The New York Mets defeat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 to sweep the series

The New York Mets defeat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 to sweep series


The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Thursday afternoon. The final score was 2-1 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Dillon Gee started and pitched well and so did the bullpen. The Mets offense didn’t do much, Flores had a hit and an RBI.

Gee pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and a run. He walked none and struck out three and earned his eighth win. Scott Rice walked the only batter that he faced, David Aardsma retired the only batter that he faced and LaTroy Hawkins pitched a perfect inning for his second save of the season.

Juan Lagares had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Marlon Byrd had a hit and drew a walk. Ike Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Flores had an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI. Omar Quintanilla drew a walk, Gee had a hit and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Lagares had a stolen base and Byrd an outfield assist.

Jeff Manship lost his first game of the season. He pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out four. Jeff Francis pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Josh Outman pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one and Matt Belisle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Charlie Blackmon had a hit, LeMahieu had three hits and Chris Dickerson had a hit and an RBI. Troy Tulowitzki drew a walk, Michael Cuddyer had a hit and Nolan Arenado had a hit. Torrealba had a hit, Dickerson hit a homerun and the Rockies were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Culberson had a stolen base and Cuddyer was caught stealing, Torrealba committed an error.

Dickerson hit a solo homerun in the fourth to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead. Flores hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at one in the fourth and Recker hit a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1. That would be it for the scoring as it was all in the fourth inning.

The Mets record improved to 52-60 and the Rockies record dropped to 52-64. The Mets will head to Arizona on Friday night to begin a three game series.

The New York Mets shutout the Colorado Rockies behind Matt Harvey

The New York Mets shutout the Colorado Rockies behind Matt Harvey


The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. The final score was 5-0 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Matt Harvey started and pitched his first complete game and first shutout. Wilmer Flores led the offense with two hits and three RBI.

Harvey pitched nine innings giving up four hits and no runs with any walks and six strikeouts. Harvey won his ninth game of the season.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit and drew a walk, Juan Lagares drew a walk and Daniel Murphy had a hit. Marlon Byrd had a hit, Ike Davis had a hit and drew a walk and Flores had two hits and three RBI. John Buck had two hits and an RBI, Omar Quintanilla had a hit and an RBI and Davis, Byrd and Flores each hit a double. The Mets were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

Jhoulys Chacin lost his sixth game of the season. He pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Manny Corpas pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks.

Charlie Blackmon had a hit, Michael Cuddyer had a hit and Wilin Rosario had a hit. Nolan Arenado had a hit; the Rockies were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.

Quintanilla hit an RBI single in the second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Buck hit an RBI single in the fourth to extend the lead to 2-0 Mets. Flores hit a three run double in the eighth to make it 5-0 Mets and that would be the final score.

The Mets record improved to 51-60 and the Rockies record fell to 52-63. The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Thursday afternoon.

The New York Yankees come close but can't avoid sweep in Chicago

The New York Yankees come close but can’t avoid sweep in Chicago


The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. The final score was 6-5 and the game took place at US Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. CC Sabathia started and pitched well for the first time in weeks. Mariano Rivera blew the save and the Yankees blew another save in the 12th inning.

Sabathia pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up three runs on five hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out one. David Robertson gave up a hit pitching 2/3 of an inning and struck out one, Rivera blew his third save of the season pitching two innings and giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts. Warren lost his second game of the season.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Alfonso Soriano had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk, Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Vernon Wells had two hits and an RBI. Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Eduardo Nunez had three hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Austin Romine drew two walks. Nunez hit a double; Soriano, Nunez and Cano each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-16 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base. Wells, Gardner and Nunez each had a stolen base.

Hector Santiago pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hit and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts. Ramon Troncoso walked the only batter that he faced, Donnie Veal retired the only batter that he faced and Matt Lindstrom pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk. David Purcey pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Nate Jones pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts and Addison Reed pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out two. Dylan Axelrod pitched an inning giving up a hit, a run and a walk with two strikeouts. Axelrod won his fourth game of the season.

