New York Yankees shutout the New York Mets

The New York Yankees played the New York Mets on Sunday July 20, 2020.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-0 Yankees.  This was the second exhibition game and second of three for the Yankees.  It really wasn’t the second but second of Summer Camp leading up to the regular season beginning on Thursday night. 

Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Montgomery earned the win pitching five shutout innings giving up two hits.  He walked one and struck out six.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Corey Oswalt started for the Mets and he pitched three innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Oswalt took the loss, Hunter Strickland pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Drew Smith pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout and Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Seth Lugo pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Thairo Estrada had a hit, Aaron Judge had two hits and three RBI and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Luke Voit had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Brett Gardner had two hits and drew a walk and Gardner hit a double, Judge hit two homeruns and Sanchez, Voit and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Matt Duffy committed an error and Montgomery had a pickoff. 

Robinson Cano had a hit, Michael Conforto drew a walk and Amed Rosario had two hits.  Rosario hit a double and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Conforto was picked off and Cano committed an error. 

In the first Judge hit a homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 2-0.  In the sixth Voit hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  Judge hit a two-run homerun pushing the Yankees lead to 5-0 and in the seventh Stanton hit a solo homerun making it 6-0 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will play their final exhibition game on Monday night against the Phillies at Yankee Stadium.  They will then workout for a couple more days before beginning the season on Thursday night in Washington against the Nationals. 

New York Yankees come back to beat their cross town rivals

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the final score was 11-4.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Brett Gardner, Abiatal Avelino, Austin Romine, Kyle Higashioka and Kyle Holder each had two hits. 

German pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two unearned runs.  He walked two and struck out five.  Ben Heller pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run, Dillon Tate pitched two innings giving up two hits and an unearned run and Brady Lail got the win pitching two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts.  Cale Coshow pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Gardner had two hits and drew a walk, Tyler Wade had a hit and Billy McKinney had a hit, four RBI and drew two walks.  Jorge Saez had a hit, Tyler Austin had a hit and Avelino had two hits.  Romine had two hits, Higashioka had two hits and Ronald Torreyes had an RBI.  Holder had two hits and an RBI, Shane Robinson had a hit and Trey Amburgey had a hit, four RBI and drew a walk.  Estevan Florial had a hit, Jeff Hendrix had an RBI and Higashioka hit a double.  McKinney and Amburgey each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Torreyes had a stolen base and Florial and Tate each committed an error. 

In the third Bruce reached on a fielding error and two runs scored giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Torreyes hit an RBI ground out cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Travis d’Arnaud hit a solo homerun to push the Mets lead to 3-1.  In the sixth Juan Lagares hit an RBI ground out to extend the Mets lead to 4-1.  In the eighth Amburgey drew an RBI walk to cut the lead to 4-2, Hendrix reached on a fielding error and the lead was 4-3 and McKinney hit a grand slam giving the Yankees a 7-4 lead.  In the ninth Holder hit an RBI single and Amburgey hit a three-run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 11-4 and that would be the final score. 

The New York Yankees take the Subway Series

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Sunday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 11-2.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and pitched very well and Matt Harvey started for the Mets and pitched great but was on an innings limit of five innings.  The Yankees bullpen was good and the Mets not so good, Jacoby Ellsbury led the Yankees offense with three hits and Michael Cuddyer had two hits for the Mets. 

Sabathia pitched six innings giving up one run on five hits and he walked three and struck out seven.  Sabathia won his fifth game of the season and first since July.  Nick Rumbelow pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Chris Capuano pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Nick Goody pitched a perfect inning. 

Harvey pitched five innings giving up a hit and no runs.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Hansel Robles pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and five runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two and took the loss.  Sean Gilmartin pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Eric O'Flaherty pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Eric Goeddel pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked one.  Carlos Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and a strikeout and Tim Stauffer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Ellsbury had three hits and an RBI, Brett Gardner had a hit and Carlos Beltran had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Brian McCann had a hit and an RBI, Greg Bird had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks and Chase headley had an RBI and drew three walks.  Dustin Ackley had a hit and three RBI, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Alex Rodriguez drew a pinch hit walk.  Beltran hit a double, Ackley and Bird each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 6-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Ellsbury and Rico Noel each had a stolen base. 

