The New York Mets fight back but lose to the Oakland A's

The New York Mets were defeated by the Oakland A's on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Queens, New York and the final score was 8-5 A's.  Zach Wheeler started and didn't pitch well at all, the bullpen was good.  Curtis Granderson had three hits, Campbell and Tejada each had two hits. 

Wheeler had the shortest outing of his short career.  Wheeler pitched two innings giving up six hits and six runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Dana Eveland pitched three innings giving up a hit, a run, a walk and three strikeouts, Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Josh Edgin pitched a perfect inning striking out one.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Brad Mills won his first game of the season pitching 6 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and three runs.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out four.  Dan Otero pitched to two batters and retired them both, Luke Gregorson pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs striking out one and Sean Doolittle saved his 11th game of the season with a perfect inning.  He struck out the side

David Wright had a hit, Campbell had two hits and Granderson had three hits.  Chris Young had a hit and two RBI, Travis d'Arnaud had a hit and Ruben Tejada had two hits.   Lucas Duda had a hit and three RBI, Granderson hit a double, Duda and C. Young hit a homerun.  The Mets were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Coco Crisp had three hits and two RBI, John Jaso had two hits and drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Brandon Moss had a hit and two RBI, Josh Donaldson had a hit and drew a walk and Josh Reddick had a hit and drew a walk.  Alberto Callaspo had two hits, Cespedes hit a double and Moss and Crisp each hit a homerun and the A's were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Jaso had a stolen base. 

In the first Cespedes hit a two run homerun giving the A's a 2-0 lead.  In the second Crisp hit an RBI single and Cespedes hit a three run double to give the A's a 6-0 lead.  Crisp hit a solo homerun in the fourth to give the A's a 7-0 lead.  Mills grounded into a double play in the sixth and another run scored to push the A's lead to 8-0.  Duda hit a three run homerun in the seventh to make it a 8-3 game.  C. Young hit a two run homerun in the eighth to cut the lead to 8-5.  That would be the final score and the two teams split the brief two game series.  The Mets will begin a four game series in Pittsburgh against the Pirates on Thursday night. 

The New York Mets hand the Oakland A's a big loss

The New York Mets defeated the Oakland A's on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Queens, New York and the final score was 10-1.  Bartolo Colon started and pitched great and Travis d'Arnaud and Curtis Granderson each had three RBI.  There was plenty of offense in this game from the Mets. 

Colon pitched eight innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Colon won his eighth game of the season and Vic Black pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Scott Kazmir lost his third game of the season pitching three innings and giving up eight hits and seven runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Jim Johnson pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Jeff Francis pitched three innings giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts. 

Eric Young Jr. had two hits, Daniel Murphy had two hits and an RBI and David Wright had a hit and an RBI.  Eric Campbell had a hit, Granderson had a hit and three RBI and Chris Young had two hits and two RBI and drew a walk.  d'Arnaud had a hit and three RBI, Ruben Tejada had a hit and Colon had a hit.  Campbell and Wright each hit a double, Granderson and d'Arnaud each hit a homerun and C. Young hit two homeruns.  The Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Young Jr. was caught stealing. 

Coco Crisp had a hit, Brandon Moss had a hit and Yoenis Cespedes had two hits and an RBI.  Josh Reddick drew a walk and Cespedes hit a double.  The A's were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Kazmir had a pickoff.

In the first Cespedes hit an RBI double to give the A's a 1-0 lead.  The Mets scored three in the second and four in the third to take a 7-1 lead.  Granderson hit a two run homerun and C. Young hit a solo homerun and they were back-to-back.  Granderson had an RBI groundout and d'Arnaud hit a three run homerun.  In the fifth C. Young hit a solo homerun, his second of the game to extend the Mets lead to 8-1.  In the sixth the Mets scored two more runs to complete the scoring and hold on to win 10-1. 

The two teams will play the second and final game of the brief series on Wednesday night. 

