New York Mets take series from the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well.      Jose Reyes, Curtis Granderson and Wilmer Flores each had two hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  He won his fifth game of the season.  Addison Reed pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and earned his 30th save of the season. 

Justin Nicolino lost his fifth game of the season pitching four innings and giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Mike Dunn pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout, Nick Wittgren pitched 1 2/3 innings with a strikeout and Kyle Barraclough pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Reyes had two hits, Granderson had two hits and two RBI and Neil Walker drew a walk.  Flores had two hits and two RBI, Rene Rivera drew a walk and Reyes hit two doubles.  Flores hit two homeruns and the Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Derek Dietrich had two hits and drew a walk, Christian Yelich had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Johnson had a hit, Cole Gillespie had a hit which was a double and Stanton hit two homeruns.  The Marlins were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Dietrich committed an error. 

Flores hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Granderson hit a two run single to increase the lead to 3-0 in the third.  In the fourth Stanton hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Flores hit a solo homerun to make it 4-1.  In the sixth Stanton hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets took two out of three in the series and will now begin a big four game series with the Washington Nationals to close out the first half of the season. 

New York Mets lose to the Miami Marlins as series is even

The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and pitched pretty well, Erik Goeddel did not out of the bullpen.  Yoenis Cespedes had two of the teams four hits. 

Matz pitched seven innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  He lost his fourth game of the season.  Goeddel pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs and Antonio Bastardo pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Wei-Yin Chen won his fifth game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up three hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Fernando Rodney pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and A.J. Ramos pitched an inning with a walk and saved his 25th game of the season. 

Cespedes had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, James Loney had a hit and drew a walk and Alejandro De Aza had a hit and an RBI.  Cespedes and De Aza each hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Martin Prado had a hit, Marcell Ozuna had two hits and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had three hits and five RBI.  Chris Johnson had a hit, Miguel Rojas had a hit and Jeff Mathis had a hit.  Stanton hit two homeruns and the Marlins were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Rojas had a stolen base. 

In the fourth Cespedes hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Stanton hit a two run homerun and it was 2-1 Marlins.  In the eighth Stanton hit a three run homerun to make it 5-1 Marlins.  De Aza hit a solo homerun in the eighth to cut the lead to 5-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the three game series on Wednesday night.   

New York Mets win an offensive game late

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-6.  Matt Harvey started for the Mets and was hit around, the bullpen did a great job.  Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d'Arnaud each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Harvey pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up 11 hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked none and struck out four.  Erik Goeddel pitched 1/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Logan Verrett pitched two innings giving up three hits and he struck out one and Hansel Robles pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins won his third game of the season pitching to one batter and striking him out, Jeurys Familia saved his 29th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Tim Koehler pitched five innings giving up seven hits and two runs with a walk.  Kyle Barraclough pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk, David Phelps pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and a strikeout and Fernando Rodney lost his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI, Neil Walker drew three walks and Cespedes had three hits and two RBI.  James Loney had a hit and an RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and drew a walk and Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI.  Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, d'Arnaud had three hits and two RBI and Harvey had a hit.  Cespedes hit two doubles and d'Arnaud and Granderson each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Cabrera had a stolen base and Nimmo and Harvey each committed an error.  Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

J.T. Realmuto had four hits and drew a walk, Christian Yelich had two hits and two RBI and Marcell Ozuna had a hit and drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Derek Dietrich had two hits and Chris Johnson had three hits and an RBI.  Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and an RBI, Koehler had a hit and an RBI and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit.  Hechavarria, Suzuki each hit a double and the Marlins were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Realmuto had a stolen base. 

