The New York Yankees bounce back from a tough day with a win

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 3-2.  Shane Greene started and pitched well and the bullpen held on for the win.  The offense had one big inning, Brian McCann homered and Chris Young stole home. 

Greene pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out nine and earned his fifth win of the season.  Esmil Rogers pitched an inning walking one and striking out one, Josh Outman retired the only two batters that he faced and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit.  David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and earning his 36th save of the season. 

Miguel Gonzalez pitched six innings giving up three hits and three runs with three walks and a strikeout.  He lost his eighth game of the season.  Ryan Webb pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, T.J. McFarland pitched an inning giving up a hit and drawing a walk and Evan Meek pitched an inning walking one batter. 

Derek Jeter drew a walk, Brett Gardner drew a walk and Martin Prado had a hit.  McCann had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Mark Teixeira drew two walks and Young had a hit.  Antoan Richardson had a hit and an RBI, Young hit a double and McCann hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Young and Richardson each had a stolen base. 

Nick Markakis had two hits, Adam Jones had two hits and Nelson Cruz had a hit and an RBI.  Steve Pearce had two hits and an RBI, Jimmy Paredes had two hits and Ryan Flaherty drew two walks.  Jones, Paredes and Pearce each hit a double and Pearce hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base and Paredes had a stolen base. 

In the second McCann hit a solo homerun and Richardson hit an RBI single and Young stole home to make it 3-0 Yankees.  Cruz hit an RBI single in the third to cut the lead to 3-1.  The Orioles made it 3-2 in the sixth on a Pearce solo homerun.  3-2 was the final score and the rubber game will be played on Sunday night.   

The New York Yankees are swept in a doubleheader

The New York Yankees lost twice to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday.  The games took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final scores were 2-1 in 11 innings and 5-0.  Brandon McCarthy started game one and pitched great and the bullpen was good but Adam Warren blew the save.  In game two Bryan Mitchell made his first start of the season and pitched pretty well.  The bullpen was ok but David Phelps struggled with control in his return from injury.  The offense scored only one run in 20 innings of baseball. 

McCarthy pitched seven shutout innings only giving up four hits.  He walked none and struck out six.  Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings walking two batters and striking out two batters, David Robertson pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two walks and he struck out two and Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up one hit and two runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Warren lost his sixth game of the season and blew his third save of the season.  In the second game Mitchell pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs.  He walked two and struck out two and took his first loss of the season.  Josh Outman pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Phelps pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with three walks and a strikeout and Rich Hill retired the only batter that he faced.  Chaz Roe pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts. 

Bud Norris earned his 13th win of the season in the second game.  He pitched seven innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out ten.  Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up a hit and Brian Matusz pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.  In the first game Kevin Gausman pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out seven.  Andrew Miller pitched an inning and struck out the side, Darren O'Day pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Zach Britton pitched an inning walking one and striking out one.  Brad Brach won his seventh game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run. 

In the first game the Orioles only managed five hits but won with two runs in the 11th.  The Yankees only run came on a Chris Young homerun in the 11th.  They were one out away from winning when the game winning two run single was hit by Jimmy Paredes.  In game two the Yankees only managed four hits.  Nelson Cruz had two hits and Delmon Young had two RBI for the Orioles. 

In the fourth Ryan Flaherty hit an RBI double and Alejandro De Aza hit an RBI triple to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.  In the seventh Young hit an two run single to increase the lead to 4-0.  The Orioles would add one more run in the eighth on a De Aza RBI triple.  The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday afternoon. 

The New York Yankees win in dramatic fashion to take the series from the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Michael Pineda started and was ok, the bullpen was good and Chris Young led the offense. 

Pineda pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up ten hits and four runs with no walks and two strikeouts.  Rich Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and two strikeouts, Roe walked his only batter and Josh Outman retired the only batter that he faced.  Shawn Kelley won his third game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning. 

Alex Cobb pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and four strikeouts.  Brad Boxberger pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Jake McGee pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a strikeout and he blew his third save and lost his second game of the season. 

Brian McCann drew a walk, Mark Teixeira drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit.  Young had two hits and three RBI and Martin Prado had a hit and two RBI.  Young and Suzuki each hit a double and Prado and Young each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  McCann had a passed ball and Suzuki had an outfield assist. 

David DeJesus had two hits, James Loney had a hit and Wil Myers had two hits and drew a walk.  Matt Joyce had two hits, Yunel Escobar had three hits, four RBI and drew a walk and DeJesus hit a double.  Escobar hit a homerun and the Rays were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Kiermaier and Loney each committed an error. 

