Saturday, September 27, 2014

The New York Mets defeat the Houston Astros in a close one



The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 2-1.  Rafael Montero started for the Mets and pitched well and so did the bullpen.  The Mets offense only managed four hits. 

Montero pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out six.  Buddy Carlyle pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning with a strikeout and Jennry Mejia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Mejia picked up his sixth win of the season. 

Samuel Deduno pitched four innings giving up a hit and no runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Jake Buchanan pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Kevin Chapman pitched a perfect inning and Jose Veras pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings.  Tony Sipp blew his second save and lost his third game of the season.  He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs. 


Matt den Dekker had a hit, Eric Young Jr. had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and two RBI.  Anthony Recker drew a walk, Ruben Tejada had a hit and den Dekker hit a double.  Young Jr. hit a triple and Duda hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Recker had a passed ball.
 
Robbie Grossman had a hit, Dexter Fowler had two hits and Jason Castro had a hit and an RBI.  Marwin Gonzalez had two hits and drew a walk, Matt Dominguez drew a walk and Deduno had a hit.  Gonzalez, Deduno and Castro each hit a double.  The Astros were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Fowler had a stolen base and Dominguez committed an error. 
In the sixth Castro hit an RBI double to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.  The Mets scored two runs in the ninth to win the game 2-1 and even the three game series.  Duda hit a walk-off two run homerun.  The Mets will play the rubber game of the three game series and the final game of the 2014 season on Sunday afternoon. 
 


The New York Yankees and Masahiro Tanaka get hit hard in loss to the Boston Red Sox


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 10-4.  Masahiro Tanaka started and got knocked around but felt fine physically which was the most important to him and the Yankees.  Bryan Mitchell and Chase Whitley pitched well out of the bullpen.  Ichiro Suzuki, Chase Headley, Chris Young and Francisco Cervelli each had two hits and Derek Jeter had a hit. 
Tanaka pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and seven runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out two.  He lost his fifth game of the season.  Preston Claiborne pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs which were unearned and a walk, Mitchell pitched four innings giving up four hits and a run with three strikeouts and Whitley pitched two innings giving up two hits and he had four strikeouts. 
Joe Kelly won his sixth game of the season pitching 7 1/3 innings and giving up nine hits and four runs.  He

walked two and struck out three.  Tommy Layne pitched to one batter and gave up a hit and Rubby De La


Rosa pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits
and he struck out four. 

Suzuki had two hits, Jeter had a hit and Cervelli had two hits.  Austin Romine had a hit, Headley had two hits and Young had two hits and an RBI.  Stephen Drew had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Jose Pirela had a hit and drew a walk and Brendan Ryan had an RBI.  Headley, Young and Drew each hit a double.  Pirela hit a triple and the Yankees were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Headley commited an error and Perez committed two errors. 

Mookie Betts had a hit and drew a walk, Xander Bogaerts had two hits and Daniel Nava had three hits and three RBI.  Yoenis Cespedes had two hits and two RBI, Rivero had a hit and Cecchini had two hits and an RBI.  Rusney Castillo had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Brentz had a hit and Christian Vasquez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Betts, Bogaerts and Rivero each hit a double and Cecchini hit two doubles.  The Red Sox were 10-19 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Castillo had a stolen base. 

In the first Cespedes had an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the second the Red Sox scored eight runs to take a 9-0 lead.  Vasquez hit an RBI single, Nava hit a two run single, Cespedes hit an RBI single, Craig reached on an error allowing two runs to score, Cecchini hit an RBI double and Castillo hit an RBI single.  In the sixth Nava hit an RBI single to make it 10-0 Red Sox.  The Yankees scored a run in the seventh on a Ryan sacrifice fly.  The Yankees added three runs in the eighth to make it 10-4 and that would be the final score.  Young hit an RBI single and Drew hit a two run double.  The two teams will play the final game of the season and the rubber game of their three game series on Sunday afternoon. 

The New York Mets lose to the Houston Astros 3-1



The New York Mets were defeated by the Houston Astros on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-1.  Jon Niese started and pitched well and the Mets offense only managed five hits. 

