The New York Yankees win another one run game and second in a row in Kansas City

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals by the score of 3-2 on Saturday night. The game took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Andy Pettite started for the Yankees and pitched well and the bullpen was good. Vernon Wells led the offense with a two run homerun and Jayson Nix had a pair of hits. 
Pettitte pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and seven strikeouts. David Robertson pitched a perfect inning striking out the sides and Mariano Rivera picked up his 14^th save in 14 attempts. He pitched a scoreless inning giving up a hit.

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Wells had a hit and two RBI and Travis Hafner had a hit. Nix had two hits and drew a walk, Lyle Overbay had a hit and Chris Nelson had a hit. Nix and Nelson each hit a double and Wells hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Gardner was caught stealing.

James Shields pitched eight innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked two and struck out five and Kelvin Herrera pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Alcides Escobar had a hit, Lorenzo Cain had an RBI and drew a walk and Billy Butler had a hit and an RBI. Eric Hosmer had a hit, Salvador Perez had two hits and Elliot Johnson had a hit. Perez hit a double and Butler hit a homerun, the Royals were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Johnson had a stolen base and Moustakas committed an error.

In the third the teams traded runs. The Yankees scored on a throwing error and the Royals on a Cain RBI groundout. In the fourth Butler hit a solo homerun to make it 2-1 Royals and in the fifth Wells hit a two run homerun to make it 3-2 Yankees and that would be the final score.

The Yankees record improved to 22-13 and the Royals record dropped to 18-15. The two teams will play the finale of the three game series on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees will be going for the sweep before playing a doubleheader in Cleveland on Monday and then returning home.

The New York Mets suffer another bad loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 11-2 on Saturday afternoon. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jon Niese got the start for the Mets and did not pitch well at all. The bullpen did a decent job although three of them came in and each gave up a run. Marlon Byrd led the offense with two hits. 
Niese took the loss which was his fourth of the season. Niese pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and runs with three walks and a strikeout. Scott Atchison pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run, LaTroy Hawkins pitched two innings giving up four hits and a run with a strikeout and Robert Carson pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.

Ruben Tejada had a hit and drew a walk, David Wright had a hit and Justin Turner had a hit and drew a walk. Byrd had two hits and an RBI, Andrew Brown had a hit and an RBI and Juan Lagares had a hit. Tejada hit a double, Brown hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Francisco Liriano earned his first win of the season pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and a run. He walked two and struck out nine. Bryan Morris pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts, Justin Wilson pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Tony Watson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.

Starling Marte had two hits, Jordy Mercer had two hits and two RBI and Andrew McCutchen had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Gaby Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk, Jose Tabata had four hits and three RBI and Brandon Inge had two hits. McKenry had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Clint Barmes had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Tabata hit a double and a homerun. Mercer hit two homeruns and the Pirates were 6-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Barmes hit an RBI single in the second to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. In the third they took a 4-0 lead on a McCutchen RBI single and Tabata two run homerun. In the fifth Mercer hit a solo homerun, Tabata hit a two run homerun, McKenry hit a two run single and Barmes hit an RBI single to make it 9-0 Pirates. In the sixth Byrd hit an RBI single to make it a 9-1 game. McKenry hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it 10-1, in the eighth Mercer hit a solo homerun making it 11-1 and Brown hit a homerun in the ninth to make it 11-2.

The Mets record dropped to 14-19 and the Pirates record improved to 20-16. The two teams will play game four of their four game series on Sunday afternoon, the Mets are looking for a split in the series.

The New York Yankees offense comes to life with win in Kansas City

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals by the score of 11-6 on Friday night. The game took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good. The Yankees bullpen especially Shawn Kelley was excellent. Lyle Overbay led the offense with five RBI. 
Hughes pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs. He earned his second win of the season and walked two and struck out three. Kelley pitched 2 1/3 innings striking out six batters and Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI and Travis Hafner drew a walk. Ichiro Suzuki had three hits and two RBI, Jayson Nix had two hits and drew a walk and Overbay had four hits and five RBI. Chris Nelson had two hits and two RBI, Chris Stewart had a hit and Nix, Gardner and Suzuki each hit a double. Overbay hit two doubles and a homerun, Suzuki hit a homerun and Gardner hit a triple. The Yankees were 6-17 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Cano and Suzuki each had a stolen base.