Ruben Tejada had a hit, David Wright had a hit and an RBI and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit.  Eric Campbell had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Travis d'Arnaud drew a walk.  Lucas Duda drew a walk, Michael Cuddyer had two hits and Juan Lagares drew a walk.  Tejada, Wright, Cuddyer, Cespdes and Campbell each hit a double.  The Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Harvey, Murphy, Wright and Lagares each committed an error. 

In the first Wright hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Beltran hit a two run double  and Ackley hit a three run homerun to make it 5-1 Yankees.  In the seventh Headley drew an RBI walk to push the lead to 6-1.  In the eighth it became 8-1 on an Ellsbury RBI single and McCann RBI single.  Bird hit a three run homerun to push the lead to 11-1 in the eighth.  In the eighth Murphy  hit an RBI single to make it 11-2 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will head to Toronto to take on the first place Blue Jays in a showdown.  The Yankees are now two out of first in the loss column and the Mets are six games up in the NL East.  The Mets will remain home to take on the Atlanta Braves. 

The New York Yankees lose to the New York Mets in game on of the Subway Series

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-1 Mets.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched well and Steven Matz for the Mets and he started off struggling but finished well.  The Yankees had nine hits but no batter had more than a hit and Daniel Murphy, David Wright and Lucas Duda each had two hits for the Mets. 

Tanaka pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with no walks and four strikeouts and he lost his seventh game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Branden Pinder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and James Pazos pitched to one batter and retired him.  Andrew Bailey pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Matz won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up seven hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts.  Hansel Robles pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Addison Reed pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and Carlos Beltran had a hit.  Chris Young had a hit and an RBI, Greg Bird had a hit and Dustin Ackley had a hit.  Didi Gregorius had a hit, Brendan Ryan had a hit and Alex Rodriguez drew a walk.  Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Ackley hit a double and the Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

Murphy had two hits and an RBI, Wright had two hits and drew a walk and Duda had two hits and an RBI.  Wilmer Flores had a hit, Juan Uribe had a hit and two RBI.  Duda hit a double, Murphy hit a triple and Duda, Murphy and Uribe hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the first Young hit a sac fly to make it 1-0 Yankees.  Duda hit a solo homerun in the second to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Murphy hit a solo homerun and in the seventh Uribe hit a two run homerun to make it 4-1 Mets.  In the eighth a wild pitch made it 5-1 Mets.  The Mets won game one of three and they will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon. 

The New York Yankees take the Subway Series with a 6-4 victory

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Sunday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-4.  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and struggled and Jon Niese for the Mets and he struggled.  The bullpens were pretty good.  Alex Rodriguez had a couple of hits including a homerun for the Yankees.  Daniel Murphy led the Mets offense with a couple of hits and RBI. 

Eovaldi pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with six strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve earned his first win pitching 2/3 of an inning walking one, Chris Martin pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings and Justin Wilson retired the only batter that he faced.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning striking out three and Andrew Miller earned his seventh save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Niese lost his first game of the season pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and six runs with four of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out three.  Erik Goeddel pitched two innings giving up a hit and struck out three and Alex Torres pitched an inning striking out one. 

Brett Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Chris Young had a hit and an RBI and Rodriguez had two hits and two RBI.  Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and John Ryan Murphy had two hits.  Gregorio Petit had a hit and an RBI, Murphy, Petit, Gardner, Rodriguez and Headley each hit a double.  Rodriguez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Drew and Headley each committed an error and Beltran had an outfield assist. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI, Juan Lagares had two hits and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Michael Cuddyer had a hit and an RBI, Murphy had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk including two doubles.  Cuddyer hit a double and Granderson hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Campbell, Cuddyer, Murphy and Flores each hit an error. 

In the first Granderson hit a solo homerun and Murphy hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  Rodriguez hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the first to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the second Petit hit an RBI double, Gardner hit an RBI double, Young hit an RBI single and Rodriguez hit an RBI double.  The Yankees had a 5-2 lead.  In the third Cuddyer hit an RBI double and Murphy hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-4.  In the fifth Rodriguez grounded into a force out and a run scored to make it 6-4.  6-4 would be the final score as the Yankees bullpen nailed down the win. 

The Yankees took the series two out of three.  The Yankees have now won three straight series and are 8-2 in their last ten games.  The Yankees will take on the Tampa Bay Rays in three games beginning Monday night at Yankee Stadium.   

