The New York Yankees take their second in a row in Toronto 5-3 over the Blue Jays

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 5-3 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched great, David Robertson blew the game for the Yankees but then they won it in extra innings. Vernon Wells had three hits to lead the Yankees offense. 
Kuroda pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up one run on three hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts, Joba Chamberlain retired both batters that he faced and had a strikeout and Boone Logan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. Shawn Kelley picked up his first win of the season facing two batters and retiring them both and Mariano Rivera picked up his fifth save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out two.

Brett Gardner had two hits, Robinson Cano had a hit and drew a walk and Kevin Youkilis had a hit and two RBI. Lyle Overbay had a hit, Wells had three hits and an RBI and Francisco Cervelli had a hit. Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Jayson Nix had a hit and Gardner and Overbay each hit a double. Wells hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Mark Buehrle pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and three runs with a walk and seven strikeouts. Esmil Rogers pitched an inning giving up a hit, Kyle Janssen pitched an inning striking out one and Aaron Loup took the loss pitching an inning giving up two hits and two runs which were unearned. Delabar pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Rajai Davis had a hit and an RBI, Melky Cabrera had two hits and two RBI and Jose Bautista had a hit and drew a walk. Edward Encarnacion drew a walk, Colby Rasmus had a hit and Maizur Izturis had a hit. Kawasaki had a hit, Adam Lind drew a walk and Cabrera and Bautista each hit a double. The Blue Jays were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Davis had a stolen base and Izturis and Loup each committed an error.

Wells hit a solo homerun in the second to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Youkilis hit a two run single to make it 3-0 Yankees. The Blue Jays rallied in the eighth to tie the score at three. Davis hit an RBI single and Cabrera a two run single. In the 11^th Suzuki hit a sac bunt which Loup threw into left field allowing two runs to score giving the Yankees a 5-3 lead which they would hold on to for the win.

The Yankees have won two straight in Toronto to take their fourth straight series. The Yankees have now won five games in a row on the road and have won nine of eleven overall. The Yankees record improved to 10-6 on the season and the Blue Jays record dropped to 7-11 on the season. The Yankees will be looking for the sweep on Sunday afternoon.

The New York Mets were defeated 7-6 by the Washington Nationals and Bryce Harper

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals by the score of 7-6 on Saturday afternoon. Bryce Harper was the star of the show with two long home runs. Jeremy Hefner started for the Mets and didn’t pitch that well, Aaron Laffey didn’t pitch well either in relief. Daniel Murphy had a couple of hits to lead their offense. 
Hefner pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs. He walked three and struck out two. Laffey pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk, Brandon Lyon pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out two and Josh Edgin took the loss pitching 11/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts. Scott Atchison pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and LaTroy Hawkins pitched a perfect inning.

Justin Turner had a hit and two RBI, Murphy had two hits and an RBI and David Wright had a hit and drew two walks. John Buck had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Marlon Byrd had a hit and Lucas Duda drew two walks. Colin Cowgill had a hit and two RBI, Ruben Tejada drew a walk and John Buck hit a double. Wright hit a triple and the Mets were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Gio Gonzalez started for the Nationals and pitched four innings giving up five hits and five runs. He walked four and struck out five. Craig Stammen pitched two innings striking out five, Ryan Mattheus pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Tyler Clippard earned his first win of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out two. Rafael Soriano picked up his sixth save of the season pitching an inning and walking one.

Jayson Werth had a hit and drew a walk, Harper had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Adam LaRoche had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk. Ian Desmond had a hit and an RBI, Chad Tracy drew two walks and Espinosa had a hit. Espinosa, Werth and Harper each hit a double, Desmond and LaRoche each hit a homerun and Harper hit two homeruns. The Nationals were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Tracy was caught stealing.

In the second Desmond hit a solo homerun to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead. Harper hit a two run homerun in the third to increase the Nationals lead to 3-0. In the fourth Cowgill hit a two run single, Turner hit a two run single and Murphy hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 5-3 lead. LaRoche hit a three run homerun in the fifth giving the Nationals a 6-5 lead. Buck hit an RBI double in the seventh to tie the game at six. Harper hit a solo homerun in the eighth to give the Nationals a 7-6 lead and that would be the final score.

The Mets record dropped to 8-8 on the season and the Nationals improved to 10-7 on the season. The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday afternoon.