Wade Davis took his third loss of the season pitching five innings and giving up seven hits and seven runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Bruce Chen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a strikeout and J.C. Gutierrez pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with three strikeouts.

Alcides Escobar had a hit, Lorenzo Cain had a hit and Alex Gordon had two hits and two RBI. Eric Hosmer drew a walk, Salvador Perez had a hit and Mike Moustakas had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Jarrod Dyson had a hit and three RBI, Gordon hit a double and Dyson and Moustakas each hit a homerun. The Royals were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.

In the second Suzuki and Overbay each hit two run homeruns to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead. Dyson hit a three run homerun in the second to make it a 4-3 game. In the fourth Overbay hit an RBI double to make it a 5-3 game. The Royals tied the game in the fifth on a Gordon two run double. In the sixth Overbay hit an RBI double and Nelson hit a two run single to make it 8-5 Yankees. Gardner hit an RBI triple and Cano hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 10-5. Moustakas hit a homerun in the sixth to make it 10-6. The Yankees added a run in the ninth on an RBI single by Overbay and the final score was 11-6.

The Yankees record improved to 21-13 and they are 3-1 so far on this road trip. The Royals record fell to 18-14. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday night.

The New York Mets drop game 7-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Mets were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 7-3. The game was played at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Sean Marcum started and pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and six runs with two strikeouts. Robert Carson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit, Scott Atchison pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out two and Scott Rice pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks. 
Ruben Tejada had a hit, David Wright had two hits and Jordany Valdespin had a hit and an RBI. Ike Davis had two hits, Anthony Recker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Juan Lagares had a hit. Andrew Brown had a hit and an RBI. Wright and Lagares each hit a double, Recker and Valdespin each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Wright committed an error and Byrd had an outfield assist. Carson had a pickoff.

Wandy Rodriguez earned his third win pitching six innings and giving up six hits and a run. He walked none and struck out two. Vin Mazzaro pitched two innings giving up a hit, Jose Contreras pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Jason Grilli earned his 14^th save of the season pitching to one batter and retiring him.

Starling Marte had three hits and an RBI,Jordy Mercer had two hits and drew a walk and Garrett Jones had three hits and three RBI. Jose Tabata had a hit, Pedro Alvarez had two hits and an RBI and Michael McKenry had a hit. Rodriguez had an RBI, Gaby Sanchez drew a walk and Jones and McKenry each hit a double. Jones hit a homerun and the Pirates were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Marte was picked off.

In the second Alvarez hit an RBI single, Rodriguez grounded into a force out scoring another run and Marte hit an RBI single to make it 3-0 Pirates. Jones hit a three run homerun in the fifth and gave the Pirates a 6-0 lead. Recker hit a solo homerun in the fifth to make it 6-1 Pirates. In the ninth McCutchen grounded into a double play and a run scored making it 7-1 Pirates. In the ninth the Mets scored a couple of runs to make it 7-3 which was the final score. Valdespin hit a solo homerun and Brown hit an RBI single.

The Mets record dropped to 14-18 and the Pirates improved their record to 19-16. The two teams will play game three of their four game series on Saturday afternoon.

The New York Mets lose to the Chicago White Sox

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago White Sox by the score of 6-3 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jeremy Hefner started for the Mets and pitched ok, the bullpen had mixed results. Mike Baxter, Ruben Tejada and Justin Turner each had two hits to lead the Mets offense. 
Hefner pitched six innings giving up eight hits and four runs. He walked one and struck out five and took his fourth loss of the season. Scott Atchison pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run, Scott Rice faced one batter and struck him out and LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two. Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk.

David Wright drew two walks, Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI and Baxter had two hits and drew a walk. Tejada had two hits and an RBI, Marlon Byrd had a hit and Turner had two hits. Byrd hit a double, Baxter hit a triple and Duda a homerun. The Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. John Buck committed an error.

Jake Peavy earned his fourth win of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts. Matt Thornton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and an unearned run, Jesse Crain pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out the side and Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run striking out the side.

Alejandro De Aza had three hits and an RBI, Alexei Ramirez had a hit and Alex Rios had three hits and two RBI. Conor Gillaspie had two hits and two RBI with a walk, Paul Konerko had a hit and an RBI and Dewayne Wise had a hit. Tyler Greene had a hit, Tyler Flowers had a hit and drew a walk and Rios, Gillaspie and Greene each hit a double. De Aza and Rios each hit a homerun and the Rockies were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. De Aza had a stolen base and Rios committed an error.

