New York Mets are shutout as they manage one hit in loss to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-0.  Matt Harvey started for the Mets and he didn't pitch great.  The Mets offense managed one hit. 

Harvey pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  He lost his fourth game of the season.  Hansel Robles pitched to one batter and retired him, Antonio Bastardo pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out two and Logan Verrett pitched a perfect inning. 

Matt Wisler started for the Braves and pitched eight innings giving up a hit and no runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  He won his first game of the season, Arodys Vizcaino pitched an inning striking out one and earning his third save of the season.  

David Wright drew a walk, Michael Conforto drew a walk and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit.  The Mets left three men on base. 

Nick Markakis drew a walk, Freddie Freeman had two hits and Kelly Johnson had a hit.  Jeff Francoeur drew a walk, A.J. Pierzynski had two hits and an RBI and Reid Brignac had a hit.  Erik Aybar drew a walk, Mallex Smith had two hits and an RBI and Freeman hit two doubles.  Brignack and Pierzynski each hit a double and Smith hit a homerun.  The Braves were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Johnson, Aybar and Smith each had a stolen base and Freeman committed an error. 

In the fifth Smith hit a solo homerun after an umpire review overturned the call on the field.  It was 1-0 Braves.  In the sixth Pierzynski hit an RBI double to make it 2-0 Braves and a wild pitch made it 3-0 Braves in the sixth. 

The two teams will play the rubber game on Wednesday afternoon.   

New York Yankees losing streak hits six as they fall in Baltimore

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 4-1.  This game was like so many during the Yankees struggles in the last 2 1/2 weeks.  They put guys on but can't drive them in and Luis Severino started and was just ok and hurt himself with a couple of fielding errors. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up four runs and five hits and three of them were earned.  He took his fourth loss of the season and he walked two and struck out four.  Kirby Yates pitched a perfect inning and Johnny Barbato pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Chris Tillman won his third game of the season and he pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run with four walks and nine strikeouts.  Brad Brach pitched an inning giving up a hit and Darren O'Day saved his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Dustin Ackley had a hit.  Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Brian McCann had a hit and drew two walks and Carlos Beltran had two hits.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Gardner hit a double and the Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Severino committed two errors. 

Manny Machado had a hit and drew a walk, Mark Trumbo had two hits and three RBI and Matt Wieters had a hit.  Pedro Alvarez drew a walk, Jonathan Schoop had a hit including a double and Machado also hit a double.  Trumbo hit two homeruns and the Orioles were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the second Gregorius hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Trumbo hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the fourth Flaherty reached on a missed catch error by Severino and a run scored making it 2-1 Orioles.  In the fifth Trumbo hit a two run homerun to extend the Orioles lead to 4-1 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have lost six straight games and the two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.  The Yankees will look to even the series and try to win the series to end the roadtrip on Thursday night. 

New York Mets get back on the winning track

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-1.  Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and pitched great and they were powered by three homeruns all in the first inning. 

Colon pitched eight shutout innings giving up seven hits and he struck out seven.  Colon picked up his second win of the season and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Mike Foltynewicz pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  He took his first loss of the season.  Bud Norris pitched 2 1/3 scoreless giving up two walks, Eric O'Flaherty pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings striking out one and Alexi Ogando pitched 2/3 of an inning walking one. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, David Wright had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Michael Conforto had a hit.  Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and two RBI, Lucas Duda had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Neil Walker drew a walk.  Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits, Kevin Plawecki drew two walks and Cabrera and Granderson each hit a double.  Wright, Cespedes and Duda each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Walker had a stolen base. 

Nick Markakis had a  hit, Daniel Castro had a hit and Freddie Freeman had a hit.  Adonis Garcia had two hits, A.J. Pierzynski had a hit, Eric Aybar had two hits and an RBI and Chase d'Arnaud had a hit.  Freeman, Pierzynski and Garcia each hit a double and the Braves were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Wright hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Cespedes and Duda went back-to-back still in the first to give the Mets a 4-0 lead.  In the ninth Aybar hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-1 but that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.  The Mets have won 9 out of their last 10 games. 

