New York Yankees defeat the Angels to end losing streak

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-4.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Austin Romine had three hits and Matt Holliday and Gary Sanchez each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  He won his fifth game of the season.  Chad Green pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he had two strikeouts, Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Tyler Clippard gave up two hits and two runs without recording an out.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Ricky Nolasco pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with five walks and five strikeouts.  He lost his ninth game of the season.  Mike Morin pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a strikeout and Jose Alvarez pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Aaron Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Holliday had a hit and an RBI, Starlin Castro had a hit and an RBI and Sanchez had two hits.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and two RBI, Chase Headley had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Romine had three hits and two RBI.  Romine and Holliday each hit a double and Gregorius and Holliday each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Hicks was caught stealing and Holliday committed an error. 

Cameron Maybin drew two walks, Andrelton Simmons had three hits and Martin Maldonado had three hits and four RBI.  C.J. Cron drew a walk, Danny Espinosa had a hit and Maldonado hit a double and a homerun.  Simmons hit a double and the Angels were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Simmons had a stolen base and Maldonado was caught stealing. 

In the second Gregorius hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Maldonado hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the fifth Holliday hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the sixth Romine hit a two-run double and Hicks an RBI infield single to extend the Yankees lead to 6-2.  In the seventh Castro and Headley each hit an RBI single to push the lead to 8-2.  In the ninth Maldonado hit a two-run homerun to make it a 8-4 game and that would be the final score. 

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

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-3.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and he struggled early but battled through it.  The Yankees bullpen blew another game especially Tyler Clippard.  The Yankees offense only had four hits. 

Pineda pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Chasen Shreve pitched to one batter and struck him out, Clippard lost his fourth game of the season and pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs and Jonathan Holder pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two strikeouts. 

Parker Bridwell pitched five innings giving up two hits and wo runs with five walks and three strikeouts.  Blake Parker pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and he won his third game of the season.  Cam Bedrosian pitched pitched an inning witih two strikeouts, Keynan Middleton pitched an inning with a hit and had two strikeouts and David Hernandez pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Aaron Hicks drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI, Matt Holliday had a hit and drew a walk and Starlin Castro had a hit.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley had an RBI and drew a walk and Holliday hit a double.  Judge and Sanchez each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Carter committed an error. 

Cameron Maybin had three hits and two RBI, Kole Calhoun had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Albert Pujols had two hits and an RBI.  Yunel Escobar had two hits and an RBI, Luis Valbuena had two hits and two RBI, Martin Maldonado had two hits and Danny Espinosa had a hit and an RBI.  Maybin, Espinosa, Calhoun and Maldonado each hit a double.  Escobar hit a triple and Maybin and Valbuena each hit a homerun.  The Angels were 6-13 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Pujols hit an RBI single to give the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the second Espinosa hit an RBI double to increase the lead to 2-0.  Calhoun hit an RBI single and it was 3-0 Angels.  In the fourth Headley hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the fifth Judge hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2 and in the sixth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the seventh Maybin hit a solo homerun to give the Angels a 4-3 lead and Escobar hit an RBI triple to push the lead to 5-3.  Valbuena hit an RBI single and the lead was increased to 6-3.  In the eighth Maybin hit an RBI single to make it 7-3 and in the ninth Valbuena hit a solo homerun to make it 8-3 and that would be the final score. 

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

New York Yankees defeat the Anaheim Angels behind a bounce back start from Masahiro Tanaka

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Monday night.  The game took place at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California and the final score was 5-3.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched well.  Aaron Judge hit a two-run homerun late in the game to give the Yankees the lead and ultimately the victory.  Didi Gregorius had four hits. 

Tanaka pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with only one run being earned.  He walked two and struck out eight.  Tyler Clippard pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and he earned his first win of the season and Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts and earned his sixth save of the season. 

Alex Meyer started for the Angels and pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs.  He walked five and struck out five.  Blake Parker pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two, Keynana Middleton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two walks and Jose Alvarez lost his third game of the season and pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run.  Bud Norris pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Brooks Pounders pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Judge had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Matt Holliday drew two walks, Starlin Castro had two hits and drew a walk and Gregorius had four hits, two RBI and drew a walk.   Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI, Chris Carter drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit.  Hicks hit a double and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Romine and Headley each committed an error. 

Cameron Maybin had a hit and an RBI, Kole Calhoun had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Albert Pujols drew a walk.  Yunel Escobar had a hit and drew a walk, Andrelton Simmons had a hit and Danny Espinosa had a hit and an RBI.  Escobar and Maybin each hit a double and Calhoun hit a homerun.  The Angels were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Young Jr. had a stolen base. 

In the first Calhoun hit a solo homerun to give the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the third Gregorius hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the fifth Gregorius hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the seventh Headley hit an RBI single to make it a 3-1 game and in the seventh Espinosa hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2.  Maybin hit an RBI double to tie the game at three.  In the eighth Judge hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees the 5-3 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

New York Mets defeat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a shutout

The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-0.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched very well and the bullpen did their job.  Michael Conforto led the offense with two hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up four hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out nine and won his third game of the season.  Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Paul Sewald pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Addison Reed saved his fifth game of the season pitching a perfect inning. 

Ricky Nolasco pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out four and took his third loss of the season.  Jose Alvarez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Keynan Middleton pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Conforto had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Neil Walker had a hit and Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI.  T.J. Rivera had a hit, Lucas Duda drew two walks and Rene Rivera had a hit and an RBI.  Granderson hit a double and Conforto hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Cameron Maybin drew a walk, Kole Calhoun had a hit and Mike Trout had two hits and drew a walk.  Andrelton Simmons had two hits, C.J. Cron had a hit and drew a walk and Simmons hit a double and the Angels were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Maybin was caught stealing and Cron and Simmons each committed an error and Maldonado had two passed balls. 

In the first Granderson hit an RBI double to make it 1-0 Mets.  In the sixth R. Rivera hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0 and in the seventh Conforto hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0 which was the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.