Alexei Ramirez had three hits, Alejandro De Aza had two hits and two RBI and Alex Rios had two hits. Paul Konerko had a hit and an RBI, Gordon Beckham had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Adam Dunn had a hit and an RBI. Tyler Flowers had a hit. Konerko and Beckham each hit a double and De Aza hit a triple. Beckham hit a homerun and the White Sox were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Ramirez, Danks and Rios each had a stolen base.

Soriano hit a two run homerun in the first giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Wells hit an RBI single in the third to make it 3-0 Yankees. Nunez hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it 4-0 Yankees. Beckham hit a solo homerun in the fifth to cut the Yankees lead to 4-1. Konerko hit an RBI double in the seventh and Beckham reached on a fielder’s choice that scored another run. It was now 4-3 Yankees until the ninth when the White Sox tied the game at four. Dunn hit a two out two-strike RBI single. In the 12th Cano hit a solo homerun to make it 5-4 Yankees and in the bottom of the inning the White Sox won the game. De Aza hit a two run triple to win the game 6-5 for the White Sox on a walkoff.

The New York Mets defeat the Colorado Rockies in the late innings

The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. The final score was 3-2 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jenrry Mejia started for the Mets and pitched ok, the bullpen was good. Ike Davis and Juan Lagares each had two hits.


Mejia pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned. He walked two and struck out seven. Carlos Torres pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out one, Scott Atchison picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning walking one and striking out two. Latroy Hawkins picked up his first save of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Davis had two hits and drew two walks. Lagares had two hits and three RBI, John Buck drew a walk and Davis hit two doubles. Lagares hit a triple and the Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Davis and Wilmer Flores each committed an error. Buck had a pickoff.

Chad Bettis pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out two. Adam Ottavino pitched an inning walking one and striking out a batter and Wilton Lopez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Lopez lost his fourth game of the season.

Dexter Fowler drew two walks, Corey Dickerson had a hit and Michael Cuddyer drew a walk. Wilin Rosario had a hit, Todd Helton had a hit and Nolan Arenado had a hit and an RBI. DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Charlie Blackmon had a hit and an RBI and Helton hit a double. Blackmon hit a homerun and the Rockies were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Fowler had a stolen base and was picked off.

Lagares hit a two run triple in the first to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. In the fifth Arenado hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 2-1 Mets. Blackmon hit a solo homerun in the sixth to tie the game at two. Lagares hit an RBI single in the eighth to give the Mets a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score.

The Mets record improved to 50-60 and the Rockies record dropped to 52-62. The two teams will play game three on Wednesday night.

The New York Yankees drop another one in Chicago

The New York Yankees drop another one in Chicago


The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. The final score was 3-2 and the game took place at US Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched ok for the Yankees. The Yankees offense didn’t do much.

Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up three runs on nine hits. He walked one and struck out four and lost his 7th game of the season. David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and Alex Rodriguez had a hit, drew a walk and was hit by a pitch. Robinson Cano had a hit and drew a walk, Jayson Nix had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, which was a pinch hit. Austin Romine had a hit, Nix hit a double and the Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Soriano had a stolen base.

Chris Sale won his seventh game of the season pitching 7 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run. He walked four and struck out six. Nate Jones pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out both batters and Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and he struck out two.

Alejandro De Aza had two hits and an RBI, Alexei Ramirez had a hit and Alex Rios had a hit. Adam Dunn had a hit, Paul Konerko had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Conor Gillaspie had a hit and an RBI. Gordon Beckham had two hits, Josh Phegly had a hit and Beckham and De Aza each hit a double. The White Sox were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. De Aza was caught stealing and had an outfield assist.

In the first inning the Yankees took a 1-0 lead on a wild pitch. In the fourth Gillaspie hit an RBI single to tie the game at one. Konerko hit into a force out in the sixth and a run scored giving the White Sox a 2-1 lead. The White Sox extended their lead to 3-1 in the seventh on a De Aza RBI double. Gardner hit an RBI single in the ninth to make it 3-2 and that would be the final score.

The Yankees record fell to 57-55 and the White Sox record improved to 42-69. The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday night. The Yankees will try and avoid the sweep and finish the road trip on a positive note.

