a hit and an RBI, Ronnier Mustelier had a hit and an RBI and Addison Maruszak had a hit. Stewart, Maruszak and Murphy each hit a double. The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Cervelli and Mustelier each had a stolen base, Diaz was caught stealing and Gardner was picked off. Almonte and Johnson committed and error.

Joe Kelly pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned. He walked three and struck out one for the Cardinals. Seth Maness pitched three innings giving up two hits, Jason Motte pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Marc Rzepczynski pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Randy Choate gave up a hit and an unearned run without recording an out, Jorge Rondon pitched an inning giving up two hits and Edward Mujica pitched one inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and picked up the win.

Adron Chambers had a hit and an RBI, Oscar Taveras had an RBI and Allen Craig had a hit and drew a walk. Ty Wigginton had a hit, Shane Robinson had a hit and C.J. McElroy had a hit. Daniel Descalso had a hit and two RBI, Kolten Wong had a hit and two RBI and Tony Cruz had two hits. Pete Kozma had two hits and an RBI, Kozma, Descalso and Wong each hit a homerun. The Cardinals were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

McElroy had a stolen base, Descalso committed an error and Cruz had a passed ball. The Yankees are now 3-9 in the spring and the Cardinals are 6-5 in the spring. The Yankees will play at the Miami Marlins on Friday afternoon and the Cardinals will be at the Washington Nationals.

The New York Rangers comeback and defeat the New York Islanders in OT

The New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders by the score of 2-1 in overtime. The game took place at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York. The Islanders took the 1-0 lead in the first period and held it for most of the game. The Rangers were able to tie the game late in the third period on a Rick Nash deflection. The game went into overtime and the Rangers quickly scored on a power play. They have been much better on the power play and that has really helped them. Henrik Lundqvist was good in goal once again. 
The Islanders got on the board first at the 11:51 mark of the first period. Michael Grabner scored the goal and was assisted by McDonald and MacDonald. There were no goals in the second period and Nash scored at the 14:37 mark of the third period with assists from Derek Stepan and Carl Hagelin. The game winning goal came at the 42 second mark of the overtime from Gaborik with Nash and Stepan assisting on the goal.

The Rangers had the shot advantage 37-29. Nabakov the Islanders goalie was outstanding and really kept them in the game. The Rangers had a good first period and a dominating third period but they had a lot of trouble scoring on Nabakov. The Rangers had three power plays in the game and the Islanders had none. There was one fight which was more of a scrum and resulted in offsetting unsportsmanlike penalties.

The Rangers have won a season high four games in a row. The Rangers continue to be one point behind the NJ Devils for 7^th place in the Eastern Conference. They are in eighth place and will take on the Ottawa Senators on Friday night from Madison Square Garden. Nash since coming back from injury has been great. He has eight points in his last four games which have all been wins. He has eight goals which are tied for them team lead and he has five goals in the four games since returning from injury.

Yankees notes as they sort through some injuries

The Yankees GM had surgery and will be laid up for a while. He will need someone to drive him around and will be on crutches for about 8 weeks. He raised awareness for a good cause though and he can still talk on his cell phone. 
Mark Teixeira is the more concerning issue as he got injured hitting off a tee. He was with Team USA preparing for the WBC when it happened and will no longer play in the tournament. He was sent back to NY to get checked out, they will run some more tests on Wednesday and the Yankees should know more then. They are calling it a right wrist strain right now and him being out for a minimum of two weeks. Brian Cashman said he was very concerned though as wrists can be tricky. If he isn’t able to start the season they don’t really have a logical replacement but I guess Dan Johnson or Juan Rivera could play first base. Johnson has had more time there during his career.

David Robertson was scheduled to pitch in last nights game but didn’t. He had trouble loosening up. They are saying he slept wrong on his shoulder and that was the cause. The Yankees and Robertson say it is no big deal but they will have to monitor that.

Adonis Garcia was a minor league player in camp, he broke his hamate bone of his left wrist. He will have surgery on Thursday and be out for 6-8 weeks. David Phelps pitched well again last night, he will be on the team with Ivan Nova it is just a matter of who will be the fifth starter. I still think they will go with Nova and have Phelps as the Long reliever/spot starter, he excelled in that role last year and Nova really hasn’t done it. They will both be valuable to the team this year. They have both looked good also so far.

It looks like Derek Jeter could play Sunday and after saying it was possible for Mariano Rivera to see his first action today he will get in a game on Saturday for the first time Joe Girardi said.