The New York Yankees blow two three run leads and lose to the New York Mets

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-7.  Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched ok, the bullpen was terrible.  Bartolo Colon didn't pitch well for the Mets and their bullpen pitched well.  There was lots of offensive power in this game.  Derek Jeter and Yangervis Solarte each had three hits for the Yankees and Brett Gardner hit a grand slam.  Eric Young Jr. had three hits to lead the Mets offense, Curtis Granderson, Chris Young and Travis d'Arnaud also hit homeruns. 

Kuroda pitched six innings giving up four runs and seven hits.  He walked none and struck out three.  Alfredo Aceves pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Matt Thornton lost his first game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and two runs.  Preston Claiborne pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with no walks and three strikeouts. 

Colon pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up 11 hits and seven runs, six of them were earned.  He walked none and struck out four.  Carlos Torres pitched to one batter and retired him, Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Jenrry Mejia won his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up two hits and striking out two.  Kyle Farnsworth picked up his third save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk. 

Gardner had two hits and four RBI, Jeter had three hits and drew a walk and John Ryan Murphy drew a pinch hit walk.  Mark Teixeira had a pinch hit after sitting due to leg soreness, Brian McCann had a hit and Alfonso Soriano had two hits.  Solarte had three hits and an RBI, Kelly Johnson had a hit and an RBI and Brian Roberts had a hit.  Soriano hit a double, Johnson hit a triple and Gardner hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gardner stole a base and McCann committed an error. 

Eric Young Jr. had three hits and two RBI, Daniel Murphy had two hits and David Wright had a hit and an RBI.  Granderson had two hits and two RBI, Eric Campbell had a pinch hit and Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI.  Young had two hits and two RBI, d'Arnaud had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Ruben Tejada had a hit. Young, Young Jr., Campbell and Tejada each hit a double and d'Arnaud, Granderson, Young Jr. and Young each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Young Jr. and Murphy each had a stolen base and Murphy was caught stealing.  d'Arnaud committed an error. 

The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Wright RBI groundout.  Gardner hit a grand slam in the second to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  The Mets cut the lead to 4-2 in the fifth on a d'Arnaud solo homerun.  In the sixth the Mets tied the game at four on a Granderson two run homerun.  Solarte hit an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead, Johnson hit an RBI triple and with Jeter batting Gardner stole second and an error on the throw allowed a run to score.  The Yankees had a 7-4 lead.  Young Jr. hit a two run homerun in the seventh to cut the lead to 7-6.  Duda hit an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game at seven and Young hit a two run homerun to give the Mets a 9-7 lead.  In the ninth Farnsworth was shaky but was able to close it out with some help from his defense. 

The Mets have now won two straight with very good comebacks.  The Yankees have lost three in a row and are only a game above 500.  The Yankees right now have some serious pitching problems with 3/5 of their starting rotation on the DL and the bullpen springing some leaks and having some nagging injuries in it.  The two teams will play game two of their four game series on Tuesday night.  The scene will then shift to Citi Field for Wednesday and Thursday night games.   

New York Yankees drop Subway Series Opener to the New York Mets 2-1

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets by the score of 2-1 on Monday night. It was game one of the 2013 Subway Series at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. This year they are playing four games in a row with two in each stadium. It is a change from the past when they have been playing six games with three in each stadium. Phil Hughes and Jon Niese were the starters and they both pitched well. David Robertson was not good in relief for the Yankees and the offense was bad on both sides. The Yankees left the bases loaded and second and third and the Mets offense came from David Wright and Daniel Murphy. 
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with six strikeouts. Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Boone Logan struck out the only batter that he faced.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Jayson Nix had two hits and an RBI and Robinson Cano had a hit. Vernon Wells had a hit, David Adams had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk. Lyle Overbay had a hit and drew a walk, Chris Stewart had a hit and Gardner hit a triple. The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Stewart had a passed ball.

Niese pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts. Brandon Lyon picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and Bobby Parnell picked up his eighth save of the season pitching an inning giving up a walk and striking out two.

Murphy had a hit and an RBI, Wright had two hits and an RBI and Mike Baxter had a hit. Niese had two hits, Jordany Valdespin drew a walk and Baxter hit a double, Wright hit a triple and a homerun. The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

In the sixth Nix hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the seventh Wright tied the game at one with a solo homerun and in the eighth Murphy hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 2-1 lead which would be the final score.

