New York Yankees win a wild one to cap off a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-7.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he pitched horrible.  The Yankees bullpen did a good job and Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius and Gleyber Torres each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and six runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  David Hale pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three and Stephen Tarpley pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Zach Britton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and he won his third game of the season. 

Trent Thornton pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Sam Gaviglio pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts, Joe Biagini pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run and Tim Mayza pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Daniel Hudson pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Nick Kingham pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk.  Kingham lost his second game of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits and two RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Luke Voit had two hits and an RBI, Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and Gregorius had three hits and an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew two walks, Torres had three hits and an RBI and Brett Gardner had a hit.  Voit and Encarnacion each hit a double and Gregorius and LeMahieu each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Voit and Torres each committed an error.  Hale had a pickoff and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Cavan Biggio had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Vlad Guerrero Jr. drew a walk and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had three hits and four RBI.  Randal Grichuk had a hit and drew a walk, Rowdy Tellez had a hit and Freddy Galvis had a hit.  Brandon Drury had a hit, Danny Jansen had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Gurriel Jr. hit a double.  Gurriel Jr. hit two homeruns and Jansen hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Grichuk was picked off. 

In the first Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homerun to give the Jays a 3-0 lead.  In the second Jansen hit a two-run homerun and it was 5-0 Jays.  In the bottom of the second Gregorius hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-1.  Judge hit a two-run single and it was 5-3.  In the fourth LeMahieu hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at five.  In the fifth Gurriel Jr. hit a solo homerun to give the Jays back the lead at 6-5.  In the bottom of the fifth Hicks hit a sac fly to tie the game at six.  In the sixth Voit hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 7-6 lead.  In the ninth Biggio hit an RBI single to tie the game at seven.  In the ninth Torres hit an RBI single to walk-off the Yankees with a 8-7 win.  The Yankees earned the three-game sweep and they will be off four a couple of days as they head to London, England to take on the Boston Red Sox in a two-game weekend series.   

New York Mets lose to the Milwaukee Brewers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-1.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched well, the bullpen was good.  Michael Conforto had two hits to lead the offense.

Matz pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Matz lost his second game of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk, Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Drew Gagnon pitched to one batter and got him out. 

Brandon Woodruff pitched five innings giving up six hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Woodruff won his fourth game of the season.  Alex Claudio pitched a perfect inning,Junior Guerra pitched a perfect inning and Josh Hader pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with five strikeouts. 

Jeff McNeil had a hit, Pete Alonso had a hit and Robinson Cano drew a walk.  Conforto had two hits, Wilson Ramos had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Brandon Nimmo drew a walk.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Matz had a hit and Conforto hit a double and the Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Rosario had a stolen base and McNeil was caught stealing. 

Lorenzo Cain had a hit and an RBI, Yasmani Grandal drew two walks and Ryan Braun had three hits and two RBI.  Mike Moustakas had two hits, Hernan Perez had three hits and Woodruff had a hit.  Moustakas and Perez each hit a double and Braun and Cain each hit a homerun.  The Brewers were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Perez and Braun each had a stolen base and Aguilar committed an error. 

In the first Ramos hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Cain hit a solo homerun tying the game at one.  In the fifth Braun hit a two-run homerun to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead and that would be the final score of the game. 

New York Mets lose to the Minnesota Twins in slugfest

The New York Mets were defeated by the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 14-8.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  Amed Rosario led the offense with three hits and three other guys had two hits each. 

deGrom pitched four innings giving up eight hits and six runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  deGrom took his first loss of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a  strikeout, Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and three unearned runs with a strikeout.  Jason Vargas pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs with a strikeout. 

Kyle Gibson pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Trevor Hildenberger pitched to one batter and got him out and earned his second win of the season.  Trevor May pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Adalberto Mejia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Blake Parker pitched 2/3 of an inning.  Ryne Harper pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Chase De Jong pitched an inning giving up three hits and four runs with three walks. 