In the fourth Escobar hit a three run homerun to give the Rays a 3-0 lead.  Escobar hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 4-0.  The Yankees broke up a no hitter in the eighth  inning on a Young double and then Prado hit a two run homerun to make it 4-2.  In the ninth Young hit a three run walk-off homerun to give the Yankees an improbable 5-4 win.  They took two out of three in the series and now head to Baltimore for a four game series on Friday.  They will play a day/night doubleheader on Friday. 

New York Yankees even their series with the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-5.  Chris Capuano started and was terrible, the bullpen was great and the offense exploded.  Chris Young led the team with three hits and Brian McCann and Chase Headley each had two hits. 

Capuano pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and four runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Chase Whitley pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Preston Claiborne won his third game of the season pitching two hits and he struck out one and Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits.  Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and struck out one and Esmil Rogers pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Jake Odorizzi lost his 12th game of the season pitching 4 1/3 innings giving up five hits and six runs.  He walked three and struck out two.  Jeff Beliveau pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and struck out one, Steve Geltz pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts and Joel Peralta pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.  Kirby Yates pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, McCann had two hits and three RBI and Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Headley had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and an RBI and Young had three hits and two RBI.  Suzuki and Young each hit a double, Teixeira hit a triple and McCann and Young each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Ellsbury and Headley each had a stolen base.  McCann had a passed ball. 

Ben Zobrist had a hit, Guyer had a hit and Evan Longoria had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Wil Myers had two hits and an RBI, James Loney had two hits and drew a walk and Yunel Escobar had two hits and an RBI.  Logan Forsythe had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Ryan Hanigan had an RBI and Sean Rodriguez had a hit.  Myers, Escobar, Rodriguez and Loney each hit a double.  Longoria hit a homerun and the Rays were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Hanigan committed an error. 

In the first Myers hit an RBI double, Escobar hit an RBI single, Forsythe hit an RBI single and Hanigan hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.  In the bottom of the first McCann hit a solo homerun to make it 4-1.  In the third McCann hit a two run single to make it a 4-3 game.  In the fourth Young hit a solo homerun to tie the game at four.  In the fifth Teixeira hit an RBI triple and Headley hit an RBI single to make it a 6-4.  Suzuki and Young each hit an RBI double to make it 8-4.  Longoria hit a solo homerun to make it 8-5 in the ninth and that was the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game on Thursday night. 

New York Yankees rally falls short in 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and struggled.  The bullpen was very good and Jacoby Ellsbury and Ichiro Suzuki each had two hits. 

Kuroda pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and four runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  David Huff pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one, Chase Whitley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out two and Rich Hill pitched 1/3 of an inning striking out the only batter he faced.  Esmil Rogers pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk, Josh Outman retired the only batter that he faced and Shawn Kelley retired the only batter that he faced.  David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Chris Archer pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out three to earn his ninth win of the season.  Grant Balfour pitched 2/3 of an inning, Brad Boxberger pitched an inning striking out two and Jake McGee saved his 17th game of the season.  He pitched a perfect inning. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI, Brian McCann had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had two hits.  Stephen Drew had a hit, Chris Young had a hit, two RBI and Ellsbury hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Suzuki had a stolen base. 

Ben Zobrist had two hits and an RBI, David DeJesus drew a walk and Evan Longoria had a hit and an RBI.  James Loney had three hits and two RBI, Matt Joyce had a hit and drew a walk and Kevin Kiermaier had two hits.  Ryan Hanigan had two hits, Kiermaier hit a double and Loney hit a homerun.  The Rays were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Joyce had a stolen base  and Kiermaier was caught stealing.  Joyce and Myers each had an outfield assist. 

In the second Loney hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.    In the third Longoria hit an RBI single, Loney hit an RBI single and it was 3-0 Rays.  Zobrist hit an RBI single in the fourth to make it a 4-0 game.  Ellsbury hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it 4-1.  Young hit a two run single in the fifth to cut the lead to 4-3 but that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

The New York Mets defeat the Colorado Rockies with a walk-off

The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-2.  Jon Niese started and pitched well for the Mets.  David Wright had a couple of hits and Wilmer Flores had the game winning RBI. 

Niese pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and a run.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Buddy Carlyle pitched to one batter and struck him out, Vic Black pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Carlos Torres won his seventh game of the season pitching a perfect inning. 