In the second Johnson hit an RBI single to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead.  Hechavarria hit an RBI double to push the lead to 2-0.  Koehler hit an RBI single making it a 3-0 game.  In the fourth Prado reached on a force attempt error and the score was 4-0 Marlins.  Yelich hit an RBI single and the Marlins lead was extended to 6-0.  In the bottom of the fourth d'Arnaud hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-1.  In the fifth Granderson hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-2 game.  In the sixth d'Arnaud  hit an RBI single and the lead was cut in half to 6-3.  Johnson grounded into a double play but a run scored to make it a 6-4 game and in the seventh Loney hit an RBI groundout and the score was now 6-5.  Flores hit a sac fly to tie the game in the seventh.  In the eighth Cespedes hit a two run double and the Mets had the lead at 8-6 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two on Tuesday night and end their series on Wednesday night. 

New York Yankees even series in Chicago with a rout

The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.  The game took place at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 9-0.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Brett Gardner had four hits to lead the Yankees offense which had a total of 20 hits. 

Tanaka pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up six hits and no runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  He won his sixth game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout. 

Carlos Rodon lost his seventh game of the season pitching five innings giving up 12 hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out three.  Chris Beck pitched two innings giving up four  hits and he walked one, Michael Ynoa pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned and he struck out two and Dan Jennings pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. 

Gardner had four hits, Carlos Beltran had three hits and an RBI and Alex Rodriguez had a hit.  Mark Teixeira had two hits and two RBI, Starlin Castro had two hits and drew a walk and Chase Headley had three hits and two RBI.  Rob Refsnyder had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Austin Romine had two hits and an RBI.  Rodriguez, Romine, Beltran, Teixeira, Refsnyder, Hicks and Gardner each hit a double and Headley and Romine each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 5 -18 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base. 

Adam Eaton had two hits, Jose Abreu had a hit and Melky Cabrera had a hit.  Brett Lawrie had a hit and drew a walk, Alex Avila had a hit which was a double and the White Sox were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Anderson and Ynoa each committed an error and Eaton had an outfield assist. 

In the second Beltran hit an RBI single, Rodriguez reached on a fielding error and a run scored to make it 2-0 Yankees.  Headley hit a two run homerun in the third to extend the lead to 4-0.  Teixeira hit an RBI double in the fourth to push the lead to 5-0.  In the fifth Romine hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-0 game.  Refsynder hit an RBI double in the eighth and Hicks hit an RBI double and it was 8-0.  In the ninth Teixeira hit a sac fly to make it 9-0 which was the final score. 

The teams have split the first two games of the series and will play the rubber game on Wednesday night. 

New York Yankees get blown out in Chicago in first game of series

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 8-2.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he didn't pitch very well.  Starlin Castro led the offense with four hits. 

Sabathia pitched six innings giving up eight hits and five runs with two walks and nine strikeouts.  He lost his sixth game of the season and Luis Cessa pitched two innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He did walk a batter. 

James Shields won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Matt Albers gave up a hit, Zach Duke pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Nate Jones pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Dan Jennings pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Carlos Beltran had a hit, Brian McCann had a hit and Castro had four hits.  Chase Headley had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks.  Rob Refsnyder had a hit, Castro had two doubles and Refsynder had a double.,  Headley hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Gregorius committed three errors. 

Tim Anderson had two hits and two RBI, Adam Eaton had two hits and Jose Abreu had a hit and an RBI.  Todd Frazier had three hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Melky Cabrera had two hits and Brett Lawrie had a hit and two RBI.  Dioner Navarro had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Jason Coats had a hit and Frazier hit two doubles.  Eaton hit a double and Anderson and Navarro each hit a homerun.  The White Sox were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Lawrie had a stolen base and Navarro, Shields, Lawrie and Jennings each committed an error. 

In the second Headley hit a two run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Anderson hit a two run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the fifth Lawrie hit a sac fly to give the White Sox a 3-2 lead.  Navarro hit a two run homerun to increase the lead to 5-2 for the White Sox still in the fifth inning.  In the seventh Lawrie hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-2 White Sox.  In the eighth Abreu hit an RBI single and Frazier hit an RBI single to make it 8-2 which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play two more games in the series and then the Yankees will head to Cleveland for four to close out the first half before the All Star Break.   