Regular Season Game 13-Yankees at A's

The New York Yankees begin a 3 game series with the Oakland A's tonight and the start of a long 9 game roadtrip. Javier Vazquez starts tonight and is the only Yankees starter witout a win. He will face Gio Gonzalez. The A's have gotten off to a suprising start at 9-5, here are the notes and lineups for tonights game. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Johnson(DH) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Cano(2B) Posada(C) Swisher(RF) Granderson(CF) Gardner(LF) A's Lineup: Davis(CF) Barton(1B) Sweeney(RF) Kouzmanoff(3B) Suzuki(C) Chavez(DH) Ellis(2B) Buck(LF) Pennington(SS) Joe Girardi said that he expected Chan Ho Park to play catch at some point today. Gardner is in the lineup against the left hander today. He has faced Gonzalez quite a bit also in the minor leagues but Joe Girardi didn't realize he has had success against him. He is in the lineup because he has been playing well lately. Before the game while both teams were stretching the Yankees called former teammates Chad Gaudin and Edwar Ramirez over. The Yankees surrounded them and gave them their rings and had some fun with them. Nick Swisher is 0 for his last 16 and went 1 for 19 in the past homestand. The Yankees are sticking with him though in RF and Joe Girardi said that he has probably hit about 10 line drives in his past 4 games and has nothing to show for it. I don't know how long they will stick with him but maybe if this continues they will let Winn play a couple of games. Enjoy the game it starts at 10:05 eastern time on the yes network. It will be a late night so I don't know if I will have any more posts tonight or get my articles in for world news vine. IF not please check back tomorrow for all of your information from the game, enjoy the game.

Yanks at A's(The Rubber game)

The New York Yankees will take on the Oakland A's at 10:05 tonight on the YES network. Chad Gaudin will make his first Yankees start against Brett Anderson. Here are the pregame notes and lineup from Peter Abraham. Chad Gaudin pitched for Oakland from 2006-08. He was 20-18 with a 4.00 era. He is 12-9 with a 3.71 era in 58 career games at Oakland Coliseum. Brett Anderson a 21 yr old rookie is 4-1 with a 3.12 era in his last 12 starts. He has faced the Yankees twice going 12 innings and allowing 9 runs on 18 hits and 3 walks. He last faced them on July 24th giving up 4 runs in 6 2/3 innings. Derek Jeter is batting 429 against lefties this season. The Yankees have not homered in their last 2 games, this can't be true is it, yes it is. 9 of Johnny Damon's last 11 hits have been for extra bases, I think he is trying to stay past this season. The Yankees are 62-30 since A-rod came off the DL. Big Tex is slumping a bit going 3 for his last 18 with 1 rbi in his last 5 games. Tex, Pujols and Adam Dunn are the only players with at least 30 homeruns in each of the last 6 seasons. Kurt Suzuki a yankee killer well he is hitting 407 against them in his career with 11 rbi's. This season he is hitting 448 against them with 5 xbh and 9 rbi's. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Swisher(RF) Cano(2B) Cabrera(CF) Molina(C)

CC looking like an Ace

The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland A's 7-2 last night in a sloppy game for the A's. CC Sabathia pitched very well going 8 innings with 5 hits, 2 walks and 7 strikeouts. He gave up two solo homeruns early and then was in trouble in the 4th with two men on and one out but got out of it and then went into full lockdown mode, only one guy reached base the rest of the game. CC Sabathia is now 4-0 this month with a 2+ era. David Robertson pitched a scoreless ninth walking a couple of guys but then not giving anything else up. CC Sabathia earlier in the year was struggling and a lot of people were worried but he sure looks like an Ace now and he said he would get better as the season wore on and that is what you want. The offense was once again led by the Captain Derek Jeter who had 3 hits for the 3rd straight game. Johnny Damon had a couple of hits and a rbi, A-rod had a hit, rbi and 2 walks. Hideki Matsui had a couple of hits, rbi and walk. Jorge Posada had a hit and 2 rbi's and Melky Cabrera had a couple of hits. The Yankees will try and win the series tonight before heading to Boston and enjoying a day off tomorrow before the big 3 game series starting Friday night.

Yanks at Oakland

The New York Yankees will try and end their 2 game losing streak. CC Sabathia takes the mound back home, he goes to Oakland here he has season tickets to the Raiders games and says that he won't give them up at least going to a couple of games and then giving the rest to friends. Here are the pregame notes and lineup from Peter Abraham. The Yankees have scored 3 runs on 13 hits in their last 18 innings. The Yankees lost three straight this year in Anaheim and also in Chicago. CC is 1-4 with a 7.12 era career in Oakland. He has 8 career starts at the Oakland Coliseum. Derek Jeter is 9 for 20 on the roadtrip with 5 rbi's. He is now batting 327. Jeter is batting 358 for his career in Oakland. Nick Swisher has reached base safely in 26 straight games. He once did it in 36 straight for Oakland in 2006. Robinson Cano is a 365 hitter with no one on base but 203 when there are runners in scoring position. Vinny Mazzaro who is from NJ pitched against the Yanks on July 23 and gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in 4 1/3 innings. Matsui is back and feels better, Gardner won't be back as quick as thought. He needs to keep the splint on for another week. Sergio Mitre will work out of the pen until he starts again. Joe Girardi claimed that Damaso Marte may be activated on Friday which is interesting since it seems the Yanks want nothing to do with him but he is under contract for this year and I believe next also. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF)