Niese pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked none and struck out four.  Carlos Torres lost his sixth game of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two.  Erik Goeddel pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out the side. 

Brad Peacock pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Kevin Chapman won his second game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up a hit and a walk, Jorge De Leon pitched 2/3 of an inning and Tony Sipp pitched two innings with two strikeouts.  Chad Qualls saved his 19th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Wilmer Flores drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI, Matt den Dekker had a hit and drew a walk and Ruben Tejada drew a walk.  Niese had a hit, Granderson hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  den Dekker had a stolen base, Recker committed an error and Young Jr. and Granderson each had an outfield assist. 

Grossman had a hit, Jose Altuve had a hit and an RBI and Chris Carter had a hit.  Dexter Fowler had a hit and drew a walk, Matt Dominguez had a hit and an RBI and Marisnick had a hit.  Corporan drew a walk, Petit had a hit and Grossman and Carter each hit a double.  The Astros were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Fowler had a stolen base and Petit was caught stealing. 

In the fourth Granderson hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth the Astros scored three runs to take a 3-1 lead and that would be the final score.  Altuve hit an RBI single, Carter hit an RBI double and Dominguez had an RBI single.  The two teams will play game two of their series on Saturday night. 

 

The New York Yankees win the first game of their last series of the season



The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Fenway  Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 3-2.  Chris Capuano started and pitched great and David Robertson bounced back with the save.  Francisco Cervelli led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Capuano pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and an unearned run.  He walked none and struck out five and earned his third win of the season.  Shawn Kelley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Adam Warren pitched an inning striking out two and Robertson saved his 39th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit with two strikeouts. 

Steven Wright lost his first game of the season pitching five innings and giving up four hits and two runs with none being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Matt Barnes pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Heath Hembree pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out one. 
Eury Perez had a hit, Cervelli had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Chris Young had a hit and drew a

walk.  John Ryan Murphy had a hit, Austin Romine had a hit and Brendan Ryan drew a walk.  Zelous Wheeler


had an RBI, Antoan Richardson had a hit and Murphy hit
double.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Perez stole a base, Young and Pirela each committed an error and Young had an outfield assist. 

Xander Bogaerts had a hit, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and Allen Craig had a hit.  Rusney Castillo had two hits and an RBI, Bryce Brentz had a hit and an RBI and Castillo hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left and left three men on base.  Castillo had a stolen base, Betts committed an error and Butler had two passed balls. 

In the second Brentz hit an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the third Cervelli hit an RBI single and Murphy grounded out scoring a run to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth Wheeler hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.  In the seventh Castillo hit a solo homerun to make it 3-2.  The final score was 3-2.  The Yankees won the first game of a three game series, they will play the second game on Saturday afternoon. 

 

 

Derek Jeter ends his Yankee Stadium career with a storybook ending



The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Hiroki Kuroda started and after a rough start pitched very well.  David Robertson blew the save but Jeter was the hero once again. 

Kuroda pitched eight innings giving up three hits and two runs.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out nine.  Robertson blew his fifth save and won his fourth game of the season.  Robertson pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and gave up two walks. 

Kevin Gausman pitched five innings giving up three hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out five.  T.J. McFarland pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and three unearned runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Brian Matusz pitched 2/3 of an inning and Joe Saunders pitched an inning giving up a walk.  Evan Meek lost his fourth game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Jeter had two hits and three RBI and Brian McCann had two RBI.  Chase Headley drew a walk, Chris Young had a hit and drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk.  Jose Pirela had two hits, Jeter hit a double and the Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Jeter committed an error. 

Nick Markakis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Alejandro De Aza had two hits and an RBI and Adam Jones had a hit and two RBI.  Steve Pearce had a hit and an RBI, Markakis, De Aza, Jones and Pearce each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left one man on base.  Kelly Johnson, Jimmy Paredes  and J.J. Hardy each committed an error.  Caleb Joseph had a passed ball. 