New York Mets complete the four game sweep of the Chicago Cubs

The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 14-3.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and pitched well and Wilmer Flores led the offense with six hits and four RBI. 

Syndergaard started and pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and a run with eight strikeouts.  He earned his ninth win of the season.  Antonio Bastardo pitched an inning giving up a hit and Logan Verrett pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He struck out one. 

Jon Lester lost his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and eight runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Spencer Patton pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Joel Peralta pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with three strikeouts and Miguel Montero pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run. 

Juan Lagares had two hits, Curtis Granderson had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had two hits and an RBI.  Neil Walker had two hits and an RBI, Kelly Johnson had two hits and two RBI and Flores had six hits and four RBI.  James Loney had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Matt Reynolds had a hit and Rene Rivera had two hits and three RBI.  Syndergaard had a hit and drew a walk, Reynolds, Lagares and Syndergaard each hit a double and Granderson, rivera and Johnson each hit a homerun.  Flores hit two homeruns and the Mets were 8-18 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Flores committed an error.  Syndergaard had a pickoff. 

Addison Russell had two hits, Jason Heyward had a hit and Albert Almora Jr. had two hits.  Anthony Rizzo had a hit and an RBI, Willson Contreras had a hit and an RBI and Jeimer Candelario had a hit.  Javier Baez had three hits, Heyward and Baez each hit a double and Contreras hit a homerun.  The Cubs were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Baez was picked off. 

In the first Rizzo hit an RBI single to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Gardnerson hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the second Flores hit a solo homerun, Rivera hit a two run homerun and Granderson hit an RBI single to make it 5-1 Mets.  Cespedes hit an RBI single, Walker hit an RBI single and Flores hit an RBI single and it was 8-1 Mets still in the second inning.  In the fourth Rivera hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 9-1.  In the fifth Flores hit a two run homerun and the rout was on at 11-1.  In the seventh Johnson hit a two run homerun to make it a 13-1 game.  Loney hit an RBI single in the eighth to extend the lead to 14-1 and in the ninth the Cubs scored a couple to make it 14-3 which would be the final score. 

The Mets left off where they did in October by sweeping the four game series.  They will remain at home and take on the Miami Marlins on Monday afternoon in the first of three games.   

New York Yankees avoid sweep with a win in San Diego

The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 6-3.  Chad Green made the spot start so the Yankees could push back CC Sabathia and not have him have to hit in the NL park.  Green pitched great and Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller both pitched well.  Mark Teixeira led the offense with two homeruns and Aaron Hicks had three hits. 

Green pitched six innings giving up one run on three hits.  He walked none and struck out eight and earned his first major league win.  Betances pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Miller pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Anthony Swarzak gave up two hits and two runs.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with a strikeout.  He earned his 16th save of the season. 

Andrew Cashner lost his sixth game of the season.  He pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out six.  Carlos Vaillanueva pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk, Kevin Quackenbush pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and Jose Dominguez pitched 2/3 of an inning. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and drew a walk, Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Teixeira had two hits and three RBI.  Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk, Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI and Hicks had three hits and drew a walk.  Hicks hit a double and Gregorius hit a homerun.  Teixeira hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gardner and Ellsbury each had a stolen base. 

Wil Myers had a hit and drew a walk, Matt Kemp had a hit and Yangervis Solarte had four hits and an RBI.  Alex Dickerson had a hit and two RBI, Christian Bethancourt had a hit and Solarte hit a double.  Solarte and Dickerson each hit a homerun and the Padres were 1-6  with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Dickerson had a stolen base and Ramirez committed an error. 

In the second Torreyes grounded into a double play and a run scored to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Solarte hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Gregorius hit a solo homerun in the fourth to give the Yankees back the lead at 2-1.  In the eighth Teixeria hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-1.  In the ninth Gardner hit an RBI single and Teixeira hit a two run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 6-1.  In the bottom of the ninth Dickerson hit a two run homerun to cut the lead to 6-3 which would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost the first two games of the series and salvaged this final game to avoid the sweep.  They will head to Chicago to start a three game series on Monday afternoon.   