It looks like the Yankees are going to fill the left field void internally right now and if it is one of the young guys they may have Gardner and Ichiro be versatile and play multiple outfield positions and work around whoever that other guy is. It is only going to be for about a month or maybe five weeks so I guess this makes sense for the Yankees. Why go out and get someone when they can cover it for that short time and then Granderson will be back and he will go back to center with Gardner in left field.

Phil Hughes is feeling good and says he could be ready to start the season. He will play catch again today and be back to 90 feet. CC Sabathia threw his first sim game of the spring, he threw 15 pitches then 18 pitches and then a few more to get his pitch count up. He said he feels fine and is on schedule.

The New York Yankees lose 2-0 to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 2-0 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. David Phelps and Joba Chamberlain pitched well for the Yankees. Brett Gardner had a couple of hits as his hot spring continued and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. 
Phelps pitched four innings giving up a run on two hits. He walked one and struck out two and took the loss. Chamberlain pitched a perfect inning, Branden Pinder pitched an inning giving up two hits and struck out one and Mark Montgomery pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks. Francisco Rondon pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a couple of strikeouts and Shawn Kelley pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Gardner had two hits, Suzuki had a hit and Jayson Nix drew a walk. Travis Hafner drew two walks, Ronnier Mustelier had a hit and Eduardo Nunez drew two walks. Corban Joseph had a hit, Suzuki hit a double and the Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Nix had a stolen base and Joseph was picked off of third base. Josephy committed two errors and JR Murphy committed one.

Paul Maholm started for the Braves and pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs with four walks and two strikeouts. He picked up the win, Cristhian Martinez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Dusty Hughes pitched a perfect inning and Cory Rasmus pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. J.R. Graham picked up a save pitching two innings giving up a hit and struck out one.

Jordan Schafer had a hit and drew two walks, Justin Upton had an RBI and Freddie Freeman had a couple of hits. B.J. Upton had a hit, Juan Francisco had a hit and Tyler Pastornicky had a hit. Elmer Reyes and Matt Pagnozzi each drew a walk. Schafer hit a double, the Braves were 0-11 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base. Schafer and Pastornicky each had a stolen base. Pagnozzi was picked off.

Upton hit an RBI groundout in the first inning to give the Braves a 1-0 lead. In the seventh inning they scored the final run of the game. Pastornicky after stealing second and advancing to third on the throwing error scored on a balk to make it 2-0 and that was the final.

The Yankees are 3-8 in the spring and the Braves are 6-6. The Yankees will host the Dominican Republic on Wednesday afternoon and the Braves will be off on Wednesday.

The New York Rangers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 and move ahead of them in the standings

The New York Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers by the score of 4-2 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The Rangers got off to a hot start but then were down 2-1 before tying the game at the end of the first period. There were no goals in the second and Rick Nash took over the game and scored the last two games in the third period. Henrik Lundqvist was good. 
Ryan Callahan started the scoring with a goal at the 1:30 mark of the first period. Derek Stepan and Marion Gaborik had assists on the goal. Wayne Simmonds scored a power play goal at the 7:18 mark to tie the game with assists from Claude Giroux and Voracek. Voracek scored a power play goal at the 17:07 mark of the first period with assists from Simmonds and Timonen. Callahan scored to tie the game at two at the 19:19 mark of the first period. Ryan McDonagh assisted on the goal.

There were no goals in the second period and in the third Nash scored at the 2:50 mark and the 11:42 mark. The assists were from Dan Girardi, Stepan and Callahan.

Lundqvist made 25 saves on 27 shots on goal. Bryzgalov made 20 saves on 24 shots for the Flyers. The Rangers power play was 1-4 as that has picked up for them lately. The Rangers are now a point ahead of the Flyers and they have three games in hand on them. They are only one point behind the Devils and the Rangers have a couple of games in hand on them as well. The Rangers will play the Islanders in Long Island on Thursday night.