Brandon Nimmo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Pete Alonso had two hits and three RBI and Robinson Cano had a hit and drew a walk.  Michael Conforto had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, J.D. Davis had a hit and drew two walks and Jeff McNeil had an RBI and drew a walk.  Rosario had three hits and an RBI, Travis d’Arnaud had an RBI and Conforto, Nimmo and Rosario each hit a double.  Conforto and Nimmo each hit a homerun and Alonso hit two homeruns.  The Mets were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Alonso committed an error. 

Max Kepler had a hit and an RBI, Jorge Polanco had three hits and two RBI and Willians Astudillo had a hit.  Eddie Rosario had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Mitch Garver had four hits and two RBI and Marwin Gonzalez drew a walk.  Jason Castro had a hit and an RBI, Jonathan Schoop had two hits and four RBI and Byron Buxton had two hits.  C.J. Cron had a hit, Rosario hit a double and Buxton hit two doubles.  Polanco hit a triple and Rosario, Polanco each hit a homerun.  Schoop and Garver each hit two homeruns.  The Twins were 4-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Buxton had a stolen base and Kepler was caught stealing.  Garver had a passed ball. 

In the second Garver hit a solo homerun to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  In the second Rosario hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  In the third a wild pitch and a Rosario hit a two-run homerun giving the Twins a 4-1 lead.  Garver hit a solo homerun making it 5-1.  In the bottom of the third Nimmo hit a solo homerun, Conforto hit a solo homerun and the lead was cut to 5-3.  In the fourth Kepler hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-3.  In the sixth Schoop hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 7-3.  In the seventh Alonso hit a solo homerun and it was 7-4.  In the eighth a fielding error pushed it to 8-4 and a Polanco two-run homerun made it 10-4.  In the ninth Castro hit an RBI single, Schoop hit a three-run homerun making it a 14-4 game.  In the bottom of the ninth Alonso hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 14-6.  McNeil had an RBI walk and d’Arnaud hit an RBI ground out and the final score was 14-8. 

New York Mets double up the Colorado Rockies

The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.  The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final score was 10-5.  Chris Flexen started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well, the Mets bullpen pitched very well.  Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits to lead the offense. 

Flexen pitched three innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Chasen Bradford won his first game of the season pithcing two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two and Paul Sewald pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two.  AJ Ramos pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Tyler Chatwood pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and eight runs with seven of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two and lost his 12^th game of the season.  Scott Oberg pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs with two strikeouts and Antonio Senzatela pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out four. 

Michael Conforto had two hits and an RBI, Cabrera had three hits and an RBI and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and an RBI.  Jay Bruce had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and three RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Travis d’Arnaud had two hits and an RBI and Jose Reyes had a hit.  Cespedes and Cabrera each hit a double and Rosario hit a triple.  Bruce and Granderson each hit a homerun and the Mets were 5-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

D.J. LeMahieu had two hits, Nolan Arenado had a hit and Mark Reynolds had two hits and an RBI.  Gerardo Parra had two hits and two RBI, Trevor Story had a hit and Carlos Gonzalez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Ryan Hanigan had two hits, LeMahieu and Reynolds each hit a double and Parra hit two doubles.  Gonzalez hit a homerun and the Rockies were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Reynolds committed an error. 

In the third Reynolds hit an RBI single to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead.  Parra hit a two-run double to extend the lead to 3-0.  Gonzalez hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 5-0.  In the fourth Cespedes grounded into a double play and a run scored to cut the lead to 5-1.  Bruce hit a solo homerun and it was 5-2.  In the fifth Rosario hit an RBI triple, d’Arnaud hit an RBI ground out and the lead was cut to 5-4.  In the sixth Cespedes hit an RBI double, Granderson hit a three-run homerun, Conforto hit an RBI single and Cabrera hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 10-5 lead.  The final score would be 10-5.  

The two teams will play their third and final game of the series on Thursday afternoon.