Yanks lose opener in Oakland

There really isn't much to say about the Yankees lackluster performance last night in Oakland. They lost to Brett Tomko and the A's 3-0. Yes that is right that Brett Tomko who the Yankees DFA'D earlier in the year and who hadn't made a major league start in a year and a half. He pitched 5 shutout innings, the Yankees one big chance was in the 4th when they had the bases loaded and one out with A-rod up and he bounced into a rare 1-2-3 double play. The Yankees didn't do much else, the bullpen completely shut them down. A.J. Burnett pitched 8 innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits. He looked unhittable early on but had one bad inning where he gave up all the runs and 4 of the 6 hits but he deserved better then this. The Yankees will try and end a 2 game slide tonight with CC Sabathia on the mound in his hometown against Vin Mazzaro from New Jersey.

Yankees at A's

The New York Yankees begin a 3 game series with the Oakland A's tonight in Oakland at 10:05PM on the YES network. A.J. Burnett is on the mound against Brett Tomko who was released from the Yankees in June, he was pretty bitter at the time so I am sure he will be pumped up for tonight. He was pitching in AAA though and didn't have great numbers for Oakland but they are desperate for pitching right now. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via the Lohud Yankees Blog. The Yankees are 5-1 against Oakland this year and 10-2 over the last 2 years. Robinson Cano has a 14 game hitting streak. He has gone from batting 305 to 321. A.J. Burnett is 6-2 with a 2.50 era in his last 11 starts. He is 2-2 with a 4.14 lifetime against the A's. Burnett has thrown 17 wild pitches this season, the team record is 23 by Tim Leary in 1990. Those were the good old days LOL. Brian Bruney has thrown 5 straight scoreless innings and David Robertson has gone 6 straight. The Yankees are 12-3 this month. Nick Swisher has 20 homeruns and 17 have come on the road. 13 of them have come against righties. Derek Jeter is 8 of 16 on this trip. He has 5 rbi's and 3 xbh. He is now batting 323. Jerry Hairston Jr's. next game will be the 1,00th of his career. Alfredo Aceves has been struggling going 15 2/3 innings, 15 hits, 12 runs with 4 walks and 11 strikeouts in his last 9 appearances. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(DH) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF) Pena(SS) There is news about the draft picks who have to midnight tonight to come to terms, the Yankees have signed 13 of their top 14 picks and more, I will have more on this later on tonight.

Oakland A's at New York Yankees

The New York Yankees begin a 4 game set with the Oakland A's tonight at the stadium. CC Sabathia will be on the mound against local product Vin Mazzaro, he hails from Rutherford and will have plenty of friends and family on hand. Rajah Davis will have plenty of support also as he is from the area. Here are the pregame notes and lineups via Peter Abraham of the Journal News. The Yankees are 6-0 since the All Star break thanks to a 2.17 era. The pitchers have only allowed 13 runs and 44 hits over 54 innings. Pitching is always the key for any team and it really does win. The Yankees have only outscored the opposition by a score of 23-14 in their 6 game winning streak. They have played three one run games and two, two run games. This bodes well as it is how you win in the postseason. Mo has converted 97 of 101 save chances since April 21, 2007. He has not allowed a run in his last 15 appearances which spans 14 2/3 innings. He has given up 4 hits while striking out 15 in that stretch. His era dropped from 3.38 to 2.18. I guess he is still pretty good huh, so much for his demise. Phil Hughes has a 0.81 era in 16 relief appearances. He has allowed no runs in his last 14 appearances. He has struck out 22 in his last 17 2/3 innings. The Yankees are 7-1 against Oakland over the last 2 seasons outscoring them 38-25. Brian Bruney has to get it going, his last 8 appearances he has allowed 11 hits, 8 earned runs, 8 walks, 6 strikeouts and 3 homeruns. Right handers are hitting 345 against him this season. Nick Swisher has 6 errors in RF, only Justin Upton of Arizona has more and he has 7. Melky is 2 for 20 since the break and is batting 223 since June 1st with a 299 obp and 15 rbi's. I guess Brett Gardner got his job back for now. A-rod is 6 for his last 18 with 2 homeruns, 5 rbi's, 4 runs scored and 2 stolen bases. The Yankees have the best record in baseball since he came back at 44-22. Yankees lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Hinske(RF) Gardner(CF) Oakland lineup: Davis(RF) Cabrera(SS) Hairston(CF) Holliday(LF) Garciaparra(1B) Suzuki(C) Cust(DH) Crosby(3B) Ellis(2B)