New York Mets crush the Chicago Cubs 10-2

The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 10-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen did a good job.  Brandon Nimmo had two hits, Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera also had two hits and James Loney had three hits. 

deGrom pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts.  He picked up his fourth win of the season.  Jerry Blevins pitched an inning with a strikeout, Hansel Robles pitched an inning giving up a hit, an unearned run and a walk with two strikeouts and Seth Lugo pitched two innings giving up two hits with two strikeouts. 

Jason Hammel pitched four innings giving up nine hits and ten runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  He took his fifth loss of the season.  Spencer Patton pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Trevor Cahill pitched three innings giving up three hits and a walk with two strikeouts. 

Nimmo had two hits and three RBI, Neil Walker had a hit and Cespedes had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Loney had three hits and three RBI, Cabrera had two hits and three RBI and Kelly Johnson had a hit and drew a walk.  Wilmer Flores drew a walk, Travis d'Arnaud had a hit and Alejandro De Aza drew a walk.  Loney hit a double and a homerun, Cabrera, Nimmo and Cespedes each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  d'Arnaud had a passed ball. 

Matt Szczur had a hit, Jason Heyward had a hit and Kris Bryant had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Willson Contreras had a hit, Javier Baez had a hit and Addison Russell had an RBI.  Cahill drew a walk, Albert Almora Jr. had a hit and Contreras hit a double and Bryant hit a homerun.  The Cubs were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Bryant had a stolen base. 

In the second Loney hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Cabrera hit a solo homerun to make it a 2-0 lead.  In the third Loney hit a two run double to push the lead to 4-0.  In the fourth Bryant hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  Nimmo hit a three run homerun and the lead was 7-1.  In the fifth Cespedes hit a solo homerun making it 8-1.  Cabrera hit a two run homerun and it was 10-1 still in the fifth inning.  In the seventh Russell hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 10-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday night.  The Mets have taken the first two games of the series.   

The New York Yankees start road trip with a loss in San Diego

The New York Yankees were defeated by the San Diego Padres on Friday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 7-6  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and he didn't pitch very well.  Didi Gregorius had two hits to lead the offense. 

Eovaldi pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Eovaldi lost his sixth game of the season.  Conor Mullee pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Richard Bleier pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and a strikeout and Anthony Swarzak pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out one. 

Colin Rea pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out five and he won his fifth game of the season.  Brad Hand pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Ryan Buchter pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Matt Thornton gave up a hit and three runs with a walk.  Brandon Maurer pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and he got his first save of the season. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI, Mark Teixeira had a hit and Brian McCann had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Starlin Castro drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI and Gregorius had two hits and an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had an RBI, Carlos Beltran had a hit and Gregorius and Beltran each hit a double.  McCann hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Ellsbury had a stolen base, McCann committed an error and McCann had a passed ball.  Eovaldi had a pickoff. 

Travis Jankowski had a hit, Wil Myers had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Yangervis Solarte had two hits and drew two walks.  Melvin Upton Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Derek Norris had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Ryan Schimpf had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Norris and Solarte each hit a double and Schimpf and Myers each hit a homerun.  The Padres were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Myers and Upton Jr. each had a stolen base.  Upton Jr. was picked off, Norris committed an error and had a passed ball. 

In the first Upton Jr. hit an RBI single to give the Padres a 1-0 lead.  Norris hit a two run double and the lead was 3-0.  In the second Ellsbury hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the second Schimpf hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Myers hit a two run homerun and it was 6-1 Padres.  In the sixth McCann hit a solo homerun to cut it to 6-2.  In the seventh a passed ball made it 7-2.  In the ninth Rodriguez hit an RBI single, Gregorius hit an RBI double and Hicks hit an RBI ground out to make it 7-5.  A wild pitch cut the lead to 7-6 but that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.  The Yankees are in the middle of a ten game road trip to close out the first half of the season before the All Star Break.