Markakis and De Aza hit back-to-back homeruns to start the game and gave the Orioles a 2-0 lead.  Jeter hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first and McCann reached on an error and a run scored to tie the game at two.  In the seventh Jeter reached on a fielder's choice and an error allowing two runs to score.  McCann hit a sacrifice fly and it was 5-2 Yankees.  Jeter took the field for his last inning and the crowd rose and the noise grew with excitement and anticipation.  Robertson rained on his parade by blowing a save, he gave up a two run homerun to Jones and a solo homerun to Pearce to tie the game at five.  Jeter left the field but was coming up third in the bottom of the ninth.  Pirela led off with a single, Richardson pinch ran and Gardner bunted him to second.  Jeter stepped up to the plate and on the first pitch had a classic Jeter hit to right field for the game winning hit and the Yankees won 6-5.  Pandemonium broke out as everyone mobbed Jeter between first and second.  It was an unreal experience and then as he walked towards the dugout the rest of the core four, Joe Torre, Gerald Williams, Tino Martinez and Bernie Williams all greeted him and his family.  It was a storybook career and a storybook ending to his Yankee Stadium career.  The Yankees split the four game series with the Orioles and will now head to Boston for the final three games of their season. 

Thursday, September 25, 2014

The New York Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles and were officially eliminated



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-5.  Shane Greene started and didn't pitch well.  Chase Headley had three hits and Mark Teixeira had three RBI. 

Greene pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs.  He walked three batters and struck out five.  David Huff pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one, Chase Whitley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs and David Phelps pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Preston Claiborne pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Bud Norris won his 15th game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and three runs.  He walked one and struck out nine.  Tommy Hunter pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Brian Matusz pitched a perfect inning and Brad Brach pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk.  T.J. McFarland gave up a hit, Darren O'Day saved his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and striking out one. 

Headley had three hits and an RBI, Teixeira had two hits and three RBI and Francisco Cervelli had a hit and drew a walk.  Stephen Drew had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Pirela had a hit and Chris Young had a hit.  Teixeira and Young each hit a double and Drew, Headley and Teixeira each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Nick Markakis had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, David Lough had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Adam Jones had two hits and two RBI and Nelson Cruz had four hits and an RBI.  Steve Clevenger had a hit, Jimmy Paredes had a hit and Kelly Johnson had two hits and drew a walk.  Ryan Flaherty had three hits and two RBI, Flaherty hit a double, Lough a triple and the Orioles were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first Teixeira hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Drew hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 and in the third Headley hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the fourth Flaherty hit a two run double to cut the lead to 3-2.  Markakis hit an RBI single, Lough hit an RBI triple, Jones had a bunt RBI single and it was 6-3 Orioles.  In the eighth Lough hit a sac fly to make it 7-3 and Jones hit an RBI single to make it 8-3.  Cruz hit an RBI single and it was 9-3.  Teixeira hit a two run homerun to make it 9-5 and that was the final score.  The Yankees were officially eliminated from  postseason contention.  The final game of the series and of Derek Jeters career in the Bronx will be on Thursday night. 

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The New York Yankees shutout the Baltimore Orioles



The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-0.  Michael Pineda started and pitched great and the bullpen finished off the one hit shutout.  Derek Jeter led the offense with three RBI and Jose Pirela in his major league debut had two hits. 

Pineda pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with no runs and eight strikeouts.  Pineda earned his fourth win of the season.   Shawn Kelley pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Rich Hill had a walk and a strikeout in 1/3 of an inning and David Phelps retired the only batter that he faced. 

Wei-Yin Chen pitched six innings giving up six hits and four runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four and lost his fifth game of the season.  Evan Meek pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Brian Matusz retired the only batter that he faced and Ryan Webb pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit  and a run with a strikeout.  Joe Saunders pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Jeter had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk and Chris Young drew a walk.  Chase Headley had two hits and an RBI, Francisco Cervelli had a hit and Stephen Drew had a hit.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Pirela had two hits and an RBI and Jeter hit a double.  Pirela hit a triple and Headley hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Suzuki had a stolen base. 

Nick Markakis drew a walk, J.J. Hardy had a hit and Walker drew a walk.  The Orioles left three men on base and Flaherty committed an error. 

In the third Pirela hit an RBI triple and Jeter hit an RBI groundout to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Jeter hit a two run double and it was 4-0 Yankees.  Headley hit a solo homerun in the eighth to make it 5-0 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees have won two straight and four out of five.  They have six games left on their schedule and still a very slim chance of making the playoffs. 

