New York Yankees lose to the Toronto Blue Jays and lose series

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 6-4.  Chad Green served as the opener and pitched well and was followed by Jordan Montgomery who wasn’t great.  Montgomery was making his first appearance since May 1, 2018 after Tommy John surgery.  The Yankees offense only had six hits and no player had more than a hit. 

Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Montgomery pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with two strikeouts, Dellin Betances made his first appearance of the season pitching to two batters and striking them both out.  Nestor Cortes Jr. lost his first game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and three strikeouts, Ben Heller pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out three and Tyler Lyons pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Wilmer Font pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, T.J. Zeuch pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out five, Derek Law pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a strikeout, Sam Gaviglio pitched an inning giving up a walk and struck out two and Ken Giles pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI.  Brett Gardner had a hit and drew two walks,Mike Ford drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit.  Tyler Wade had a hit, LeMahieu and Romine each hit a double.  Judge hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base.  

Bo Bichette had two hits, Cavan Biggio drew a walk and Randall Grichuk had two hits and four RBI.  Teoscar Hernandez drew a walk, Reese McGuire had a hit and Brandon Drury had a hit.  Billy McKinney had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Richard Urena had a hit and an RBI.  Bichette, Drury and Urena each hit a double.  Grichuk hit two homeruns.  The Blue Jays were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Urena committed an error. 

In the first Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second McKinney hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Urena hit an RBI double to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead.  In the third LeMahieu hit an RBI double and Gregorius hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the bottom of the third Grichuk hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the fifth Grichuk hit a three-run homerun to give the Blue Jays a 6-3 lead.  In the seventh LeMahieu reached on a throwing error and a run scored to cut the lead to 6-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three in the series but finished a long road trip at 6-4.  They will be off on Monday and will begin a three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees defeat the Texas Rangers to win another home series

 The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-1.  Chad Green served as the opener and pitched well, the bullpen also pitched well behind him.  Austin Romine had two hits to lead the offense and Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres each hit a homerun. 

Green pitched two scoreless innings giving up two hits and a walk.  He struck out four batters.  Luis Cessa picked up his second win of the season pitching three innings and giving up two hits and no runs with three strikeouts, Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts. 

Lance Lynn lost his 10^th game of the season pitching five innings and giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Taylor Guerrieri pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks, Ian Gibaut pitched 1 2/3 innings with a strikeout and Luke Farrell pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks and Judge had a hit and two RBI and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Mike Ford drew a walk and Torres had a hit and an RBI and Mike Tauchman had a hit and drew a walk.  Romine had two hits and an RBI and Tyler Wade drew a walk.  Romine hit a double and Judge and Torres each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Judge had an outfield assist. 

Shin-Soo Choo had a hit, Elvis Andrus drew a walk and Willie Calhoun drew a walk.  Nick Solak had two hits, Rougned Odor had two hits and an RBI and Ronald Guzman had two hits.  Odor hit a homerun and the Rangers were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the third Judge hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Torres hit a solo homerun to push their lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Romine hit an RBI double to increase the lead to 4-0.  In the ninth Odor hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1 and that was the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series.  They have now gone 18-0-3 in their last 21 series at home.  They will have an off day on Thursday and head to Boston on Friday night to begin a four-game series. 

The New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles to sweep doubleheader

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 11-8.  It was game 2 of a doubleheader and Chad Green served as the opener for the Yankees.  He pitched well, the bullpen had their struggles.  DJ LeMahieu, Gio Urshela and Gleyber Torres each had three hits to lead the Yankees offense. 

Green pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and no walks with a strikeout.  Joe Mantiply earned his first win of the season pitching three innings and giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Brady Lail pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Nestor Cortes Jr. pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and Adam Ottavino pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and earned his second save of the season. 

Ty Blach pitched four innings giving up seven hits and seven runs with six of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out four and lost his first game of the season.  Evan Phillips pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Tom Eshelman pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

LeMahieu had three hits and drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew two walks and Urshela had three hits.  Torres had three hits, six RBI and drew a walk, Brett Gardner had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Mike Ford had a hit and an RBI, Breyvic Valera had a hit and drew a walk and Gardner hit a triple.  Ford hit a homerun and Torres hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Jonathan Villar had a hit, Trey Mancini had a hit and two RBI and Jace Peterson had a hit and drew a walk.  Chance Sisco had a hit and drew a walk, Hanser Alberto had three hits and three RBI.  Stevie Wilkerson had a hit, Rio Ruiz had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Alberto hit a triple and Mancini and Alberto each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Sisco committed an error. 