Jordan Lyles pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out four.  Tommy Kahnle pitched an inning with a strikeout, Brooks Brown pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Christian Friedrich pitched to one batter and struck him out.  LaTroy Hawkins pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs to blow his third save of the season and take his third loss of the season. 

Juan Lagares had a hit, Kirk Nieuwenhuis drew a walk and Wright had two hits.  Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI, Travis d'Arnaud had a hit and Curtis Granderson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Flores had an RBI, Duda, Lagares, Wright and d'Arnaud each hit a double.  Wright and Granderson each hit a triple and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Niese had a pickoff. 

Corey Dickerson had a hit, Josh Rutledge had two hits and Nolan Arenado had a hit and an RBI.  Michael Cuddyer had a hit and an RBI, Drew Stubbs drew a walk and McKenry had a hit and drew a walk.  Barnes had a hit, LeMahieu had two hits including a double.  Dickerson hit a double and Cuddyer and Arenado hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Stubbs had a stolen base and Rutledge was picked off.  Cuddyer committed an error. 

Duda hit an RBI double in the first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Cuddyer hit a solo homerun in the second to tie the game at one.  Arenado hit a solo homerun in the eighth to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead.  In the ninth the Mets scored two runs to win the game 3-2.  Granderson hit an RBI triple and Flores hit a sacrifice fly.  The two teams will play game two of three. 

The New York Yankees are shutout again by the Kansas City Royals

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-0.  Shane Greene struggled but hung in there and pitched pretty well.  The Yankees offense did nothing one again as they were shutout for the second time in three days. 

Greene pitched five innings giving up five hits and two unearned runs.  He walked three and struck out four and lost his third game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts, Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Josh Outman pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Esmil Rogers pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit. 

Yordana Ventura pitched six innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked four and struck out two to earn his 12th win of the season.  Aaron Crow pitched an inning with a strikeout, Kelvin Herrera pitched a perfect inning and Wade Davis earned his second save pitching an inning and giving up a hit and striking out two. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Derek Jeter had a hit and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit and drew two walks.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Stephen Drew drew a walk and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Greene and Beltran each committed an error  and Beltran had an outfield assist. 

Nori Aoki had a hit and drew a walk, Omar Infante had a hit and Alex Gordon drew a walk.  Eric Hosmer had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Josh Willingham had a hit and Mike Moustakas had a hit.  Alcides Escobar had two hits and Jarrod Dyson drew a walk.  The Royals were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gordon, Escobar and Infante each had a stolen base and Escobar was caught stealing.  Infante committed an error. 

In the second Aoki hit an RBI single to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.  In the third Hosmer had an RBI single and it was 2-0 Royals which was the final score.  The Yankees lost two out of three in the series and will be off on Monday.  They begin a three game series with the Tampa Bay Rays at home on Tuesday night. 

The New York Yankees even their series with the Kansas City Royals

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Saturday evening.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-2.  Brandon McCarthy started and pitched well  and the bullpen was good as well.  Martin Prado led the offense with three hits and Ichiro Suzuki and John Ryan Murphy each had two hits. 

McCarthy pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley pitched to one batter and retired him, Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Danny Duffy threw one pitch and left the game with a shoulder injury.  Liam Hendricks pitched four innings giving up seven hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked none and struck out three.  Casey Coleman pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Brandon Finnegan pitched two innings with two strikeouts.  Louis Coleman pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI, Derek Jeter had an RBI and Prado had three hits.  Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Carlos Beltran had a hit and an RBI and Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk.  Suzuki had two hits and an RBI, Murphy had two hits and Prado hit two doubles.  Murphy and Beltran hit a double and Ellsbury hit a triple.  The Yankees were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Wheeler committed an error and Ellsbury had an outfield assist. 

Omar Infante had a hit, Alex Gordon had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Eric Hosmer had a hit.  Josh Willingham had a hit, Mike Moustakas had a hit and an RBI and Alex Escobar had a hit.  Hosmer, Escobar and Willingham each hit a double.  The Royals were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Perez committed an error. 

In the first Teixeira hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Gordon hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the third Ellsbury hit an RBI triple and Jeter hit a sacrifice fly to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the fourth a throwing error scored another run for the Yankees giving them a 4-1 lead.  Beltran hit an RBI double and Ichiro hit an RBI single in the fifth to make it 6-1.  The Royals would score another run in the seventh on a Moustakas sacrifice fly.  The two teams will play the rubber game on Sunday afternoon.