The New York Yankees show some power up north as they defeat the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 9-4 on Friday night. The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and pitched well especially for not pitching in a while. Travis Hafner, Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay each hit a homerun. 
Pettitte pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs. He walked one and struck out five and picked up his third win of the season. Shawn Kelley pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up one hit and one run with a couple of strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Robinson Cano had three hits and an RBI and Hafner had two hits and two RBI. Wells had two hits and two RBI, Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and Eduardo Nunez drew a walk. Lyle Overbay had a hit and an RBI, Francisco Cervelli had a couple of hits and drew a walk and Cano and Hafner each hit a double. Cervelli and Suzuki each hit two doubles. Gardner hit a triple and Hafner, Overbay and Wells each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Brandon Morrow started for the Blue Jays and pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and seven runs with five of them being earned. He had a walk and four strikeouts and took his second loss of the season. Brett Cecil pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout, Steve Delabar pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Darren Oliver pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Rajai Davis had a hit, Melky Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and Jose Bautista had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. J.P. Arencibia had two hits and an RBI, Brett Lawrie had two hits and Davis hit a triple. Bautista and Arencibia hit a homerun. The Blue Jays were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. Rasmus committed an error.

In the first inning Hafner hit an RBI double and Wells grounded out to make it 2-0 Yankees. The Blue Jays scored one in the bottom of the first. Cabrera hit an RBI groundout. In the third Hafner hit a solo homerun and Nunez hit a sacrifice fly that two runs scored on. The first one scored and then the second on a throwing error. In the sixth Overbay hit a solo homerun, Gardner hit an RBI triple and Cano hit an RBI groundout to make it 8-1 Yankees. Bautista hit a two run homerun in the sixth to cut the lead to 8-3. In the seventh Wells hit a solo homerun for the Yankees last run and to make it 9-3. The Blue Jays added a run in the ninth and the final score was 9-4 Yankees.

The Yankees have won eight of their last ten games and improved their record to 9-6. The Blue Jays record dropped to 7-10 on the season. The two teams will play game two of the three game series on Saturday afternoon.

The New York Yankees comeback but then fall in extra innings

The New York Yankees were defeated by the score of 6-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. The game went 12 innings. Phil Hughes pitched well for the Yankees and their bullpen pitched well until the 12^th inning. Robinson Cano and Francisco Cervelli each hit a homerun for the Yankees runs. 
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up two runs on six hits. He struck out six batters and didn’t walk anyone. Boone Logan faced two hitters and retired them both, Joba Chamberlain pitched 11/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one and David Robertson gave up a hit in his one inning of work. David Phelps took the loss pitching two innings giving up four hits and four runs with three earned and a walk and two strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Vernon Wells drew two walks and Cano had a hit and an RBI with a walk. Kevin Youkilis had a hit, Ben Francisco had a hit and drew a walk and Cervelli had a hit and an RBI. Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Eduardo Nunez had a hit and Travis Hafner drew a walk. Cano and Cervelli each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Nunez committed an error and Cervelli had two errors, both were catchers interference.

Patrick Corbin started for the Diamondbacks and pitched seven innings giving up two hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts. David Hernandez pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts, J.J. Putz got charged with a blown save pitching an inning giving up two hits and a run and Matt Reynolds pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Heath Bell got the win pitching an inning giving up two hits and striking out one and Tony Sipp pitched an inning with a strikeout.

Gerald Parra had a hit, Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI and Paul Goldschmidt had three hits. Miguel Montero had a hit, Cody Ross had three hits and an RBI and Eric Chavez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk. Gregorius had two hits and an RBI, he hit a double and Montero, Ross, Parra and Chavez each hit a double. Gregorius and Prado each hit a homerun. The Diamondbacks were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Pollock had a stolen base

Gregorius hit a solo homerun in the third inning giving the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead. Prado hit a solo homerun in the sixth to make it 2-0 Diamondbacks. Cano hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the sixth to make it 2-1. Cervelli hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at two. The Diamondbacks scored four runs in the 12^th inning to win the game 6-2.

The Yankees failed to sweep the series but they took two out of three. The Yankees record fell to 8-6 and the Diamondbacks record improved to 8-6. The Yankees will head to Toronto to begin a three game series with them on Friday night. The Diamondbacks will head to Colorado to take on the Rockies on Friday night.

The New York Mets lose in Colorado and are happy to end a terrible trip to Denver

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies by the score of 11-3 on Thursday afternoon. The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched pretty well and their bullpen was bad. Jordany Valdespin, Daniel Murphy and David Wright each had two hits. 
Niese took the loss, his first of the season pitching six innings giving up nine hits and three runs. He walked one and struck out three. Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs, Scott Atchison didn’t record an out and he gave up two hits and three runs with a walk and Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk. Jeremy Hefner pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.

