Monday, September 30, 2013

The New York Yankees finish season with a 14 inning victory in Houston

The New York Yankees finish season with a 14 inning victory in Houston


The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 5-1 in 14 innings and the game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. David Huff started and pitched well and the bullpen did a great job. Eduardo Nunez led the offense with three hits.

Huff pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run, didn’t walk anyone and struck out seven. Brett Marshall pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, Dellin Betances pitched 2 1/3 perfect innings with four strikeouts and Preston Claiborne pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. David Phelps pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two, Matt Daley won his first game pitching two innings and striking out two and David Robertson pitched a perfect inning.

Nunez had three hits and two RBI, J.R. Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Curtis Granderson had two hits and an RBI. Mark Reynolds had a hit and an RBI, David Adams had a hit and Brendan Ryan had two hits. Zoilo Almonte had two hits, Granderson hit a double and Nunez hit two doubles. Adams hit a triple and Reynolds hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.

Eric Bedard pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs with nine strikeouts. Josh Zeid pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, Kevin Chapman pitched to one batter and gave up a hit and Rhiner Cruz pitched to one batter and retired him. Josh Fields pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Lucas Harrell lost his 17th game of the season pitching 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs. He struck out four. Jorge De Leon pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit.

Jonathan Villar had a hit, Jose Altuve drew a walk and Matt Dominguez had a hit and an RBI. Chris Carter drew a walk, J.D. Martinez had a hit and Chris Corporan had a hit. Villar hit a double and the Astros were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Villar committed an error.

Dominguez hit an RBI single in the first to give the Astros a 1-0 lead. In the eighth Granderson hit an RBI single to tie the game at one. In the 14th Reynolds hit a solo homerun, Nunez hit a two run double and Murphy hit an RBI single. They scored four runs to take a 5-1 lead and that would be the final score. Murphy had his first career RBI. The Yankees finished with an 85-77 record and only missed the postseason for the second time in the last 20 years. The Astros finished 51-111 and on a 15 game losing streak. The Yankees finished with a three game winning streak.

The New York Mets finish season with a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers

The New York Mets finish season with a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers


The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon. The final score was 3-2 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen was good. Eric Young Jr. and David Wright had the only RBI for the Mets.

Niese pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs. He walked two and struck out two. Gonzalez Germen pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Vic Black won his third game of the season pitching an inning with a walk and Frank Francisco earned his first save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Young Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Wright had an RBI and Daniel Murphy had a hit. Juan Centeno had a hit; The Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. Young Jr. had two stolen bases and Murphy had a stolen base. Black committed an error and Young and Lagares each had an outfield assist.

Marco Estrada pitched seven innings giving up two hits and a run with eight strikeouts. Brandon Kintzler blew a save and lost his third game of the season. He pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs which were unearned.

Norichika Aoki drew a walk, Jeff Bianchi had a hit and Jonathan Lucroy had two hits. Carlos Gomez had a hit and drew a walk, Yuniesky Betancourt drew a walk and Sean Halton had an RBI. Logan Schafer had a hit and an RBI, Scooter Gennett had a hit and the Brewers were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Gomez had a stolen base and Bianchi and Lucroy each committed an error.

Wright hit a sacrifice fly in the first giving the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the fourth Halton grounded into a force out scoring a run and tying the game at one. Schafter hit an RBI single giving the Brewers a 2-1 lead. In the eighth Centeno hit an RBI single and Young Jr. hit an RBI groundout to give the Mets a 3-2 lead. 3-2 would be the final score.

The Mets record finished at 74-88 and the Brewers were 74-88. The next stop for these two teams is winter and they will be back in the spring.

 

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