De Aza hit a solo homerun to make it 1-0 White Sox. Duda hit a solo homerun in the second to tie the game at one. In the third Rios hit an RBI double and Gillaspie hit a two run double to make it 4-1 White Sox. Konerko hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-1 White Sox. In the eighth Turner hit an RBI single to make it a 5-2 game. Rios hit a solo homerun in the ninth to make it a 6-2 game and the Mets added a run in the ninth. Tejada hit an RBI single.

The Mets record dropped to 13-17 and the Rockies record improved to 14-18. The two teams split their brief two game series. The Mets will begin a four game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.

The New York Yankees are shutout in Denver by the Colorado Rockies

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Colorado Rockies by the score of 2-0 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorardo. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched well, he made one mistake and it cost him. The Yankees offense only managed four singles. 
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out three. Shawn Kelley pitched a scoreless inning.

Ichiro Suzuki, Jayson Nix and Chris Stewart each had a hit. Ben Francisco drew a walk.

Jorge De La Rosa pitched six shutout innings. He gave up three hits and one walk with a couple of strikeouts. De La Rosa earned his third win of the season, Matt Belisle pitched an inning giving up a walk, Rex Brothers pitched a perfect inning and Rafael Betancourt gave up a hit and struck out two in an inning. Betancourt earned his ninth save of the season.

Dexter Fowler drew a walk,Josh Rutledge had three hits and Carlos Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI. Michael Cuddyer had a hit, Todd Helton had a hit and Jonathan Herrera had two hits. Herrera hit a double, Gonzalez hit a homerun and the Rockies were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Rutledge was picked off.

The Rockies scored the only two runs of the game in the sixth inning. Gonzalez hit a two run homerun and the Yankees weren’t even close to scoring in this game.

The Yankees record fell to 18-13 and the Rockies record improved to 19-13. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Wednesday night.

New York Yankees notes from Denver

Eduardo Nunez is feeling better but he is not ready to play in a game. The Yankees will hope he is better in the next couple of days but in a NL park it isn’t helping them much. They are going to be short since the pitcher has to bat. Girardi said it is too early to make a move but if you think it is going to be close to the two weeks then you would DL him and get someone else in there so you have the extra body. The Yankees really don’t have a backup and Corban Joseph was just sent down and couldn’t be called up yet without Nunez going on the DL. 
The Yankees are officially on their third string left side of the infield. Jeter and Arod were the starters and then Nunez and Youkilis were the backups, it is crazy to have backups to the backups now playing. Girardi said it really tests the depth and I agree, I have never seen a season especially so early in the year with so many guys injured. Robertson was going to play catch pregame and if he still felt fine he would be able to pitch on Tuesday night.

Ivan Nova is going to pitch in an extended spring game on Wednesday. He could possibly start one of the doubleheader games on Monday in Cleveland because that will put him on schedule for that. Travis Hafner has no chance of playing the field so basically in Colorado he will get one pinch hit appearance each night. Granderson had five at bats in extended spring, Teixeira hit in the cage, Cervelli and Jeter aren’t doing anything yet and Arod did what he did yesterday which isn’t much. These updates were from Joe Girardi.

Brett Gardner had the day off because of the Yankees facing a lefty and that is it. Clay Rapada is now in AAA, he will get in some games there. He signed a minor league contract, it is possible he gets called back up to the big leagues at some point.

Matt Harvey sparkles as the Mets walkoff with a 1-0 win in ten innings

The New York Mets defeated the Chicago White Sox by the score of 1-0 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Matt Harvey started and pitched brilliantly. Mike Baxter was the hero in this game with the game winning hit. 
Harvey pitched nine shutout and one hit innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out 12 which was one of the best pitching performances of all-time. Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. He got the win and is now 3-0 on the season.

Ruben Tejada had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright drew a walk. Andre Brown drew a walk, Ike Davis had a hit and drew a walk and Juan Lagares had a hit. Baxter had a hit and an RBI, the Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Murphy was caught stealing.

Alex Rios had a hit, he was the only base runner of the game for the White Sox. They left one man on base and that was it.

In the tenth Baxter had an RBI single to win the game. This was a very well pitched game on both sides with not much offensive action.