The Yankees spring off day notes

There wasn’t much coming out of Yankees camp because they had a true off day. There were no sim games, no regular games, no workouts. Brian Cashman their general manager was busy jumping out of a plane though to help raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Foundation. Cashman had so much fun jumping the first time he did it again and that may have not been the best idea. Cashman broke a fibula and dislocated his right ankle. He is in the hospital now and was scheduled to have a couple of surgeries. He seems to be in good spirits though and he isn’t a player to it shouldn’t affect his ability to do the job. 
Francisco Cervelli throwing the ball has really been an early spring thing to watch. He is 5 for 6 throwing out runners and was 9-14 during winter ball. He seems to be the early favorite for the starting catcher role. He could be a guy who was so down after getting cut on the last day last year to being the starter this year. It is amazing how baseball and life work. Tony Pena the catching coach and bench coach was raving about Cervelli today.

Derek Jeter says he is just doing what he is told to do. He said he doesn’t know when he will get into a game yet and when he is told that is what he will do. He said his job is to be ready for April 1^st and that is what he is focused on and states he will be ready. He said that he feels good but they don’t want to push him and he is going to go by what they say. Jeter could get into a game by next week but we will wait and see what happens. It appears he will be the number two hitter in the lineup as long as he is playing. It appears that Ichiro and Gardner are battling for the leadoff spot with them both having good springs. Gardner is having a great spring though. I think which every one doesn’t leadoff will probably bat ninth. It could be like a double leadoff guy, we will see what happens though.

The New York Mets lose 4-2 to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 4-2 on Monday afternoon. The game was played at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Jeremy Hefner started for the Mets and pitched three good innings. Jeurys Familia and Bobby Parnell also pitched well. Marlon Byrd had a hit and a couple of RBI. 
Hefner pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts. Rafael Montero pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout, Familia pitched an inning giving up a walk and Darin Gorski pitched one inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts. Gorski took the loss, Josh Edgin pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Matthew den Dekker had a hit, Colin Cowgill had a hit and Ike Davis had a hit. Byrd had a hit and two RBI, Mike Baxter had a hit and Travis d’Arnaud had a hit. Anthony Recker had a hit and Justin Turner had a hit, Davis and d’Arnaud each hit a double. The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Dekker had a stolen base, Cowgill and Turner were each caught stealing. Tovar committed an error and Duda had an outfield assist.

Tim Hudson started for the Braves and pitched four innings giving up six hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out two. Luis Avilan pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, David Carpenter got the win pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts and David Hale pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. Alex Wood picked up the save pitching an inning giving up a hit, walking and striking out a batter.

Justin Upton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Evan Gattis had a hit and Joey Terdoslavich had a hit. Juan Francisco had a hit, Joe Leonard had an RBI and Chris Johnson had three hits and an RBI. Blake DeWitt had two hits, Tyler Pastornicky had two hits and an RBI. DeWitt hit a double, Upton and Johnson each hit a homerun. The Braves were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Kazmar had a stolen base and Pastornicky was caught stealing. DeWitt committed an error and Pagnozzi had a passed ball.

In the first Upton hit a solo homerun to give the Braves a 1-0 lead. Byrd hit an RBI single in the first to tie the game at one. Byrd hit a sacrifice fly in the third to give the Mets a 2-1 lead and in the fifth the Braves tied it at two. Pastornicky hit an RBI single, Johnson hit a solo homerun in the seventh to give the Braves a 3-2 lead and they completed the scoring with a run in the eighth. Leonard hit an RBI groundout. The Mets record dropped to 2-5 and the Braves are now 5-6. The Mets are off on Tuesday and the Braves will play at the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

The New York Mets lose to the Miami Marlins 6-4

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins by the score of 6-4 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place in Jupiter, Florida. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched well and John Buck led the offense with a hit and three RBI. 
Gee pitched three innings giving up three hits and no runs. He walked one and struck out one, Cory Mazzoni pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and two strikeouts, Scott Rice pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs and took the loss. Robert Carson pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run.

Jordany Valdespin had a hit, Reese Havens and Omar Quintanilla each drew a walk. Wilfredo Tovar had a hit, Buck had a hit and three RBI and Juan Lagares had a hit. Kirk Nieuwenhuis drew a walk, Brandon Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Josh Satin had a hit and drew two walks. Lagares hit a double, Hicks and Buck each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Nieuwenhuis had a stolen base and Brown had an outfield assist.

Nathan Eovaldi started for the Marlins and pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts, Tom Koehler pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Ryan Webb pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. Sam Dyson picked up the win pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout, Arquimedes Caminero pitched an inning walking three and striking out one and Zach Phillips pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one. Evan Reed picked up a save pitching an inning, walking three and striking out two.