The Yankees have now lost two games in a row and their record fell to 30-20. The Mets record improved to 19-29. The two teams will play their second game of two at Citi Field on Tuesday night and then play two more games at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday.

The New York Yankees lose third in a row and first of Subway Series

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Friday night by the score of 6-4. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,NY. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and had a bad first inning, he settled down after that. Jon Niese pitched well and the bullpen was a little shaky for the Mets. The Yankees offense produced three homeruns and the Mets offense did all of it’s damage early. Ike Davis had the big hit of the game for the Mets. 
Pettitte pitched six innings giving up five runs on seven hits. He walked two and struck out six. Pettitte is now 3-3 on the season. Cory Wade pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Clay Rapada pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Cody Eppley pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter. Niese pitched 6 1/3 innings earning his fifth win of the season. He gave up eight hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Bobby Parnell pitched to two batters and retired them both, one on a strikeout and Miguel Batista pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout. Frank Francisco earned his 18^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a walk. He struck out a batter.

Derek Jeter had a hit, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Mark Teixeira had two hits. Alex Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and two RBI and Nick Swisher had a hit. Andruw Jones had a hit, RBI and drew a walk, Pettitte had a hit and Jayson Nix had a hit. Raul Ibanez drew a walk. Rodriguez, Jones and Cano each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Jones had an outfield assist.

Andres Torres drew a walk, Ronny Cedeno had a hit and Omar Quintanilla had a hit. David Wright had two hits and an RBI, Scott Hairston drew a walk and Lucas Duda had a hit. Justin Turner had two hits and two RBI, Davis had a hit and three RBI. Mike Nickeas had a hit, Daniel Murphy drew a walk and Niese had a hit. Wright and Turner each had a double. Davis hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position. They left six men on base.

In the first inning the Mets took a 5-0 lead. Turner hit a two run single and Davis hit a three run homerun. In the sixth Rodriguez hit a homerun to make it a 5-1 game. In the seventh inning Jones hit a solo homerun making it a 5-2 game. The Mets got a run back in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Wright. Cano hit a two run homerun in the eighth making it 6-4 and those would be the final runs of the game.

The Yankees lost their third straight game and the Mets won their fourth straight game. The Yankees record fell to 41-28 and the Mets record improved to 39-32. The Yankees won the first three games of this years Subway Series at Yankee Stadium and this was game one of three at Citi Field. The two teams will play game two of the series on Saturday night.

The Yankees take game two of the Subway Series 4-2 over the Mets

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Saturday night by the score of 4-2. The Yankees have now won the first two games of the series and will go for the sweep on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and was good and their bullpen held the lead. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and was good, Bobby Parnell wasn’t so good. Mark Teixeira led the Yankees offense and Omar Quintanilla led the Mets offense. 
Hughes pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts. He gave up a couple of solo homeruns, he has given up at least one homerun in every game he has pitched this year. Hughes improved his record to 6-5. Boone Logan faced one batter and retired him, Cory Wade pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Clay Rapada pitched 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters that he faced. Rafael Soriano pitched one inning giving up a hit and a walk. Soriano earned his ninth save of the season and is now 9-9 on the season. Gee took the loss and is now 4-4 on the season, he pitched seven innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts. Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.

Derek Jeter had a hit and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit, RBI and drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI. Robinson Cano had a hit, Teixeira had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Raul Ibanez had a hit, Teixeira and Granderson each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit and drew a walk, Scott Hairston had a hit and David Wright had a hit and an RBI. Lucas Duda had a hit, Ike Davis had a hit and drew two walks and Josh Thole had a hit. Quintanilla had two hits and an RBI including his first major league homerun. Nieuwenhuis had a double, Quintanilla and Wright each hit a homerun. The Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. Hairston had a stolen base and Nieuwenhuis was caught stealing.

In the bottom of the first Rodriguez had an RBI single to make it 1-0 Yankees. In the third the Mets tied the score at one on a Quintanilla solo homerun. Wright hit a solo homerun in the sixth to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. Teixeira hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning. Granderson hit a solo homerun in the eighth which would be the last run of the game.

The Yankees will go for the three game sweep on Sunday afternoon and the Mets will try and avoid that. The Yankees record improved to 33-25 and the Mets record dropped to 32-28.

