The Mets win on a walkoff homerun to beat the Kansas City Royals

The Mets win on a walkoff homerun to beat the Kansas City Royals


The New York Mets defeated the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. The final score was 4-2 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched well, the bullpen pitched pretty well. Ike Davis had three hits and Eric Young Jr. and David Wright each had two hits and two RBI.

Gee pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run. He walked two and struck out four. Scott Rice pitched to one batter and retired him, LaTroy Hawkins pitched to two batters and retired them both and David Aardsma pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks. Pedro Feliciano pitched to one batter and retired him and Torres won his second game of the season pitching two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one.

Young had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Juan Lagares had a hit and Wright had two hits and two RBI. Marlon Byrd had a hit and drew a walk, Davis had three hits and drew a walk and Omar Quintanilla had two hits and drew a walk. Davis hit a double; Wright and Young each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Davis committed an error.

Wade Davis pitched five innings giving up eight hits and two runs with five strikeouts. Kelvin Herrera pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two, Louis Coleman pitched two innings striking out three and Aaron Crow pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. Luis Mendoza pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks.

Eric Hosmer had a hit, Salvador Perez had a hit and an RBI and David Lough had a hit. Miguel Tejada had a hit, Alcides Escobar drew a walk and Elliot Johnson drew a walk. Billy Butler drew a walk, Mendoza had a hit and Justin Maxwell had a hit. Lorenzo Cain had an RBI and drew a walk, Tejada hit a double and the Royals were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Lough and Johnson each had a stolen base.

Wright hit a two run homerun in the first giving the Mets a 2-0 lead. Perez grounded into a force out in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 2-1. In the ninth the Royals tied the game at two on a Cain sacrifice fly. The Mets won the game in the 11th on a two run walkoff homerun by Young Jr.

The Mets record improved to 49-58 and the Royals record dropped to 54-52. The two teams will play game two of the three game series on Saturday afternoon.

The New York Mets are shutout by the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets are shutout by the Miami Marlins


The Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets by the score of 3-0 on Thursday afternoon. Matt Harvey made the start and pitched ok. The Mets offense didn’t do much to support him.

Harvey pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three runs on five hits. He struck out eight batters and took his third loss of the season. Scott Atchison pitched 1/3 of an inning striking out a batter and Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out two.

Turner had two hits and drew a walk, David Wright had a hit and drew a walk and Marlon Byrd drew a walk. Ike Davis drew two walks, Juan Lagares had two hits and Omar Quintanilla had a hit and drew a walk. Turner hit a double, Lagares hit a triple and the Mets were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Quintanilla committed an error.

Tom Koehler won his third game of the season pitching six innings giving up five hits and no runs. He walked five and struck out five. A.J. Ramos pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out two and Steve Cishek got his 23rd save of the season. Cishek pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two.

Christian Yelich had a hit, Logan Morrison had a hit and an RBI and Donovan Solano had a hit and two RBI. Koehler had a hit, Juan Pierre had a hit and Placido Polanco had a hit. The Marlins were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Solano had a stolen base and Marisnick had an outfield assist.

Morrison hit an Rbi single and Solano hit a two run single in the sixth inning. That would be all the scoring in the game as the Marlins won 3-0.

The Mets record fell to 48-58 and the Marlins record improved to 42-65. The Mets will now begin a three game series with the Kansas City Royals at home on Friday night.

The New York Yankees shutout the Los Angeles Dodgers to earn split in series

The New York Yankees shutout the Los Angeles Dodgers to earn split in series


The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. The final score was 3-0 and the game was played at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and was great as he usually is. The Yankees offense didn’t do much against Clayton Kershaw but Lyle Overbay got the big hit which turned out to be the game winner.

Kuroda pitched seven shutout innings giving up five hits and a walk. He struck out eight batters. Boone Logan pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect inning to earn the save.

Derek Jeter drew a walk, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and Vernon Wells had a hit. Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk, Brent Lillibridge had a hit and Overbay had a hit and an RBI. Chris Stewart had a hit, Melky Mesa had a pinch-hit and the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Soriano was caught stealing and Wells had an outfield assist.

Clayton Kershaw pitched eight innings giving up no runs and five hits. He walked none and struck out five. Ronald Belisario pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two runs and one of them earned with two walks, Paco Rodriguez gave up a hit and an unearned run and Brandon League pitched to one batter and retired him.

Yasuil Puig drew a walk, Adrian Gonzalez had a hit and Andre Ethier had two hits. A.J. Ellis had two hits, Skip Schumaker drew a walk and Juan Uribe had a hit. The Dodgers were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Ellis committed an error and Kershaw had a pickoff.

In the ninth Overbay had an RBI single and Nix reached on a fielding error, which allowed two runs to score.

The Yankees ended up splitting the brief two game series in Los Angeles. The Yankees record improved to 56-51 and the Dodgers record fell to 57-49. The Yankees will have the day off on Thursday and then play a three game series in San Diego over the weekend.