Christian Yelich had a hit and an RBI, Donovan Solano had a hit and drew a walk and Rob Brantly drew a walk. Kyle Skipworth had an RBI, Casey Kotchman had three hits and Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and two RBI. Gorkys Hernandez had a hit and an RBI, Hernandez, Hechavarria and Yelich each hit a double and Kouzmanoff hit a homerun. The Marlins were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.

The Mets scored four runs in the third but then the Marlins scored two in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the seventh. In the third Hicks hit a solo homerun and Buck hit a three run homerun to make it 4-0. Hechavarria hit a two run double in the fifth to make it a 4-2 game. In the sixth Hernandez hit an RBI double, Yelich hit an RBI double and Skipworth hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-4 Marlins. Kouzmanoff hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 6-4 Marlins and that would be all the scoring in the game.

The Mets are now 2-4 in the spring and the Marlins are 4-3.

The Mets will host the Atlanta Braves on Monday afternoon and Miami will be off.

The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-2

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox by the score of 5-2 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place in Fort Myers, Florida. The Yankees had mostly minor leaguers going in this game but were able to find a way to get a win. Adam Warren started for the Yankees and pitched well. Brett Gardner continued his hot spring.
Warren pitched three innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Jose Ramirez picked up the win pitching three innings giving up three hits and striking out one, Chase Whitley pitched an inning striking out one and Preston Claiborne pitched to one batter and got him out. Josh Spence pitched to two batters and retired them both and Kelvin Perez pitched an inning giving up a run with two walks.

Gardner had a hit and a walk for the Yankees. Eduardo Nunez had a hit and an RBI, Jayson Nix had an RBI and Jose Pirela had a hit. JR Murphy had a hit and an RBI, Dan Johnson drew a walk and Thomas Neal had a hit and an RBI. Tyler Austin had a hit, Corban Joseph had a hit and Pirela, Austin and Murphy each hit a double. Neal hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Segedin and Maruszak each committed an error for the Yankees.

Ryan Dempster started for the Red Sox and pitched three innings giving up a hit and striking out two. Koji Uehara pitched a perfect inning, Andrew Miller struck out the side in his one inning of work and Joel Hanrahan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with one of them being earned. He walked two and struck out one taking the loss. Junichi Tazawa pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out three and Pete Ruiz pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.

Dustin Pedroia had a hit, Stephen Drew had a hit and Mike Napoli had a hit and an RBI. Mauro Gomez drew a walk, Will Middlebrooks drew a walk and Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a hit. Mike Carp drew a walk, Saltalamacchia hit a double and Napoli a homerun. The Red Sox were 0-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Pedro Ciriaco had a stolen base and Sutton committed two errors.

The Yankees have now won two games in a row and are 3-7 on the spring. The Red Sox are 5-5 on the spring. The Yankees will have a rare day off in spring training on Monday and the Red Sox will host the Tampa Bay Rays.

New York Yankees Saturday spring training notes

Melky Mesa has pulled out of the WBC. He stated today that he made up his mind about a week ago and it is solely because of the opening in left field. I have no idea if he has a legitimate shot at it, but he has looked good early in the spring. 
Phil Hughes will play catch on Sunday. Boone Logan has a sore left elbow but the MRI came back clean. He will rest for a few days and Slade Heathcott has a sprained right thumb. It is a minor injury according to manager Joe Girardi.

The Yankees made their first round of cuts on Saturday. The cuts were Corey Black, Matt Daley, Nick Goody, Shane Greene, Bryan Mitchell, Zach Nuding, Mike O’Brien, Ryan Pope and Kyle Roller.

Nova was looking to throw strikes today and he did that. He said after the game that no one has to tell him to throw strikes that it is obvious. He threw 22 strikes out of 27 pitches today. He has the stuff and was very good two years ago, last year he struggled a little bit. The fifth starter spot is his to lose, he has to show more consistency. He said he has to attack the strike zone and let his teammates do the work in the field, he said he did it today and will continue to try and do it going forward.

Gardner stole his first two bases of the spring today and he had two more hits and is hitting 571 in the spring.

Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano are now leaving for the WBC. There are some other minor league guys also but those are the only two major league players leaving for the classic. The Yankees will have some younger guys getting more chances to impress with them gone. The Yankees competition though is really only in left field. The catchers are going to be Stewart and Francisco Cervelli since neither has an option and they want Austin Romine to have more time at AAA. I don’t know who will be the starter and if they will really have one or just have a platoon behind the plate.