The Yankees batter around Santana in Subway Series victory

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets by the score of 9-1 on Friday night. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and was brilliant. Johan Santana started for the Mets, his first start since the no hitter last week. Santana got hit around hard on Friday night. The Yankees hit four homeruns in the game including back-to-back-to-back. Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones led the Yankees offense. The Mets offense only managed two hits and their only run came in the ninth during garbage time. 
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up no runs on one hit. He left the game after getting hit on the foot by a line drive. He walked one and struck out seven. Kuroda improved his record to 5-6 on the season. Cody Eppley pitched a perfect inning and Ryota Igarashi pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts. Santana took the loss his third of the season. He pitched five innings giving up seven hits and six runs. Santana walked one and struck out five. Elvin Ramirez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with four walks, Miguel Batista faced one batter and retired him and Jon Rauch pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Jayson Nix had a hit, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Mark Teixeira had a hit. Alex Rodriguez had a hit, RBI and drew a walk, Cano had two hits and four RBI and Swisher had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Jones had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Raul Ibanez had a hit and Russell Martin had a hit and drew a walk. Martin, Teixeira and Swisher each had a double. Cano hit two homeruns, Swisher and Jones also had a homerun. The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Jeter committed an error.

Josh Thole drew a walk, Lucas Duda had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Omar Quintanilla had a hit and drew a walk. Quintanilla and Duda each had a double. The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base.

Cano hit a two run homerun in the second inning to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Cano hit a two run homerun followed by a Swisher solo homerun which was followed by a Jones solo homerun. It was 6-0 Yankees in the fourth inning. The Yankees also accomplished that same feat last year in Baltimore with the same exact players in the same order also. In the seventh Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly, Swisher hit an RBI double and Jones hit an RBI single to make it 9-0 Yankees. The Mets scored their only run in the ninth inning. Duda hit an RBI double.

The Yankees have now won 11 of their last 15 games. They are now 32-25 on the season, the Mets record dropped to 32-27. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday night and then complete the series on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees are tied for first in the loss column with the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays but the Rays are ½ a game ahead.

Yankees take Game One of the Subway Series at Citi

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets by the score of 5-1 on Friday night. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and battled for five innings. He was in trouble pretty much all night but he only gave up a run. The Yankees bullpen did a really nice job. The Yankees offense jumped out early and that was all they would need. Jon Niese wasn’t horrible but he got hit hard early and couldn’t recover from them. The Mets offense was shut down tonight, they had been rolling on their recent road trip.
Nova pitched five innings giving up one run on seven hits. He walked two and struck out three. Nova improved his record to 8-4 with a 4.12 ERA. It was said that he could pitch his way out of the rotation with this game because of Hughes coming back soon. The Yankees have a decision to make now but are still not sure what they will do, they could go to a six man rotation. Luis Ayala walked one and struck out one in 2/3 of an inning, Cory Wade gave up a hit and a walk in one inning and Boone Logan struck out the only batter he faced. Dave Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Hector Noesi gave up a hit in 1/3 of an inning. Noesi has pitched well out of the bullpen but he will head back to AAA Scranton on Saturday when Bartolo Colon is activated. Mariano Rivera gave up a hit in 2/3 of an inning.

Niese pitched six innings for the Mets and gave up three runs on nine hits. He walked two and struck out seven. He had a rough first inning and then settled down. Pedro Beato pitched one inning giving up an unearned run. He walked one and struck out two, Tim Byrdak got out the only batter that he faced and Bobby Parnell pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. D.J. Carrasco pitched one inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks. Niese saw his record drop to 7-7 on the season.

Nick Swisher had a hit for the Yankees, Curtis Granderson had a hit and a walk and Mark Teixeira had a hit, two RBI and two walks. Alex Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI, Robinson Cano had two hits an RBI and a walk and Russell Martin had a walk. Eduardo Nunez had four hits and an RBI, it was his first four hit game of his career. Nunez has done a good job defensively and gotten better defensively but he needs to tighten up his defense. Derek Jeter is expected back on Monday and Nunez will go back to the bench. Teixeira, Cano, Rodriguez and Nunez all had a double. The Yankees were 4-19 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base.

Jose Reyes had two hits, Justin Turner had three and Carlos Beltran had a hit and two walks. Daniel Murphy had a walk, Jason Bay had a hit and a walk and Ronny Paulino had a hit. Ruben Tejada had a hit and an RBI and Josh Thole had a hit. The Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.