New York Yankees are swept in Boston

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 8-7.  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and wasn't very good, Dellin Betances gave up the tiebreaking homerun.  Alex Rodriguez led the offense with a couple of hits and four RBI. 

Eovaldi pitched five innings giving up ten hits and six runs.  He walked three and struck out three.  Ivan Nova pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run and he took his first loss of the season.  Betances pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Andrew Miller pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

David Price pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and six runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  He won his fourth game of the season.  Koji Uehara pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI, Brett Gardner drew a walk and Rodriguez had two hits and four RBI.  Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Starlin Castro had two hits and Chase Headley had a hit.  Brian McCann drew a pinch hit walk, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Ellsbury, Rodriguez and Castro each hit a double.  Rodriguez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Eovaldi and Hicks each committed an error.  Ellsbury had an outfield assist. 

Mookie Betts had a hit, Dustin Pedroia had three hits and Xander Bogaerts had three hits and an RBI.  David Ortiz had a hit and drew a walk, Hanley Ramirez had a hit and two RBI and Travis Shaw had two hits and two RBI.  Brock Holt had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Christian Vasquez had a hit and two RBI and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and drew a walk.  Bogaerts hit a double and Shaw and Vasquez each hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Bradley had a stolen base. 

In the first Bogaerts hit into a force out and a run scored to make it 1-0 Red Sox.  IN the third Ellsbury hit an RBI double to tie the game at one and Rodriguez hit a two run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the bottom of the third Ramirez hit a two run single to tie the game at three.  The Yankees challenged a timing play but the call was upheld when a run scored on a Holt RBI single and Ramirez got thrown out at third to end the inning.  In the fifth Rodriguez hit a two run double to give the Yankees back the lead at 5-4 and Teixeira hit an RBI single making it 6-4 Yankees.  Shaw hit a two run homerun in the fifth to tie the game at six.  In the seventh Vasquez hit a two run homerun giving the Red Sox a 8-6 lead.  The Yankees scored another run in the eighth on a wild pitch and the final score would be 8-7. 

The Yankees have lost five games in a row and at 8-15 are at their worst start since 1991.  They will be off on Monday before opening a three game set in Baltimore to finish their long road trip. 

New York Mets eight game winning streak ends in loss to the San Francisco Giants

The New York Mets were defeated by the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-1.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he didn't pitch very well.  Juan Lagares, David Wright and Neil Walker each had two hits. 

Syndergaard pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  He took his first loss of the season.  Hansel Robles pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Antonio Bastardo pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Logan Verrett pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Jerry Blevins pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Madison Bumgarner won his third game of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out seven.  Derek Law didn't record an out and he gave up two hits and a run, Javier Lopez pitched to one batter retiring him and Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up two hits.  Josh Osich pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Santiago Casilla pitched an inning walking one and striking out a batter. 

Lagares had two hits and drew a walk, Wright had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and drew a walk.  Walker had two hits, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Kevin Plawecki had a hit.  Eric Campbell had a hit and drew a walk, Cespedes hit a double and Lagares hit a double.  The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

Angel Pagan had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Matt Duffy had two hits and Buster Posey had two hits and an RBI.  Brandon Belt had an RBI and drew a walk, Hunter Pence had two hits and three RBI and Brandon Crawford had a hit.  Kelby Tomlinson drew a walk, Pence and Posey each hit a homerun and the Giants were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Crawford and Tomlinson each had a stolen base and Duffy had two stolen base. 

In the fourth Belt hit an RBI groundout to give the Giants a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Pence hit a two run homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Pence hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-0 Giants.  Pagan hit an RBI single in the seventh and it was 5-0.  Wright hit an RBI single to get the Mets on the board in the bottom of the seventh and cut the lead to 5-1.  Posey hit a solo homerun in the eighth and it was 6-1 Giants which would be the final score.  The Mets had won eight in a row prior to this loss and ended up winning two out of three in the series. 

The Mets will begin a three game series at home with the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.