In the first Gardner hit a three-run triple to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the second a wild pitch pushed the lead to 4-0.  In the third Ruiz hit an RBI ground out and Mancini hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the fourth Ford hit a solo homerun and the lead was extended to 5-3.  In the fifth Torres hit a three-run homerun and it was 8-3 Yankees.  In the sixth Torres hit another three-run homerun to push the lead to 11-3.  In the seventh Alberto hit a three-run homerun and in the ninth Ruiz hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 11-8 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees swept their sixth double header of the year and will play game three of the four game series on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees hold off the Houston Astros

The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-6.  Chad Green started as the opener and pitched well, the bullpen didn’t pitch very well.  Giancarlo Stanton had three hits and Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Nestor Cortes Jr. won his second game of the season pitching three innings and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, David Hale pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman saved his 20^th game of the season.  Chapman pitched to one batter and got him out.   

Framber Valdez pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits and five runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Valdez lost his third game of the season.  Chris Devenski pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run, Josh James pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Hector Rondon pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts.  Rogelio Armenteros pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with a  walk and three strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Luke Voit had a hit and Sanchez had two hits and an RBI.  Stanton had three hits, Edwin Encarnacion had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks and Torres had two hits and three RBI.  Cameron Maybin had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Stanton and Maybin each hit a double.  Sanchez, Torres and LeMahieu each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Maybin had a stolen base. 

Alex Bregman had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Michael Brantley had a hit and Jose Altuve had a hit.  Yordan Alvarez had two hits and two RBI, Yuli Gurriel had a hit and Josh Reddick had two hits and an RBI.  Robinson Chirinos had a hit, Jake Marisnick had three hits and two RBI and Alvarez hit a double.  Marisnick hit two homeruns and Bregman and Alvarez each hit a homerun.  The Astros were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the fourth Sanchez hit a solo homerun and Torres hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  LeMahieu hit a two-run homerun and it was 6-0 Yankees.  In the fifth Marisnick hit a solo homerun and Bregman hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-2.  In the fifth Maybin hit a two-run double and the lead was 8-2 Yankees.  In the sixth Alvarez hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 8-3.  In the seventh Encarnacion hit a two-run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 10-3.  In the eighth Reddick hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 10-4 and in the ninth Marisnick hit a solo homerun and Alvarez hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 10-6 which was the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night. 

Mets vs Reds

Here is the Mets lineup for todays game against the Reds which begins at 12:30. Reyes(ss) Murphy(lf) Wright(3b) Delgado(1b) Beltran(cf) Church(rf) Castro(c) Cora(2b) Perez(p) The Mets are off to a good start going 2-0, Santana was good in the opener and yesterday the Mets scored some runs with help from bad defense by the Reds. The Mets pen was shaky yesterday but held on. Pelfrey did not have a good start, he did finish with 4 scoreless innings but threw way too many pitches. The Mets question this year is how much will they get out of 2,3 and 4 of the rotation?

The Mets are 2-0 Also

I forgot to touch on this yesterday but the Mets won their opener yesterday and also came back today and won in their grapefruit league opener. Luis Castillo has been the leadoff hitter and looks very good so far, having 5 rbi yesterday and a single, stolen base and 2 walks today. Jose Reyes batting third had 2 hrs, maybe Manuel is right batting him third. The only thing I would worry about is he trys to hit homeruns, his game is his speed and you don't want to take that away from him. Carlos Beltran also homered today, one thing noticed yesterday is all the hits to the opposite field the Mets had which the coaching staff has been working on with them and Jerry Manuel said its good for that to happen early as the players are likely to say wow I guess the coaching staff does know what it's talking about.

Yankees Win Theeeee Yankees Win

The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 in their grapefruit league opener today. Dave Robertson loaded the bases in the ninth but escaped. Arod had a 2 run HR and 2 walks. The only pitcher to give up a run was Jose Veras who had a rough day with 2 walks, a hit and giving up a run. Arod said the crowd didn't bother him and that he hopes they bring the same people to fenway. I will be back later with some more notes from the game.