The New York Mets get demolished in the nations capital

The New York Mets get demolished in the nations capital


The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 14-1 and the game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. Carlos Torres started for the Mets and was not good at all. The Mets bullpen wasn’t good either. Marlon Byrd, Juan Lagares and Omar Quintanilla each had two hits.

Torres pitched three innings giving up nine hits and eight runs. He walked one and struck out two and took his second loss of the season. Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk, David Aardsma pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs and Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up two hits and an unearned run with a strikeout.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit and drew two walks, Josh Satin drew a walk and Byrd had two hits and an RBI. Ike Davis had a hit, Lagares had two hits and Quintanilla had two hits. Andrew Brown drew a walk, Byrd hit a double and the Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. Satin and Brown each committed an error and Buck had a passed ball. Lagares and Brown each had an outfield assist.

Taylor Jordan won his first game of the season. He pitched six innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts. Craig Stammen pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout, Ian Krol pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Ryan Mattheus gave up two hits and a walk without recording an out. Fernando Abad pitched a perfect inning.

Bryce Harper had a hit and two RBI, Rendon had a hit and Ryan Zimmerman had three hits. Steve Lombardozzi had a hit, Jayson Werth had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Ian Desmond had four hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Denard Span had four hits and three RBI, Ramos had two hits and five RBI and Desmond hit two doubles. Zimmerman hit a double, Ramos and Span each hit a homerun. The Nationals were 9-12 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Ramos had a passed ball.

The Nationals scored three runs in the second, five in the third and two in the fourth. They had a 10-1 lead in the fourth. They scored three more in the sixth and added one last run in the eighth to make the score 14-1.

The Mets record fell to 46-56 and the Nationals record improved to 52-54. The Mets will head to Miami to take on the Marlins in a four game series.

The New York Yankees win in walk off fashion

The New York Yankees win in walk off fashion


The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 6-5 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good, the bullpen was good. The Yankees offense came to life behind Derek Jeter, Alfonso Soriano and Ichiro Suzuki.

Hughes pitched four innings giving up five runs on nine hits. He walked two and struck out four. Preston Claiborne pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout, Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning and David Robertson gave up a hit in one inning with two strikeouts. Mariano Rivera earned his second win of the season, he pitched a perfect inning.

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Jeter had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Robinson Cano had a hit and drew a walk. Soriano had four hits and three RBI, Vernon Wells had an RBI and Suzuki had four hits and an RBI. Gardner hit a double; Jeter and Soriano each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

Matt Moore pitched five innings giving up eight hits and five runs. He walked none and struck out three. Alex Torres pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Joel Peralta pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Jake McGee pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts. McGee took his third loss of the season.

Evan Longoria had two hits, James Loney had two hits and Wil Myers had two hits and four RBI. Matt Joyce had a hit and drew a walk, Kelly Johnson had two hits and an RBI and Yunel Escobar had a hit and drew a walk. Johnson hit a double and Myers hit two homeruns. The Rays were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

In the first Jeter hit a solo homerun, Wells hit a sacrifice fly and Suzuki had an RBI single to make it 3-0 Yankees. Johnson hit an RBI double in the second to make it a 3-1 game. In the third Myers hit a three run homerun to give the Rays a 4-3 lead. Soriano hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the third to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead. Myers hit his second homerun in the fifth to tie the game at five. The game would remain tied until the bottom of the ninth when Soriano hit an RBI single to win the game. The Yankees won 6-5 and avoided a three game sweep.

The Yankees record improved to 55-50 and the Rays record fell to 62-43. The Yankees will have the day off on Monday and begin a brief two game series in L.A. against the Dodgers, then will then head to San Diego to take on the Padres.

The New York Yankees are shutout by Chris Archer and the Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 1-0 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and was excellent but the Yankees offense couldn’t get anything going. The Yankees managed two hits.

Nova pitched seven innings giving up one run on six hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Brett Gardner and Lyle Overbay each had a hit. Gardner hit a double and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.

Chris Archer won his sixth game pitching a complete game two hit shutout. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out six.

Desmond Jennings had a hit, Evan Longoria had a hit and Will Myers had a hit. James Loney had two hits and drew a walk, Ben Zobrist had a hit and Matt Joyce drew a walk. Kelley Johnson had a hit and an RBI, Jose Molina drew a walk and Yunel Escobar had a hit. Myers and Escobar each hit a double and the Rays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Zobrist had a stolen base and Longoria committed an error.

The only run of the game was scored in the sixth inning. Johnson hit an RBI single. The Yankees didn’t even come close to scoring and the Rays did a little more but not that much off of Yankees pitching either.

The Yankees have now lost two in a row and will try to avoid the sweep on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees record fell to 54-40 and the Rays record improved to 62-42.