The New York Mets blow out the Atlanta Braves



The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 10-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen did their job.  Lucas Duda and Anthony Recker each had three hits. 

deGrom pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out ten and earned his ninth win of the season.  Buddy Carlyle pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Goeddel pitched a perfect inning. 

Ervin Santana lost his 10th game of the season pitching five innings and giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked two and struck out four.  Juan Jaime pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Luis Avilan pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Gus Schlosser pitched two innings giving up six hits and four runs with three of them being earned. 

Matt den Dekker had a hit and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had an RBI and Duda had three hits.  Curtis Granderson had two hits and drew two walks, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had two hits and an RBI and Recker had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Ruben Tejada had two hits and two RBI, deGrom had an RBI and Bobby Abreu had a hit.  den Dekker, Duda and Recker each hit a double and Nieuwenhuis hit two doubles.  Tejada hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  den Dekker and Tejada each committed an error. 

Emilio Bonifacio had an RBI and drew a walk, Freddie Freeman drew a walk and Justin Upton had a hit.  Chris Johnson had two hits, Andrelton Simmons had an RBI and B.J. Upton drew a walk.  Ramiro Pena had a hit including a double and the Braves were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Bethancourt and Schlosser each committed an error.  Bethancourt also had a passed ball. 

In the first Murphy had an RBI groundout to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Tejada hit a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 Mets.   In the fourth a passed ball gave the Mets a 3-0 lead, Recker hit a sacrifice fly and Tejada hit a solo homerun to make it 5-0 Mets.  In the fifth Simmons reached on a fielding error and a run scored, Bonifacio had an RBI walk and it was 5-2 Mets.  In the sixth deGrom hit a sacrifice bunt and an error allowed a run to score and make it 6-2 Mets.  A throwing error in the eighth allowed another run to score and give the Mets a 7-2 lead.  Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI double and Recker hit a two run double in the ninth to make it 10-2 which was the final score. 

The Mets swept the three game series and will be off on Monday before beginning a three game series with the Washington Nationals in Washington on Tuesday night. 

The New York Yankees take series from the Toronto Blue Jays



The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and in his first start since July 8th was good.  The bullpen was good and Brett Gardner, Derek Jeter, Brian McCann and Ichiro Suzuki each had two hits. 

Tanaka pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up one run on five hits.  He walked none and struck out four and won his 13th game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out three, Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and David Robertson saved his 38th game of the season pitching an inning and he walked one and struck out one. 

Drew Hutchison pitched four innings giving up five hits and two runs.  He walked three and struck out six and took his 13th loss of the season.  Aaron Loup pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Todd Redmond pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Daniel Norris pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.   Dustin McGowan pitched a perfect inning. 

Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Jeter had two hits and an RBI and McCann had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Young drew a walk, Chase Headley drew a walk and Francisco Cervelli drew two walks.  Suzuki had two hits including a double, Gardner and Jeter each hit a double.  McCann hit two homeruns and Gardner hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Suzuki and Jeter each had a stolen base. 

Jose Reyes had three hits, Jose Bautista had a hit and Edward Encarnacion had two hits and an RBI.  Munenori Kawasaki had a hit, Dalton Pompey drew a walk and Kawasaki hit a double.  The Blue Jays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Reyes had two stolen bases and Navarro had a passed ball. 

In the first Encarnacion grounded into a double play and a run scored to give the Jays a 1-0 lead.  McCann homered in the bottom of the first to tie the game at one.  In the fifth Gardner hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the seventh Jeter hit an RBI double and McCann hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 5-1 lead.  The Jays added a run in the eighth on a Encarnacion RBI single.  The final score was 5-2 and the Yankees took three out of four in the series.  The Yankees will begin their final home series of the year against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. 

Sunday, September 21, 2014

The New York Mets shutout the Atlanta Braves



The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.  The game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 5-0.  Zach Wheeler started and pitched very well and the bullpen held the lead.  Daniel Murphy had four hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up five hits and no runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  He won his 11th game of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched a perfect inning, Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Buddy Carlyle pitched a perfect inning. 

