The New York Yankees rally back to eventually lose in Toronto

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 7-6.  David Phelps started and didn't pitch that well.  The Yankees offense showed up though and rallied from six down. 

Phelps pitched  five innings giving up eight hits and six runs.  He walked one and struck out seven, Matt Thornton pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Dellin Betances pitched two innings giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts.  Adam Warren suffered his fourth loss of the season.  He gave up a hit and an unearned run without recording an out. 

Mark Buehrle pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with three strikeouts.  Dustin McGowan gave up two hits and two unearned runs without recording an out and gave up a walk, Aaron Loup pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings and Kenley Janssen won his second game pitching an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.  Janssen won his second game of the season. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Derek Jeter had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI.  Alfonso Soriano had a hit, Brian McCann had two hits and Brian Roberts had two hits and two RBI.  Yangervis Solarte had a hit, Roberts, McCann, Gardner each hit a double and Jeter and Roberts each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Solarte committed an error. 

Jose Reyes had two hits, Adam Lind had a hit and drew a walk and Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and drew a walk.  Colby Rasmus had a hit and two RBI, Dioner Navarro had three hits and three RBI and Tolleson drew a walk.  Kawasaki had a hit, Reyes hit a double and Navarro hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Reyes committed two errors and Cabrera had an error. 

In the fourth Navarro hit a three run homerun to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead.  In the fifth Rasmus  hit a three run single to give the Jays a 6-0 lead.  Jeter hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-1 game in the sixth.  Roberts hit a two run homerun in the seventh, Ellsbury hit an RBI single and Teixeira reached on an error by Reyes and two runs scored to tie the game at six.  In the ninth Cabrera had a sac bunt and Solarte committed a throwing error to allow the running win to score.  The final was 7-6 Blue Jays.  The two teams will play game three of their three game set on Wednesday night and the Yankees will try and avoid the sweep. 

The New York Yankees are roughed up in Toronto

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 8-3.  Chase Whitley made the start and did not pitch well.  The bullpen was good and the offense didn't do much until the ninth inning. 

Whitley pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up 11 hits and eight runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Whitley lost his first game of the season.  David Huff pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with three strikeouts and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out the side. 

Marcus Stroman pitched eight innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Stroman earned his fourth win of the season.  Chad Jenkins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Aaron Loup threw one pitch and retired the only batter that he faced. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Francisco Cervelli drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit.  Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Yangervis Solarte had a hit and an RBI and Kelly Johnson had a hit and an RBI.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and Brendan Ryan had a hit.  Kelly Johnson hit a double and Mark Teixeira hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.   

Jose Reyes had an RBI and drew a walk, Melky Cabrera had two hits and an RBI and Adam Lind had two hits, four RBI and drew a walk.  Edwin Encarnacion had three hits and drew a walk, Colby Rasmus drew a walk and Dioner Navarro had two hits and two RBI.  Juan Francisco had a hit, Munenori Kawasaki had a hit and Anthony Gose had two hits and drew a walk.  Cabrera and Navarro each hit a double, Lind hit a  homerun and the Blue Jays were 6-16 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gose had a stolen base. 

The Blue Jays took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Lind RBI single.  In the second they scored six runs to take a 7-0 lead and never look back. Reyes grounded into a force out to score a run, Cabrera hit an RBI single and Lind hit a three run homerun.  Navarro hit an RBI double and in the fourth Teixeira hit a solo homerun to make it 7-1 Blue Jays.  The Jays would score their final run of the game in the fourth on a Navarro RBI single.  In the ninth Solarte hit an RBI single and Johnson an RBI double to make it 8-3 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees are now a game behind the Blue Jays in the loss column and 2 1/2 overall in the AL East.  They will play game two out of three on Tuesday night. 

The New York Mets take the series from the Miami Marlins

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida and the final score was  11-5.  Jon Niese started and pitched pretty well, Curtis Granderson and Lucas Duda each had three hits. 

Niese pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Niese won his fourth game of the season.  Carlos Torres pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts and Gonzalez Germen pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Anthony DeSclafani lost his second game of the season pitching 3 2/3 innings and giving up seven hits and seven runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Jacob Turner pitched three innings giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Bryan Morris pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and striking out two and A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect inning. 