Valdespin had two hits, Murphy had two hits and Wright had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit and an RBI, Marlon Byrd had a hit and Valdespin, Murphy and Byrd each hit a double. The Mets were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Valdespin committed an error and Niese had a pickoff.

Jon Garland earned his second win of the season pitching seven innings giving up six hits and two runs with four strikeouts. Chris Volstad pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.

Eric Young had three hits, Dexter Fowler had a hit and an RBI and Carlos Gonzalez had three hits and an RBI and Troy Tulowitzki had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Wilin Rosario had a hit and two RBI, Todd Helton had two hits and two RBI and Josh Rutledge had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Chris Nelson had two hits and an RBI, Garland had a hit and Reid Brignac had a hit and an RBI. Gonzalez and Helton each hit a double, Rutledge, Fowler and Tulowitzki each hit a homerun. The Rockies were 6-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Rosario had a stolen base, Young was caught stealing and Rosario committed an error and had a passed ball.

Wright hit an RBI single in the first giving the Mets a 1-0 lead. The Rockies came right back in the bottom of the first and tied the game at one. Gonzalez hit an RBI single, in the fourth Rutledge hit a solo homerun to make it a 2-1 Rockies lead. In the sixth Wright hit an RBI single to tie the game at two. Tulowitzki hit an RBI single in the sixth to give the Rockies a 3-2 lead. Rosario hit a two run single, Helton a two run double, Nelson an RBI single and Brignac an RBI single to give the Rockies a 9-2 lead. Davis hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 9-3 and the Rockies came back with two in the bottom of the eighth to win the game 11-3.

The Rockies swept the three games that they did play, they have to make up one more game later in the season. The Mets record dropped to 7-7 and the Rockies improved their record to 11-4. The Mets will return home to Citi Field to face the Washington Nationals on Friday. It will be the start of a three game series.

The New York Mets lose game one of a doubleheader to the Colorado Rockies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Colorado Rockies by the score of 8-4 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Dillon Gee started the game for the Mets and was not very good. David Wright hit two homeruns to lead the Mets offense. 
Gee pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Gee took his third loss of the season and has yet to win a game. Brandon Lyon pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run, Scott Rice pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two walks and LaTroy Hawkins struck out the only batter that he faced. Burke pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs.

Daniel Murphy drew a walk, Wright had three hits and three RBI and John Buck had two hits. Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk, Ruben Tejada had a hit and an RBI and Gee had a hit. Wright hit two homeruns and the Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Juan Nicasio got his second win of the season. He pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Edgmer Escalona pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout, Wilton Lopez pitched an inning giving up two hits and Rafael Betancourt pitched a perfect inning.

Eric Young had three hits and two RBI, Jonathan Herrera had a hit and an RBI and Carlos Gonzalez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Michael Cuddyer had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Todd Helton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Wilin Rosario had a hit and an RBI. Chris Nelson had two hits, Jordan Pacheco had a hit and Cuddyer and Nelson each hit a double. Gonzalez and Young each hit a triple and Gonzalez hit a homerun. The Rockies were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Young had a stolen base.

Wright hit a two run homerun in the first inning to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. In the second Rosario hit an RBI single to make it 2-1 Mets. Gonzalez hit a solo homerun in the third to tie the game at two. Tejada hit an RBI groundout in the fourth to make it 3-2 Mets. Wright hit a solo homerun in the fifth making it 4-2 Mets, Cuddyer walked to make it a 4-3 game and Helton hit a two run single making it 5-4 Rockies in the fifth inning. Young hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to make it 6-4 Rockies. In the eighth Young hit an RBI triple and Herrera hit an RBI single making it 8-4 and that was the final score.

The Mets improved their record to 7-4 and the Rockies record dropped to 8-4. The two teams will play a second game on Tuesday night and then try and close out the series on Wednesday weather permitting.

The New York Yankees defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2

The New York Yankees defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 4-2 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched better, the bullpen was great. Robinson Cano had the big hit a three run homerun. 
Nova pitched five innings giving up two runs and seven hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Nova picked up his first win of the season. Boone Logan pitched 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts, Joba Chamberlain retired both batters that he faced and David Robertson pitched a scoreless inning giving up a hit. Mariano Rivera pitched a 1-2-3 inning picking up his third save.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Cano had two hits and three RBI with a walk and Kevin Youkilis had two hits. Travis Hafner had two hits, Vernon Wells drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk. Eduardo Nunez had a hit and an RBI, Lyle Overbay had a hit and Chris Stewart had two hits. Gardner hit a double and Hafner hit two doubles. Cano hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.