Julio Teheran pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and two runs.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out six and lost his 13th game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up a hit, Jordan Walden pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs  with three walks and a strikeout and Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit and two RBI, Murphy had four hits and Lucas Duda had a hit and two RBI.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Matthew den Dekker had a hit and drew a walk.  Dilson Herrera had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Granderson  and Murphy each hit a double and Duda hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Andrelton Simmons had three hits, Freddy Freeman drew two walks and Justin Upton had a hit.  B.J. Upton had a hit, Simmons hit a double and the Braves were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the sixth Duda hit a two run homerun to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the ninth Herrera had an RBI walk, Young Jr. had a two run single to make it 5-0 and that was the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.     

The New York Yankees win streak ends at three in loss to the Toronto Blue Jays



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday evening.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  Chris Capuano started and wasn't that good and Brett Gardner, Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki each had two hits. 

Capuano pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with four walks and two strikeouts and he lost his fourth game of the season.  Chase Whitley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Esmil Rogers pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out three and David Huff pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one.  David Phelps pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk. 

Marcus Stroman pitched six innings giving up eight hits and two runs.  He walked none and struck out seven and won his 11th game of the season.  Aaron Sanchez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and walking one, Brett Cecil pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Brandon Morrow pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Casey Janssen saved his 24th game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. 

Gardner had two hits, Jeter had two hits and an RBI and Brian McCann had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Young had a hit, Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk and Stephen Drew had a hit.  Suzuki had two hits, Francisco Cervelli had a hit and an RBI and Gardner, Young and Jeter each hit a double.  The Yankees were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Drew committed an error and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Jose Bautista had two hits, an RBI and drew three walks, Edward Encarnacion had three hits and an RBI and Dionar Navarro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Danny Valencia had a hit and two RBI, John Mayberry had an RBI and Steve Tolleson had a hit.  Munenori Kawasaki drew a walk, Kevin Pillar had two hits and drew a walk and Encarnacion and Valencia each hit a double.  Bautista hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Tolleson committed an error. 

In the first Encarnacion hit an RBI double to give the Jays a 1-0 lead.  The Yankees tied the game in the third on a McCann RBI single.   In the fourth Cervelli hit an RBI single to make it 2-1 Yankees.  In the sixth Valencia hit a two run double to make it 3-2 Jays and Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.  Bautista hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 5-2 Jays.  In the ninth Navarro hit an RBI single to make it 6-2 and Jeter hit an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth to cut the lead to 6-3 but that would be the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game of their four game series on Sunday afternoon and Masahiro Tanaka will return to test out his elbow. 

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays for third straight win



The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Shane Greene started and pitched great and Jacoby Ellsbury and Derek Jeter each had two hits. 

Greene pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two earned.  He didn't walk anyone and struck out seven and won his 11th game of the season.  Josh Outman gave up one hit to the only batter that he faced, Esmil Rogers pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and walked a batter and Adam Warren saved his third game of the season and pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts. 

Mark Buehrle pitched six innings giving up eight hits and five runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Buehrle lost his tenth game of the season.  Redmond pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Aaron Loup pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out two. 

Ellsbury had two hits and three RBI, Jeter had two hits and Brian McCann had a hit and an RBI.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Stephen Drew had a hit and Chase Headley drew a walk.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk and Ellsbury hit a double and a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  McCann committed an error. 

Jose Reyes had three hits, Jose Bautista had an RBI and drew a walk and Edward Encarnacion had a hit and two RBI.  Adam Lind had two hits, Munenori Kawasaki had a hit and Dalton Pompey had a hit.  Anthony Gose had a hit, Reyes hit two doubles and Encarnacion hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Reyes had a stolen base and committed an error. 

In the first Encarnacion hit a two run homerun to give the Jays a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first McCann hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Ellsbury hit a two run homerun to make it 3-2 Yankees.   In the fourth Ellsbury had a two run groundout to make it 5-2 Yankees.  In the fifth Bautista grounded out to cut the Yankees lead to 5-3.  5-3 was the final score as the Yankees won their third straight and the two teams will play game three of four on Saturday afternoon.    
 

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