In the first inning the Yankees jumped on the Mets for a 3-0 lead. Teixeira had a two run double and Cano had an RBI double. In the second inning Tejada had an RBI single for the Mets to make it 3-1. Nunez had an RBI single in the eighth to make it 4-1 and in the ninth Rodriguez had an RBI double to complete the scoring at 5-1. Rodriguez hit a shot that would have been out of just about any other ballpark. Citi Field is huge and that is why Mets players have had problems with it.

The Yankees won the first of three in this series. The two teams will play on Saturday afternoon at 4:00PM. It will be Bartolo Colon and Dillon Gee in the pitching matchup. The Mets dropped back to 500 and the Yankees are a season best 18 games over 500. The Yankees are 12-4 in interleague play which is the best mark in the majors. The Yankees remain 2 ½ games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. Boston won in Houston on Friday night.

Subway Series Round 2

The Yankees will try and take advantage of the bruised and battered Mets and also missing Johan Santana. Here are the pregame notes via Peter Abraham with lineups to come. The Yankees are 7-8 against the NL this year, there only losing season was the first one of interleague play. Mariano Rivera needs one more save for 500 in his career. Only Trevor Hoffman has more with 571 although he is a compiler in my mind. Mo in his last 6 outings has pitched 6 innings giving up 1 hit, 1 run, 1 walk and 9 strikeouts. Johnny Damon is 6 of his last 9 with 5 rbi's. A-rod is 5 of his last 15 with 5 rbi's. Brett Gardner is 19 of 56 over his last 26 games with a 422 obp. He has only struck out 3 times in his last 39 at bats and 7 in his last 56. The Yankees offense has gone 26 of 79 in the last 2 games with 19 runs scored, 13 walks and 7 extra base hits. Cody Ransom has hit in 7 straight even though that started in April. Robinson Cano is 2 for his last 15, he does have a sore left wrist but should play tonight. CC Sabathia faced the Mets once in his career on June 16, 2004 at Shea Stadium. He allowed one run on 6 hits over 8 innings for Cleveland. Gary Sheffield is 5 of 18 with a homerun against him and Luis Castillo is 4 of 16. Pelfrey is 1-1 with a 7.08 era in 4 June starts having allowed 16 earned runs on 28 hits and 8 walks over 20 1/3 innings. He has faced the Yankees once in his career beating them June 27 of last year. He did allow 4 runs on 8 hits and 4 walks over 5 innings. Alfredo Aceves since arriving from Mexico is 6-1 with a 2.27 era in 24 games. He has allowed 52 hits in 63 1/3 innings. He has 17 walks and 44 strikeouts. He is the opposite of the terrible signing of Kei Igawa, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose I guess. Yankees Lineup: Gardner(CF) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Cano(2B) Cabrera(RF) Cervelli(C) Pena(SS) Sabathia(P) Derek Jeter was scratched due to illness which has been running through the team, Melky and Hideki Matsui have had it the past few days. Xavier Nady needs another Tommy John and is done for the year, maybe next year also. This is just sad news for him and the Yankees, he is a good guy and his teammates love him and he is better then Swisher but the Yankees will have to make due with Swish, Gardner and Cabrera and just maybe now they will call up Shelly Duncan eventually.

Pitching Matchups for Subway Series Part II

Tonight- CC Sabathia vs Mike Pelfrey Tomorrow- A.J. Burnett vs Tim Redding Sunday- Chien-Ming Wang vs Livan Hernandez The games are all night games with Sunday night being a ESPN game, tonight is a MY9 game and tomorrow a YES game. The Yankees clearly have the advantage in the pitching matchups and should win 2 out of 3 if not sweep them. The Yankees bats have seem to awoken the last game and a half in Atlanta and if this is the case the Mets could be in for a long weekend as none of the pitchers going are too good. The Yankees catch a break by missing Santana although they did crush him in the first game they saw him this year. I wouldn't of expected that again though if he faced them. Mike Pelfrey has really been struggling lately and Tim Redding just picked up his first win the other day. Livan Hernandez has pitched well this year but he doesn't have great stuff and puts a lot of runners on base.