Brandon McCarthy took the loss his second of the season. He pitched four innings giving up nine hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts. Matt Reynolds pitched two innings giving up a hit with two strikeouts, Brad Ziegler pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Heath Bell pitched a perfect inning striking out the side.

Parra had a hit, Martin Prado had a hit and drew a walk and Paul Goldschmidt had a hit. Montero had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Cody Ross had two hits and an RBI and A.J. Pollock had two hits. Pollock hit two doubles and the Diamondbacks were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Parra had a stolen base.

In the third the Diamondbacks took a 2-0 lead. Montero hit a sacrifice fly and Ross hit an RBI single. The Yankees took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on a three run homerun by Cano. Nunez hit a sacrifice fly for the final run in the seventh. The final score was 4-2 Yankees.

The Yankees have now won 6 out of their last seven games and improved to 7-5 on the season. The two teams will play game two on Wednesday night. The Diamondbacks record dropped to 8-5.

The New York Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda shutout the Baltimore Orioles 3-0

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 3-0 on Sunday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and was great. Jayson Nix had an RBI and Brett Gardner a homerun. 
Kuroda pitched a complete game shutout. He gave up five hits, no walks and struck out five. Kuroda won his second game of the season.

Gardner had a hit and two RBI, Vernon Wells had a hit and Robinson Cano drew a walk. Brennan Boesch had two hits, Francisco had a hit and drew a walk and Lyle Overbay had a hit. Nix had a hit and an RBI, Gardner hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Youkilis and Nix each committed an error.

Wei-Yen Chen pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts. Chen took his second loss of the season and T.J. McFarland pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.

Nick Markakis had a hit, Adam Jones had a hit and Matt Wieters had a hit. J.J. Hardy had a hit, Nick Reimold had a hit. The Orioles were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

In the fifth Nix hit a sacrifice fly and Gardner hit a two run homerun making it 3-0 Yankees. The 3-0 score would hold up. The Yankees record improved to 6-5 as they won their fifth out of the last six games. The Orioles record dropped to 6-6. The Yankees will have the day off on Monday and then begin an interleague series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

New York Yankees postgame notes from the Baltimore games

The New York Yankees ended their four game losing streak yesterday mainly because Phil Hughes pitched really bad. Hughes had a good assessment of his outing, he said “I can’t remember the last time I was as bad as that.” He couldn’t locate his fastball and his other pitches weren’t really working, he always gives up a lot of homeruns because he is a flyball pitcher and Yankee stadium but this was really bad. The questions are coming now of course because he was rushed back from injury to make an emergency start and then rushed in this start a couple of days. He was pitching really well in spring training and then suffered the back injury. He and the Yankees say he is fine, just not executing. He did say he was better in Detroit which he was and he didn’t think he was that bad until that fifth inning in Detroit. I actually thought he was pitching pretty well in Detroit and then may have ran out of steam, this one was bad though. He is also a notoriously slow starter, April is by far the worst month of his career. 
The Yankees had Francisco Cervelli playing second and Robinson Cano playing short in the last game. They said they knew that could happen and it wasn’t a surprise. Girardi said he told all of them this was going to happen, that he pinch hit Brennan Boesch for Jayson Nix and with the injuries there was nothing else he could do. Cano had played short in the minors in 2002 but nothing but second in the majors.

Phelps was a huge bright spot for the Yankees but Girardi said it is way too early to talk about making a switch in the rotation. He said Phil had a good year last year and Nova has only made one start.

Cervelli said that they have to work on fastball command with Hughes, he said that is all it is is execution. The Yankees have lost eight of their past 13 regular season games to the Orioles and seven of their past 10 at home to the Orioles. They have had a lot of trouble with them lately but they did beat them in the ALDS last year although it took all five games. Ryan Flaherty hit the first homerun by a Yankees opponent at Yankee Stadium this year.

Travis Hafner has three homeruns in ten games which is his fewest to that number since 2009. Cano has four straight multi-hit games where he is 11-19 with eight RBI.

Friday night the big topic was the triple play the Yankees turned. It was their first since 2010 in Oakland. Ironically CC Sabathia was also the pitcher in that game, this one was unique though as it was the first time in history a triple play like that was turned. It was a line drive to Cano that he trapped, he threw to second for the force, then the ball was thrown to Youkilis who tagged out the runner in a run down and then threw to Lyle Overbay who got that runner in a rundown and threw to second for the third out. It was crazy, but happened really quick and the throws by the Yankees were great. The base running by the Orioles was not good at all on that and they just looked stunned when it was all over.

