The New York Yankees lose on a walk-off homerun to the Chicago White Sox

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 6-5.  Hiroki Kuroda started and wasn't as bad as the numbers look.  The defense was sloppy and Derek Jeter had a couple of hits. 

Kuroda pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with only two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out three.  Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two, Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out three and David Robertson suffered his first blown save and first loss of the season.  He pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Hector Noesi pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with five walks and three strikeouts.  Scott Downs didn't record an out and gave up two hits and two runs, Jake Petricka pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and walking two and Daniel Webb pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one and he won his fourth game of the season. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Jeter had two hits and drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had an RBI.  Mark Teixeira drew three walks, Brian McCann had a hit and three RBI and Yangervis Solarte had a hit and drew a walk.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew two walks, Brian Roberts had a hit and Kelly Johnson drew a walk.  Alfonso Soriano had a hit, McCann hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Johnson and Roberts each committed an error.  McCann had a passed ball. 

Adam Eaton had three hits, Gordon Beckham had a hit and drew a walk and Conor  Gillaspie had a hit.  Dayan Viciedo had a hit and drew a walk, Adam Dunn had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Alexei Ramirez had three hits and two RBI.  Paul Konerko had a hit, Tyler Flowers had two hits and Ramirez and Dunn each hit a homerun.  The White Sox were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Eaton and Garcia each stole a base. 

In the first McCann hits a three run homerun to give the Yankees a quick 3-0 lead.  In the first an error leads causes a White Sox run to trim the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Eaton had an RBI single to cut the Yankees lead to 3-2.  Ramirez hit a two run homerun in the fifth to give the White Sox a 4-3 lead.  In the seventh a wild pitch scored Roberts and tied the game at four.  Ellsbury hit a sacrifice fly giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead.  In the ninth a Dunn two run homerun gave the White Sox the 6-5 win.  The White Sox have now taken the first two games of the four game set.  The two teams will play game three on Saturday afternoon. 

The New York Mets blow a lead and lose to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday afternoon.  It was

Opening Day of the 2014 baseball season.  The Mets lost to the Nationals by the final score of 9-7 at

Citi Field in Flushing, New York.  Dillon Gee pitched well, the bullpen was terrible.  Juan Lagares had

a couple of hits and David Wright had three hits to lead the offense. 

Gee pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Carlos Torres walked the only batter he faced, Scott Rice walked the only batter he faced and Jose Valverde pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out three.  Bobby Parnell pitched an inning blowing his first save.  He gave up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Familia took his first loss of the season.  John Lannan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk. 

Stephen Strasburg started for the Nationals and pitched six innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and ten strikeouts.  Drew Storen pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Tyler Clippard pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Aaron Barrett picked up his first win of the season.  He pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts. 

Eric Young Jr. had an RBI, Lagares had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Wright had three hits and two RBI.  Andrew Brown had a hit and three RBI, Ike Davis drew a walk and Travis d'Arnaud drew a walk.  Ruben Tejada had a hit, Brown, Lagares and Wright each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  d'Arnaud had a passed ball. 

Denard Span had two RBI for the Nationals.  Adam Laroche had two RBI and drew two walks, Anthony Rendon had two hits and four RBI.  LaRoche and Rendon each hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the bottom of the first Brown hit a three run homerun giving the Mets a 3-0 lead.  LaRoche hit a two run homerun in the second to cut the Mets lead to 3-2.  Young Jr. hit a sac fly in the second to make it a 4-2 game.  In the seventh Rendon hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 4-3.  Span walked to tie the game at four.  In the eighth Lagares hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 5-4 lead.  In the ninth Span hit an RBI double to tie the game at five.  In the tenth inning Ian Desmond hit a sacrifice fly and Rendon hit a three run homerun to give the Nationals a 9-5 lead.  The Mets would try to come back in the bottom of the tenth.  Wright hit a two run homerun to cut the lead to 9-7 but that would be the final score of the game. 

The Mets are 0-1 on the season and the Nationals 1-0.  The two teams will play game two of the their three game series on Wednesday night.