The New York Yankees lose to the Chicago White Sox as Arod returns

The New York Yankees lose to the Chicago White Sox as Arod returns


The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees on Monday night. The final score was 8-1 and the game took place at US Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. Andy Pettitte started and was terrible, the bullpen was ok. The Yankees offense got some hits but they didn’t do much damage with runners in scoring position. Vernon Wells had three hits and Rodriguez had a hit.

Pettitte pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up 11 hits and seven runs. He walked one and struck out four and lost his ninth game of the season. Preston Claiborne pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout, Shawn Kelley pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with three walks and a strikeout and Joba Chamberlain gave up a walk and struck out one in one inning. Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and Rodriguez had a hit. Wells had three hits, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. Eduardo Nunez had a hit; Chris Stewart had a hit and drew a walk. Wells hit two doubles and Gardner hit a double. The Yankees were 0-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Stewart had a passed ball.

Jose Quintana pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and a run with a walk. Quintana won his sixth game of the season and struck out five. Matt Lindstrom pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout and David Purcey pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.

Alexei Ramirez had four hits and two RBI, Jeff Keppinger had two hits and drew a walk and Alex Rios had two hits, four RBI and drew a walk. Paul Konerko had a hit and drew a walk, Adam Dunn had an RBI and drew three walks and Alejandro De Aza had a hit and drew a walk. Casper Wells had a hit and Josh Phegley had a hit. Keppinger and Ramirez each hit a double and the White Sox were 5-16 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base. Rios had a stolen base and Viciedo had an outfield assist.

In the first Rios had an RBI single, Dunn hit a sacrifice fly and Beckham hit an RBI single to make it 3-0 White Sox. In the second Rios hit a two run single to make it 5-0 White Sox. Ramirez hit an RBI single in the third to make it 6-0. Rios walked in the same inning to push the lead to 7-0. Ramirez hit an RBI double to make it 8-0 in the sixth inning. The Yankees scored their only run in the seventh. Gardner hit a sacrifice fly to make it 8-1 and that was the final score.

The Yankees record fell to 57-54 and the White Sox ended their 10 game losing streak and improved their record to 41-69. The two teams will play the second of three on Tuesday night.

Yankees notes as they head to Chicago

s as they head to Chicago


The New York Yankees lost to the San Diego Padres on Sunday evening. They lost two out of three in the series and have not won a series in about a month. They can’t even win two games in a row and they are falling further behind in the wildcard race. It has been a very difficult year, lots of injuries, not so good baseball and now the Alex Rodriguez situation.

Alex Rodriguez played rehab games with the Trenton Thunder on Friday and Saturday, came through them fine and is ready to join the team. Arod of course though is involved with the biogenesis case and is going to be suspended on Monday. The latest on that is that he will be suspended for the rest of this year and all of 2014. He will be able to play though as he appeals. Bud Selig the commissioner of baseball had been threatening to ban him for life and not let him appeal but now sources are saying that he won’t do that. This has been a crazy back and forth between Arod, MLB and the Yankees over the last couple of weeks. It should all come to a head on Monday.

Ivan Nova was sent down to the minor leagues earlier in the year. He had been struggling since the middle of last year. It has seemed to work, as Nova has been great since coming back. In his past 56 1/3 innings he has a 2.08 ERA. He has pitched at least seven innings in his last five starts. Nova says he has been feeling really good and doesn’t remember the last time that he felt this way.

Curtis Granderson is back and it looks like he can help their really struggling offense. Granderson hit a homerun and scored the game winning run on Saturday. Granderson has played in 10 games this season and three of them have been multi-hit games. Jayson Nix had an RBI off the bench, his first this season. The last time he had an RBI in a game he didn’t start was July 25th of last year against Seattle. Derek Jeter was available to pinch hit but Girardi was happy he didn’t have to do that. The plan is for the same on Sunday and then back in the lineup on Monday. Jeter has been diagnosed with a grade one-calf strain. He wasn’t too happy on Sunday. “It’s been terrible” Jeter said. “It’s been like a nightmare. The whole season has been a nightmare. I really don’t know what to tell you. I wish that wasn’t the case and we were sitting here talking about something besides another injury. We’ll see what happens, I have no idea.”