Yanks take series

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves by the score of 11-7 tonight taking 2 out of 3 in Atlanta. Andy Pettitte just didn't have it but the good news is the offense appears to be back. Alex Rodriguez had 3 hits and 4 rbi's and a walk. Derek Jeter had 4 hits and Johnny Damon had 3 hits and 4 rbi's. Brett Gardner and Cody Ransom had 2 hits each and Nick Swisher and Jorge Posada had a hit each. Alfredo Aceves did get the win out of the pen and is now tied for most wins out of the bullpen with 5. It is pretty late and it was a long night so I don't have much else to say. It is great to see Alex back and it sure looks like the offense is back and lets hope they carry it back to NY for the Subway Series at Citi Field. I will have more tomorrow with the Subway series, everyone rest up before a wild weekend. The Red Sox lost tonight so the Yankees are 4 out of first place.

Yanks take Subway Series

The Yankees wrapped up the Yankee Stadium portion of the Subway Series with a nice tidy 15-0 blowout. A.J. Burnett got the start and really needed this one going 7 shutout innings with 4 hits, 4 walks and 8 strikeouts. There really is no point in going all through this game but there are a few things to talk about and also some facts and figures. I want to talk about Francisco Cervelli, what a great job he has been doing. He calls a great game and is excellent defensively but he also had 3 hits and has been a pleasant suprise offensively. I odn't want to start anything yet but there seems to be a big difference when Posada or Cervelli catches. A.J. Burnett may have pitched his best game of the year with Cervelli, we know CC has been pitching well with Cervelli. If anything Cervelli has made sure he isn't going anywhere and will be the backup next year and I have a feeling we will see more of Jorge Posada as the DH. This was the largest shutout for the Yankees since Sept 25, 1977 against Toronto. The Yankees have won 14 of their last 19 at home. This was A.J. Burnetts longest scoreless outing since last June 28th, hopefully this will turn it around last year, he did have a huge second half last year. Hideki Matsui has hit 10 of his 16 homeruns against lefties. This was the largest margin ever in a Subway series game. Johan Santana allowed more runs then he ever has before go figure since they couldn't hit Nieve yesterday who is a no name. I am sure you all saw the before game incident with K-rod and Bruney. It appears to be over as Bruney said it is over and there is nothing else to say and K-rod wouldn't comment. K-rod approached him and was really going at him before Pelfrey and Jose Veras came in to push him away. Now we know why Veras is on the team. I really thought this whole thing was dumb and am glad it is over, Bruney just needs to come back stay healthy and help solidify the bullpen.

Subway Series Part I

The New York Yankees will take on the Mets in the first installment of the Subway Series for this year from Yankee Stadium. Here are the pregame notes from Peter Abraham and the lineups. The Yankees were 2-4 against the Mets last year. They are 20-13 overall against the Mets. The Yankees are 124-89 in interleague games, the best mark in baseball. Hideki Matsui turns 35 today and last year on his birthday he hit a grand slam. He was the first Yankee to hit a grand slam on his birthday. The Yankees have lost 5 of their last 8. The Mets have lost 6 of 9. Derek Jeter has 11 hits in the first inning of 19 games. The Yankees with runners in scoring position against Boston were 3 of 28 and are 7 of their last 62 a awesome 113 average. This is what I hate about Kevin Long, the offense is inconsistant and there are not injury excuses now, he should be fired in my mind. Today is the 14th anniversary of A-rod hitting his first career homerun. His 561 homeruns through today are the most for any player within 14 years of hitting his first homerun. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Swisher(RF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Cano(2B) Posada(C) Matsui(DH) Cabrera(LF) Gardner(CF) Damon is out with a problem with his eyes and is being examined sometime today, he is day to day right now. Brian Bruney may be activated tomorrow instead of going out on a rehab assignment, I wonder if that has anything to do with yesterdays 8th inning debacle?

Pitching matchups for Red Sox series

Tomorrow- A.J. Burnett vs Josh Beckett Wednesday- Chien-Ming Wang vs Tim Wakefield Thursday- CC Sabathia vs Brad Penny Tomorrow is a battle of ex teammates and a game earlier in the year where the Yanks were winning 6-0 and A.J. gave it up and the Yankees got blown out. Wednesday Wang would like to get back on track and Wakefield is hit or miss, he is either very good or can get hit. Thursday the Yankees seem to have the advantage. It would be nice for the Yankees to take 2 out of 3 and leave Boston with a 2 game lead in the division and then head hom for the Subway series.