The New York Mets winning streak ends in Miami with 5-1 loss

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins by the score of 5-1 on Friday night. The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. Shawn Marcum started for the Mets and didn’t pitch as bad as his final line would indicate. Daniel Murphy had a couple of hits to lead the Mets offense which wasn’t very good. 
Marcum pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with two walks and four strikeouts. Marcum is now 0-6 on the season. Robert Carson retired the only batter that he faced, Greg Burke pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run.

Omar Quintanilla had two hits, Murphy had two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit. John Buck had a hit, Marlon Byrd drew a walk and Ike Davis had a hit. Davis and Murphy each hit two doubles and the Mets were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Byrd was caught stealing and Quintanilla committed an error.

Jacob Turner pitched seven innings giving up five hits and no runs. Turner walked one and struck out three and picked up his first win of the season. Mike Dunn pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and Pat Cishek pitched an inning striking out one.

Juan Pierre had a hit, Derek Dietrich had a hit and Marcell Ozuna had three hits and an RBI. Chris Coghlan had a hit, Ed Lucas had a hit and an RBI and Greg Dobbs drew two walks. Jeff Mathis drew a walk, Brown had a hit and two RBI and Dietrich, Brown and Ozuna each hit a double. The Marlins were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Pierre was caught stealing.

In the seventh inning the Marlins scored four runs to take a 4-0 lead. Lucas hit an RBI single, Mathis hit a sacrifice fly and Brown hit a two run double. In the eighth Murphy hit an RBI double to make it a 4-1 game. The Marlins tacked on a run in the eighth and the final score was 5-1 Marlins.

The Mets five game winning streak ended and their record fell to 22-30. The Marlins record improved to 14-41. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.

New York Yankees end their losing streak with 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox by the score of 4-1 on Friday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and was great, Mariano Rivera bounced back from a blown save the other night to get the save. Mark Teixeira had a run scored and Kevin Youkilis an RBI single in their returns to the lineup. 
Sabathia pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up one run on six hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out ten to earn his fifth win of the season. David Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Rivera picked up his 19^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and striking out one.

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Youkilis had a hit and an RBI and Robinson Cano drew a walk. Teixeira drew a walk, Vernon Wells had a hit and Jayson Nix had a hit and an RBI. Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and an RBI, Chris Stewart had a hit and drew a walk and Wells hit a double. The Yankees were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Gardner was caught stealing.

Jon Lester pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with four walks and five strikeouts. Lester took his second loss of the season. Andrew Miller pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Clayton Mortensen pitched an inning striking out one.

Dustin Pedroia had three hits, David Ortiz had a hit and Mike Napoli had a hit and an RBI. David Ross had a hit, Jose Iglesias had two hits and Pedroi hit two doubles. Ross and Napoli each hit a double. The Red Sox were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Nava had an outfield assist.

In the second Nix hit an RBI single and Suzuki hit an RBI single to make it 2-0 Yankees. Youkilis hit an RBI single in the fifth to push the lead to 3-0 Yankees. In the seventh Napoli hit an RBI double to make it a 3-1 game. In the seventh Gardner hit an RBI single to make it 4-1 Yankees and that would be the final score.
The Yankees ended their five game losing streak and their record improved to 31-23. The Boston Red Sox record fell to 33-23. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday night.

The New York Yankees are swept in the Subway Series by the New York Mets

The New York Yankees lost to the New York Mets on Thursday night by the score of 3-1. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Vidal Nuno pitched for the Yankees and pitched well, he made one mistake which cost him. The Yankees offense was anemic with the last 20 hitters being retired. The Yankees have played great with all their players hurt but have finally seemed to hit their wall and need to get their guys back. They are expected to get both Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis back on Friday night. Andy Pettitte is coming back on Monday so this all should help them. Dillon Gee looked great for the Mets but I think it was more about the Yankees being so bad offensively. 
Nuno pitched six innings giving up two runs and three hits. He walked two and struck out two and lost his second game of the year. Shawn Kelley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a run and a walk with three strikeouts, Boone Logan walked one and struck out one in 1/3 of an inning and Joba Chamberlain pitched 1 1/3 inning giving up a hit and striking out three.

Gee pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up one run on four hits. Gee didn’t walk a batter and struck out 12 which was a career best. Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Bobby Parnell pitched a perfect inning to pick up his ninth save of the season. Parnell struck out one.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI and Brennan Boesch had a hit. Cano hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.