He wants to play through it; of course he doesn’t want to end up on the DL for the third time this season. He has been battling through it for the past week but the Yankees say it is a possibility he goes back on the DL although they don’t really want to do that either. The Yankees will reevaluate him on Monday in Chicago.

Phil Hughes had another bad start on Sunday. He has had a bad year and has lost eight of his past 10 decisions. He has a 5.11 ERA in those starts and has allowed five or more runs in five of them. He said it has been frustrating but he will keep on battling and he has no control over what the Yankees do.

Granderson tied a career high with three walks on Sunday. Austin Romine hit his first major league homerun on Sunday. He was also the only Yankee with a multi-hit game. He is hitting 353 and showing some power since June 21st. His overall season batting average is now up to 213. That is more then twice what it was at the end of May. He has earned more playing time and it will be interesting to see if he gets it.

The New York Yankees shutout the San Diego Padres

The New York Yankees shutout the San Diego Padres


The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres on Saturday night. The final score was 3-0 and the game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and pitched great. Mariano Rivera picked up another save and Curtis Granderson supplied the offense.

Nova pitched seven shutout innings giving up four hits and a walk. He struck out eight batters. Nova picked up the win his fifth of the season, David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect inning to pick up his 35th save of the season.

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and Granderson had two hits and two RBI. Lyle Overbay had a hit and drew a walk, Eduardo Nunez drew a walk and Jayson Nix had a hit and an RBI. Granderson hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Gardner and Granderson each had a stolen base.

Tyson Ross pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with three walks and nine strikeouts. He lost his fifth game of the season, Nick Vincent pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Colt Hynes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Dale Thayer pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.

Chase Headley had two hits, Yonder Alonzo had a hit and Will Venable had a hit. Alexi Amarista had a hit, Logan Forsythe drew a walk and Amarista and Venable each hit a double. The Padres were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Granderson hit a two run homerun in the seventh giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the ninth Nix hit an RBI single to make it a 3-0 game and that would be the final score.

The Yankees record improved to 57-52 and the Padres record fell to 51-60. The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon. The two teams have split the first two games of the series.

The New York Mets lose to the K.C. Royals in extra innings

The New York Mets lose to the K.C. Royals in extra innings


The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jeremy Hefner started and pitched pretty well for the Mets. The bullpen was good and Josh Satin and Daniel Murphy each had two hits.

Hefner pitched six innings giving up eight hits and three runs. He walked none and struck out six. Gonzalez Germen pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Pedro Feliciano pitched a perfect inning and Scott Atchison pitched two perfect innings striking out one. Scott Rice pitched a perfect inning and David Aardsma pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. Aardsma lost his first game of the season.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and Satin had two hits and two RBI. Marlon Byrd drew a walk, Murphy had two hits and an RBI and Justin Turner had a hit and drew a walk. Andrew Brown had a hit, Murphy hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Murphy and Lagares each had a stolen base and Byrd was caught stealing.

Bruce Chen pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run. He struck out eight, Luke Hochevar pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and drew a walk, Tim Collins pitched to one batter and struck him out and Aaron Crow pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with one of them being earned. He struck out one, Kelvin Herrera pitched three innings giving up a walk and striking out three. Herrera won his fourth game of the season and Greg Holland saved his 29th game of the season. Holland pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.

Lorenzo Cain had a hit, Eric Hosmer had two hits and Alex Gordon had an RBI. Miguel Tejada had three hits and an RBI, Justin Maxwell had a hit and an RBI and George Kottaras had a hit and an RBI. Chen had a hit, Kottaras hit a homerun and Maxwell hit a homerun. The Royals were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Perez had a passed ball and Gordon had an outfield assist.

Murphy hit a solo homerun in the second giving the Mets a 1-0 lead. Kottaras hit a solo homerun in the third to tie the game at one. Gordon hit a sacrifice fly and Tejada hit an RBI single in the third to make it a 3-1 game in favor of the Royals. In the eighth Satin hit a two run single to tie the game at three. Maxwell hit a solo homerun in the 12th inning to give the Royals a 4-3 lead and they would hold on to that lead to win the game.

The Royals record improved to 55-52 and the Mets record fell to 49-59. The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday afternoon.