The Mets record improved to 13-16 and the White Sox record dropped to 13-18. The two teams will play game two of their brief two game series on Wednesday night

The New York Mets split a brief two game set with the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 9-4 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Jon Niese started for the Mets and did not pitch well at all. The Mets bullpen was ok and their offense was led by David Wright. 
Niese pitched four innings giving up seven hits and seven runs with six walks and three strikeouts. Niese took his third loss of the season. Jeurys Familia pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts, Brandon Lyon pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Robert Carson didn’t record an out and gave up a hit and a run with a walk. Scott Atchison pitched a perfect inning.

Daniel Murphy drew a walk, Wright had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI. Ike Davis had a hit, Justin Turner had an RBI and drew a walk and Marlon Byrd had a hit. Mike Baxter had a hit which was a double, Wright hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Tim Hudson won his fourth game of the season pitching 7 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and seven strikeouts. Luis Avilan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk, Eric O’Flaherty pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Anthony Varvaro pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Andrelton Simmons had two hits, Reed Johnson drew a walk and Justin Upton had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Freddie Freeman had three hits and three RBI, Evan Gattis had two hits and an RBI and Dan Uggla had a hit and drew two walks. B.J. Upton had a hit and drew a walk, Reed Johnson had two hits and three RbI and Hudson drew a walk. Simmons hit two doubles, Freeman and Gattis each hit a double. Uggla hit a triple and Freeman hit a homerun. The Braves were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

The Braves took a 5-0 lead in the third. Upton hit an RBI single, Freeman hit a two run double, a wild pitch scored another run and Johnson hit an RBI single. Wright hit a two run homerun in the fourth to make it a 5-2 Braves lead. Johnson hit a two run single in the fifth to make it a 7-2 Braves lead. In the sixth Freeman hit a solo homerun to extend the Braves lead to 8-2. Duda hit an RBI single and Turner had an RBI walk in the eighth inning to make it 8-4. Gattis hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to complete the scoring at 9-4.

The Braves record improved to 18-12 and the Mets record dropped to 12-16. The Mets will be off on Monday and host the Chicago White Sox for three beginning on Tuesday night.

The New York Yankees lose rubber game to the Oakland Athletics

The New York Yankees were defeated by the score of 5-4 on Sunday afternoon by the Oakland Athletics. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Andy Pettitte started and struggled once again for his second start in a row. He didn’t get hit hard in this game but his command was not good at all. The Yankees offense fought back but fell just short in the ninth. 
Pettitte pitched five innings giving up four hits and four runs with three of them being earned. He walked four and struck out two. Preston Claiborne made his major league debut pitching two perfect innings, Boone Logan took the loss pitching an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Shawn Kelley pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had two hits, Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Vernon Wells had a hit. Travis Hafner had a hit and drew two walks, Ichiro Suzuki had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Lyle Overbay had a hit and two RBI. Gardner and Suzuki each hit a double and the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Wells had a stolen base and Cano committed an error.

Dan Straily pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and four strikeouts. Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Sean Doolittle won his second game of the season pitching a perfect inning and Ryan Cook gave up two hits and no runs in an inning of work. He struck out one batter and Grant Balfour saved his fifth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.

Adam Rosales had a hit, Derek Norris drew a walk and Jed Lowrie had two walks. Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and two RBI, Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Nate Freiman had a hit, Luke Montz had two hits and an RBI and Josh Reddick had a hit. Montz and Reddick each hit a double, Montz, Cespedes and Donaldson each hit a homerun and the A’s were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Cespedes had an outfield assist.

In the third Cespedes grounded into a force out to give the A’s a 1-0 lead. Cano hit an RBI single in the third to tie the game at one. Montz hit a solo homerun in the fourth to give the A’s a 2-1 lead and Cespedes hit a two run homerun in the fifth to give the A’s a 4-1 lead. The Yankees rallied for three runs in the sixth to tie the game at four. Ichiro hit an RBI double and Overbay hit a two run single. In the eighth Donaldson hit a solo homerun to break the tie and give the A’s a 5-4 lead which they would hold onto and win the game.

The Yankees lost two out of three in this series but finished their long 10 game homestand with a 7-3 record and one game out of first place in the AL East. They trail the Red Sox by one game in the loss column. The Yankees will have the day off on Monday and then head to Colorado to begin a three game series on Monday. The Yankees record dropped to 18-12 and the A’s record dropped to 18-14.