Justin Turner had a hit, David Wright drew a walk and John Buck had a hit and an RBI. Lucas Duda drew two walks, Marlon Byrd had a hit and two RBI and Anthony Recker had a hit. Omar Quintanilla drew a walk, Turner and Recker each hit a double and Byrd hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Buck had a stolen base and Omar Quintanilla committed an error.

The Yankees have now lost five games in a row and were swept in the four game Subway Series. The Mets have now won five games in a row. The Mets record improved to 22-29 and the Yankees record fell to 30-23. The Yankees will stay at home to start a three game series with the Boston Red Sox on Friday night and the Mets will head to Miami to take on the Marlins in a three game series beginning Friday night.

New York Yankees drop Subway Series Opener to the New York Mets 2-1

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets by the score of 2-1 on Monday night. It was game one of the 2013 Subway Series at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. This year they are playing four games in a row with two in each stadium. It is a change from the past when they have been playing six games with three in each stadium. Phil Hughes and Jon Niese were the starters and they both pitched well. David Robertson was not good in relief for the Yankees and the offense was bad on both sides. The Yankees left the bases loaded and second and third and the Mets offense came from David Wright and Daniel Murphy. 
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with six strikeouts. Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Boone Logan struck out the only batter that he faced.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Jayson Nix had two hits and an RBI and Robinson Cano had a hit. Vernon Wells had a hit, David Adams had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk. Lyle Overbay had a hit and drew a walk, Chris Stewart had a hit and Gardner hit a triple. The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Stewart had a passed ball.

Niese pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts. Brandon Lyon picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and Bobby Parnell picked up his eighth save of the season pitching an inning giving up a walk and striking out two.

Murphy had a hit and an RBI, Wright had two hits and an RBI and Mike Baxter had a hit. Niese had two hits, Jordany Valdespin drew a walk and Baxter hit a double, Wright hit a triple and a homerun. The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

In the sixth Nix hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the seventh Wright tied the game at one with a solo homerun and in the eighth Murphy hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 2-1 lead which would be the final score.

The Yankees have now lost two games in a row and their record fell to 30-20. The Mets record improved to 19-29. The two teams will play their second game of two at Citi Field on Tuesday night and then play two more games at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday.

The New York Yankees fail to sweep the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 8-3 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and did not pitch well. Robinson Cano led the offense with two hits and David Adams had two RBI. 
Sabathia pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and seven runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Sabathia lost his fourth game of the season. David Huff pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout.

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Cano had two hits and Travis Hafner drew a walk. Lyle Overbay drew a walk, Adams had a hit and two RBI and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. Jayson Nix had a hit, Adams hit a double and Suzuki hit a triple. Gardner hit a homerun and Nix had a stolen base. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

Alex Cobb won his sixth game of the season pitching 8 1/3 innings and giving up five hits and two runs with eight strikeouts. Cesar Ramos gave up a hit and a run with two walks and Joel Peralta pitched to two batters and struck them both out.

Desmond Jennings had a hit and an RBI, Evan Longoria had a hit and Ben Zobrist had a hit. Sean Rodriguez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Yunel Escobar had two hits and an RBI and James Loney had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Jose Lobaton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Sam Fuld had an RBI and Escobar and Jennings each hit a double. Rodriguez and Loney each hit a homerun. The Rays were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

The Yankees record fell to 0-19 and the Rays improved their record to 25-24. The Yankees won two out of three in this series and will head to Citi Field to take on the Mets for two games before returning home for two games with the Mets.

The New York Mets are shutout by the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves by the score of 6-0 on Saturday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Dillon Gee started and didn’t pitch very well and the bullpen wasn’t great either. Ruben Tejada lead the Mets offense with half of their hits. 
Gee lost his sixth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and five runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four. Robert Carson pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Sean Burke pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out three.

Tejada had three hits, Justin Turner had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit. Recker drew a walk, Mike Baxter had a hit and Gee drew a walk. The Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

Mike Minor won his sixth game of the season pitching 7 1/3 innings giving up thee hits and two walks with 10 strikeouts. David Carpenter pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two strikeouts.

Andrelton Simmons had two hits, Jason Heyward had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Justin Upton had two hits and an RBI. Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBI, Chris Johnson had two hits and Minor had two hits and two RBI. Simmons and Justin Upton each hit a double and Minor hit a homerun. The Braves were 4-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

In the fifth Minor hit a two run homerun, Heyward hit an RBI single, J. Upton hit an RBI double and Freeman hit an RBI single. In the seventh Freeman hit an RBI single to make it 6-0 and that was the final score.