Granderson had three hits and a walk, Daniel Murphy had two hits and three RBI and David Wright had two hits and an RBI.  Duda had three hits and drew a walk, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had two hits and an RBI and Ruben Tejada had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Anthony Recker had two hits and two RBI, Niese had an RBI and Eric Young Jr. had a hit and two RBI.  Nieuwenhuis hit two doubles, Wright, Recker and Granderson each hit a double.  Murphy hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Reed Johnson had a hit and an RBI, Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and an RBI and Casey McGehee drew a walk.  Marcell Ozuna had two hits and an RBI, Jeff Baker drew a walk and Garrett Jones drew a walk.  Derek Dietrich had a hit, Jeff Mathis had a hit and Justin Bour had a hit and two RBI.  Mathis, Johnson, Dietrich and Bour each hit a double.  The Marlins were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the second Recker hit a sacrifice fly and Niese had a sac bunt which scored a run and gave the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the third Wright had a sacrifice fly and Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI double to extend the Mets lead to 4-0.  Murphy hit a three run homerun in the fourth to give the Mets a 7-0 lead.  The Marlins got on the board in the sixth inning.  Johnson hit an RBI double, Stanton hit an RBI single and Ozuna hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-3.  In the seventh Tejada hit an RBI single, Recker hit an RBI double and Young Jr. hit a two run single to make it a 11-3 game.  Bour hit a two run double in the ninth to cut the lead to 11-5 and that would be the final score in the Mets favor. 

The Mets took three out of four games in the series and will have a day off on Monday. 

The New York Yankees four game win streak comes to an end

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-1.  Vidal Nuno started and didn't pitch well again.  Jose Ramirez pitched well in relief and Brian Roberts had a couple of hits. 

Nuno pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with four earned.  He walked two and struck out four and lost his fourth game of the season.  Ramirez pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts. 

Bud Norris pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts and earned his seventh win of the season.  Webb pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Brian Matusz pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and struck out one and Tommy Hunter pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Carlos Beltran drew a walk and Roberts had two hits.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Francisco Cervelli had a hit and Roberts hit a double.  Teixeira hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gardner was caught stealing and Johnson committed an error. 

Steve Pearce had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Adam Jones had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Nelson Cruz had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Davis had a hit, J.J. Hardy had two hits and an RBI and Jonathan Schoop had a hit.  Davis hit a double, Jones, Cruz, Pearce and Hardy each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Jones hit a solo homerun giving the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Cruz hit a two run homerun to make it 3-0 Orioles.  In the fourth Teixeira hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1.  Pearce hit a two run homerun to push the lead to 5-1 Orioles and they scored another run in the eighth on a Hardy solo homerun.  The final score was 6-1 Orioles and the rubber game of the three game series will be on Sunday afternoon.  The Yankees will try and win the series and make it a 5-1 homestand before they head to Toronto on Monday night to start a three game series.  It is also Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium and Goose Gossage gets a plaque in Monument Park.   

The New York Yankees win fourth in a row with walk-off win over Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched well, the offense struggled early with runners in scoring position.  Carlos Beltran was the hero with the walk off three run homerun. 

Kuroda pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Matt Thornton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Dellin Betances retired the only batter that he faced.  David Huff earned his second win of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and an unearned run with two strikeouts. 

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and a run with six walks and three strikeouts.  T.J. McFarland pitched two perfect innings, Darren O'Day pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Zach Britton pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout.  He blew the save his second of the season and lost his first game of the season.   

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Derek Jeter drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI and Beltran had two hits and three RBI.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and Brian Roberts had two hits.  Yangervis Solarte drew two walks, Teixeira and Beltran each hit a double and Beltran hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Ellsbury, Roberts and Gardner each had a stolen base and Suzuki was caught stealing.  Jeter and Solarte each committed an error. 

Nick Markakis had a hit and drew a walk, Steve Pearce had two hits and two RBI, Adam Jones had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Davis had a hit, Nelson Cruz had a hit and drew a walk and J.J. Hardy had a hit.  Manny Machado had a hit, Hundley had a hit which was a double and Pearce hit a double.  The Orioles were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Jones had an outfield assist. 

The Yankees jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Teixeira RBI double in the first.  In the sixth Pearce hit an RBI double and Jones hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead.  Pearce hit an RBI single in the ninth to give the Orioles a 3-1 lead.  The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the ninth and won the game 5-3.  McCann hit an RBI single and Beltran hit the walk-off three run homerun.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.