The New York Yankees snap skid with a victory in Minnesota

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. The final score was 10-4 and the game was played at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Andy Pettitte started and was ok, he started bad and then recovered. Robinson Cano led the offense with two homeruns.

Pettitte pitched 5+innings giving up six hits and four runs. He walked four and struck out two. He became the all-time Yankees strikeout leader with his two strikeouts. Shawn Kelley pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Joba Chamberlain walked a batter and picked up his first win and David Robertson gave up a hit and struck out the sides. Mariano Rivera gave up a hit and struck out one in one inning.

Brett Gardner had two hits, Jayson Nix had a hit and Cano had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk. Vernon Wells had two hits, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and Travis Hafner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Zoilo Almonte had three hits and two RBI, Lyle Overbay had a hit and drew a walk and Chris Stewart had two RBI and drew a walk. Gardner and Nix each hit a double and Cano hit two homeruns. The Yankees were 4-16 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Almonte had a stolen base and Pettitte committed an error.

Scott Diamond pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked one and struck out five, Casey Fien faced one batter and retired him, Jared Burton took his sixth loss of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up three hits and three runs. Brian Duensing pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with three of them being earned. He walked two and struck out one and Josh Roenicke pitched 1/3 of an inning walking one.

Clete Thomas drew a walk, Brian Dozier had two hits and drew a walk and Ryan Doumit had two hits and two RBI. Justin Mourneau drew a walk, Trevor Plouffe drew a walk and Oswaldo Arcia had a hit and an RBI. Chris Parmelee had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Jamey Carroll had a hit and Dozier and Parmalee hit a double. Parmalee hit a homerun and the Twins were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Carroll and Burton each committed an error and Doumit had a passed ball.

Cano hit a solo homerun in the first inning and then the Twins took a 3-1 lead. Doumit hit a two run single and Arcia hit an RBI single. Cano hit a two run homerun in the third to tie the game at three. In the sixth Parmelee hit a solo homerun giving the Twins a 4-3 lead. A throwing error allowed the Yankees to tie the score at four in the eighth, Almonte hit an RBI single and Stewart had an RBI groundout to make it a 6-4 game. In the ninth Hafner hit an RBI single, Almonte hit an RBI single, Stewart had an RBI walk and a passed ball scored another run to make it 10-4 and that was the final score.

The Yankees record improved to 43-39 and the Twins record dropped to 36-43. The two teams will play game two of their four game series on Tuesday night.

New York Yankees news and notes

The New York Yankees lost a tough game on Friday night. They had a 3-0 lead; CC Sabathia was on the mound and pitching a no hitter. It was also in the sixth inning and then they lost and ended up getting swept. The Yankees have done a good job of hanging in there through all the injuries. They have come as far as they can go though and now they are falling apart. The pitching has been pretty good but without any room for error is sliding a little bit. The offense doesn’t score many runs and this is a problem. The Yankees need some guys to come back and they should in the second half but that isn’t helping them now.

Sabathia said after the game that he felt good and has been feeling good. He says he throws well but can’t put a whole start together and it is frustrating. The Yankees offense was good early on but then did nothing the final few innings. This is common this year, when they do score it is usually in one inning and they don’t do much the rest of the game.

Sabathia failed to get his 200th win again, Cano hits very well in Camden yards. It was announced on Monday afternoon that Alex Rodriguez would make a rehab start with A Charleston on Tuesday playing at least three innings.

The Yankees are a struggling offense that can use any help it can get at this point. A even not 100 percent Rodriguez will be better then what they have had at third so far. The Yankees are an offense that is looking for any kind of spark and they may have that coming in the near future.

The New York Yankees are swept by the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday night. The final score was 4-2 and the game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched ok, the pen wasn’t bad. The Yankees offense didn’t do much. Robinson Cano had a couple of hits including a homerun.

Kuroda pitched six innings giving up four runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts. Kuroda lost his sixth game of the season, Boone Logan pitched an inning striking out one and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out a batter.

Brett Gardner had an RBI and drew a walk, Cano had two hits and an RBI and Travis Hafner had a hit. Zoilo Almonte had a hit, Lyle Overbay had a hit and Jayson Nix drew a walk. Chris Stewart had a hit, David Adams drew two walks. Overbay hit a double and Cano hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Chris Tillman won his 10th game of the season. He pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts. Darren O’Day pitched an inning giving up two walks, Troy Patton faced one batter and got him out and Tommy Hunter pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. Jim Johnson saved his 28th game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit, hitting a batter and striking out two.

Nate McClouth had a hit and an RBI, Manny Machado had three hits and an RBI and Chris Davis had a hit and an RBI. Matt Wieters had a hit, J.J. Hardy had a hit and Brian Roberts had a hit and an RBI. Machado and Hardy each hit a double and Machado, Davis and McClouth each hit a homerun. The Orioles were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. McClouth had an outfield assist.

Machado hit a solo

New York Mets get blown out by the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets lost to the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 13-2 and the game was played at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and was not good. Josh Satin had two hits and John Buck hit a homerun to lead the offense.

Wheeler pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with two walks and five strikeouts. He took his first loss of the season, David Aardsma pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out one, Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning and Brandon Lyon pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five hits and six runs with a walk. Scott Rice gave up a hit in 1/3 of an inning and Anthony Recker the backup catcher pitched an inning. He gave up a hit and two runs with a walk.

Daniel Murphy had a hit, David Wright had a hit and drew a walk and Zach Lutz drew a walk. Satin had two hits, Buck had a hit and two RBI and Wright and Satin each hit a double. Buck hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Murphy had a stolen base.

Gio Gonzalez pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs with two walks and seven strikeouts. Gonzalez picked up his fifth win of the season and Ian Krol pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.

Denard Span had three hits and an RBI, Anthony Rendon had a hit and two RBI and Ryan Zimmerman had a hit and an RBI. Adam LaRoche had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jayson Werth had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Ian Desmond had two hits and three RBI. Roger Bernadina had a hit and an RBI, Kurt Suzuki had two hits and three RBI and Chad Tracy drew a walk. Desmond, Werth and Rendon each hit a double and Span hit two doubles. Laroche, Werth, Suzuki, Desmond each hit a homerun and the Nationals were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Desmond had a stolen base.

In the second inning LaRoche hit a solo homerun, Desmond hit an RBI double, Suzuki hit an RBI single and Span hit an RBI double to give the Nationals a 4-0 lead. Werth hit a solo homerun in the fifth to make it 5-0 Nationals. In the eighth Bernadina hit an RBI double, Suzuki hit a two run homerun, Rendon hit a two run double and Zimmerman hit an RBI single to make it 11-0. Desmond hit a two run homerun in the ninth to make it 13-0. Buck hit a two run homerun in the ninth to make it 13-2 and that was the final score.

The Mets record fell to 33-45 and the Nationals record improved to 41-40. The Mets will begin a four game series at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.