It was the Yankees second triple play since 1969 and first in the Bronx since 1968. That game was also weird because Adam Jones dropped a fly ball that allowed three runs to score and made the difference in the game. He is a great center fielder and I don’t think you will see that again.

The New York Mets win 4-2 in Minnesota as Matt Harvey dominates and flirts with perfection

The New York Mets defeated the Minnesota Twins by the score of 4-2 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Matt Harvey started for the Mets and pitched great carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning. He is becoming must see T.V. as he is a phenom that is giving all Mets fans hope. Daniel Murphy had a couple of hits and Justin Turner had three to lead the Mets offense. 
Harvey pitched eight innings giving up two hits and one run with two walks and six strikeouts. He picked up his third win of the season. Bobby Parnell pitched an inning to pick up his first save. He gave up two hits and a run with a couple of strikeouts.

Colin Cowgill had a hit and an RBI, Murphy had two hits and an RBI and David Wright had a hit and an RBI. Lucas Duda drew a walk, Marlon Byrd had a hit and an RBI and Ike Davis had a hit. Turner had three hits, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Turner and Tejada each hit a double. Byrd hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Scott Diamond took the loss his first of the season. He pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a strikeout, Josh Roenicke pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and Casey Fien pitched two perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. Jared Burton pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Joe Mauer had a hit, Josh Willingham had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Justin Morneau had a hit and an RBI. Ryan Doumit drew a walk, Dozier had a hit and Mauer hit a double. Morneau hit a homerun and the Twins were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Willingham had an outfield assist.

In the fifth the Mets took a 4-0 lead. Byrd hit a solo homerun, Cowgill hit an RBI single, Murphy hit an RBI single and Wright hit an RBI single. Morneau hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it a 4-1 game and then in the ninth Willingham hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 4-2 but that would be the final score.

The Mets record improved to 7-4 and the Twins record dropped to 4-7. The Mets will be going for the three game sweep on Sunday afternoon.

The New York Yankees four game winning streak ends as Phil Hughes is roughed up

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 5-3 on Saturday evening. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and was terrible. The Yankees bullpen was very good especially David Phelps who kept the Yankees in the game and gave them a chance to come back and win. Robinson Cano continued his hot hitting with two hits, Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay and Francisco Cervelli also each had two hits. 
Hughes pitched three innings giving up nine hits and five runs with two walks and no strikeouts. He took the loss his second of the season. Phelps pitched four innings giving up one hit and striking out six, Joba Chamberlain gave up a hit in one inning and David Robertson struck out one in his one inning of work.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Cano had two hits and Travis Hafner had a hit and an RBI. Wells had two hits and an RBI, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk and Cervelli had two hits. Overbay had two hits and an RBI, Cano hit a double, Hafner and Wells each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Phelps committed an error, Suzuki had an outfield assist and Wells had an outfield assist.

Jason Hammel started for the Orioles and picked up his second win of the season. He pitched six innings giving up eight hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked one and struck out four. Brian Matusz pitched an inning giving up a hit, Darren O’Day pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one and Jim Johnson worked a perfect inning to pick up his fifth save of the season.

Nate McLouth had three hits, Manny Machado had a hit and Nick Markakis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Adam Jones had two hits and an RBI, Chris Davis had a hit and drew a walk and J.J. Hardy had a hit and an RBI. Ryan Flaherty had a hit and an RBI and Reimold had a hit and an RBI. McLouth hit two doubles and Davis hit a double. Flaherty, Markakis, Reimold each hit a homerun. The Orioles were 0-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Hardy committed an error.

Jones hit an RBI groundout in the first inning to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead. Flaherty hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 Orioles in the second inning. In the bottom of the second Hafner hit a solo homerun and Overbay hit an RBI single to tie the game at two. Markakis hit a solo homerun in the third and Hardy grounded out to score another run. The Orioles took a 4-2 lead and then tacked on another run in the fourth on a Reimold solo homerun. It was 5-2 Orioles, that was the last run the Orioles would score as Hughes departed the game. Wells hit a solo homerun in the sixth to make it 5-3 but that was the final score as the Yankees failed to get anyone else home, they had some chances but couldn’t get the big hit to make it closer or even tie the game.

The Yankees win streak ended at four and their record dropped to 5-5. The Orioles record improved to 6-5. The two teams will play the rubber game of the three game series on Sunday night.