The Mets record fell to 17-29 and the Braves record improved to 30-18. The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday night.

The New York Mets lose a suspended game 7-5 to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 7-5 on Saturday evening. The game originally started on Friday night but was suspended in the eighth inning and had to be finished on Saturday evening. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jeremy Hefner started and wasn’t bad, the bullpen wasn’t very good and Daniel Murphy and David Wright led the offense. 
Hefner pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and seven strikeouts. LaTroy Hawkins pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Sean Burke pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Brandon Lyon lost his second game of the season pitching an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.

Murphy had three hits and an RBI, Rick Ankiel drew a walk and Wright had two hits. Lucas Duda had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Marlon Byrd had a hit and an RBI and John Buck had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Murphy hit a double and Buck hit a homerun. The Mets were 3-16 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Wright had a stolen base.

Kris Medlen pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs with a walk and nine strikeouts. Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk, Cory Gearrin pitched to one batter and struck him out and Anthony Varvaro picked up his second win of the season pitching two innings giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned. He walked a batter and struck out four men on base and Craig Kimbrel pitched an inning giving up a hit and picked up his 15^th save of the season.

Jason Heyward drew two walks, Justin Upton drew two walks and Freddie Freeman had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Brian McCann had three hits, Dan Uggla had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Gattis had a hit and two RBI. B.J. Upton had an RBI, Ramiro Pena had two hits and Pena and McCann each hit a double. Freeman and Uggla each hit a homerun and the Braves were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Simmons and B.J. Upton each committed an error.

In the first Freeman hit a two run homerun to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. Duda hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1 in the first. In the fourth Buck hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two. Byrd hit an RBI single in the fifth to give the Mets a 3-2 lead. Uggla hit a solo homerun in the seventh to tie the game at three. Gattis hit a two run single in the eighth to give the Braves a 5-3 lead. Murphy hit an RBI single and a wild pitch scored another run in the eighth to tie the game at five. In the tenth Uggla hit an RBI single and Upton had a sacrifice bunt that scored a run to make it 7-5 which was the final score.

The Mets record fell to 17-28 and the Braves record improved to 29-18. The two teams will played their second game on Saturday night and will play the final of three games on Sunday night.

The New York Yankees rally for an improbable victory in Tampa Bay

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 4-3 on Saturday evening. The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Vidal Nuno made the start and pitched well. Lyle Overbay was the offensive hero with the game winning homerun. Brett Gardner and Ichiro Suzuki each had a couple of hits. 
Nuno pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. Shawn Kelley gave up a hit and a run without recording an out, Boone Logan gave up a hit to the only batter he faced and Preston Claiborne pitched two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts. David Robertson gave up a walk and struck out one in an inning, Ivan Nova picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a walk with a couple of strikeouts. Mariano Rivera picked up his 18^th save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Gardner had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Robinson Cano drew two walks and Travis Hafner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. David Adams had a hit, Suzuki had two hits and Jayson Nix had a hit. Overbay had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brennan Boesch had a pinch hit double and an RBI and Gardner hit a double. Overbay hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Nix had a stolen base and Gardner was caught stealing.

Matt Moore pitched six innings giving up five hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts. Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Joel Peralta pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Fernando Rodney blew his fifth save of the season. Rodney pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Josh Lueke took his second loss of the season pitching two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.

Desmond Jennings had a hit and an RBI, Ryan Roberts had a hit and Evan Longoria had two hits. Ben Zobrist drew two walks, James Loney had a hit and Matt Joyce had a hit and drew a walk. Jose Molina had a hit, Kelly Johnson had a hit and an RBI and Yunel Escobar had a hit and an RBI. Longoria, Molina, Jennings and Joyce each hit a double and the Rays were 2-15 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Jennings had a stolen base and Roberts committed an error.

Hafner hit an RBI single in the first giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Jennings hit an RBI double to tie the game at one. In the seventh the Rays took a 3-1 lead on a Johnson RBI single and Escobar reached on a fielders choice scoring another run. The Yankees tied the game in the ninth with two outs and two strikes. Boesch hit an RBI double and Gardner an RBI single and in the 11^th inning Overbay hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead which would be the final.