New York Mets lose to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-4.  Seth Lugo started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Yoenis Cespedes had four hits and Jay Bruce had three hits to lead the offense. 

Lugo pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five and lost his first game of the season.  Jerry Blevins pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk. 

Stephen Strasburg pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts and he won his eighth game of the season.  Blake Treinen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Matt Grace pitched to one batter and retired him and Joe Blanton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.  Enny Romero pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out one and earned his second save of the season. 

Michael Conforto had a hit, Cespedes had four hits and an RBI and Bruce had three hits.  Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI, Lucas Duda drew a walk and Travis d’Arnaud had a hit.  Jose Reyes had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Cespedes hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Flores committed an error. 

Trea Turner had two hits and an RBI, Anthony Rendon had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Bryce Harper had a hit.  Daniel Murphy had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Adam Lind had a hit and two RBI and Jose Lobaton had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Strasburg had a hit, Murphy and Rendon hit a double.  Turner, Lobaton and Lind each hit a homerun and the Nationals were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Turner was caught stealing and Treinen committed an error. 

In the first Turner hit a solo homerun to give the Nats a 1-0 lead.  In the second Lobaton hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  Murphy hit an RBI double in the third to extend the lead to 3-0.  Turner reached on a throwing error and a run scored to make it 4-0 in the fourth.  Flores hit into a double play and a run scored in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Flores hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 4-2.  Lind hit a two-run homerun in the eighth to extend the lead to 6-2 and in the bottom of the eighth Cespedes hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-3.  Reyes hit an RBI single and it was 6-4.  In the ninth Rendon hit an RBI double to make it 7-4 and that was the final score.  The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Sunday with the Mets trying to even the series. 

New York Mets are slugged by the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-2.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Jay Bruce and Jose Reyes each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and four runs.  He walked none and struck out four and took his first loss of the season.  Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout and Neil Ramirez pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up a walk. 

Max Scherzer pitched eight innings giving up four hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out ten and won his eighth game of the season.  Sean Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Michael Conforto drew a walk, Bruce had two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Reyes had two hits and an RBI, Matz had a hit and Reyes and Bruce each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Cespedes committed two errors. 

Trea Turner had a hit, Ryan Raburn had a hit and Bryce Harper had three hits and an RBI.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit and an RBI, Daniel Murphy had a hit and drew two walks and Anthony Rendon had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Matt Wieters had a hit and an RBI, Michael Taylor had two hits and an RBI and Adam Lind drew a walk.  Turner, Murphy and Harper each hit a double and Wieters, Taylor and Rendon each hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Taylor had a stolen base. 

In the third Wieters hit a solo homerun to give the Nats a 1-0 lead.  Taylor hit a solo homerun and it was 2-0.  In the sixth Rendon hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 4-0 Nationals.  In the eighth Reyes hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the ninth Harper hit an RBI single and Zimmerman hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-1 Nationals.  Rendon drew an RBI walk to make it 7-1 and in the bottom of the ninth Bruce hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 7-2 and that would be the final score. 

Yankees lose third straight game to the Oakland A's

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Oakland County Coliseum in Oakland, California and the final score was 5-2.  Masahiro Tanaka started and he didn’t pitch well.  Domingo German pitched well out of the bullpen and Ronald Torreyes had two hits to lead the offense. 
Tanaka pitched four innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  He lost his seventh game of the season.  German pitched four innings giving up four hits and no runs with three walks and six strikeouts. 

Jesse Hahn pitched five innings giving up three hits and two runs.  He walked three and struck out six and won his third game of the season.  Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Josh Smith pitched a perfect inning and Ryan Madson pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Sean Doolittle saved his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out the side. 

Brett Gardner had an RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley drew a walk and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had a hit, Torreyes had two hits and Mason Williams had a hit.  Austin Romine had a hit and an RBI, The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Matt Joyce had three hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Adam Rosales had a hit and an RBI and Jed Lowrie had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Yonder Alonso had a hit, Ryan Healy had three hits and two RBI and Matt Chapman had two hits.  Jaycob Brugman had a hit and drew a walk, Chapman and Joyce each hit a double and Joyce hit a homerun and Healy hit two homeruns.  The A’s were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Rosales committed an error. 

In the first Joyce hit a solo homerun giving the A’s a 1-0 lead.  In the second Romine hit an RBI single and Gardner hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the second Healy hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the fourth Healy hit another solo homerun to give the A’s a 3-2 lead.  Rosales hit an RBI single and Lowrie hit an RBI single and it was 5-2 A’s and that would be the final score. 

The Yankee and A’s will play the final game of their four-game series on Sunday afternoon.  The Yankees will try and salvage one game. 

New York Yankees blow lead to A's and lose fourth straight game

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.  The game took place at Oakland County Coliseum in Oakland, California and the final score was 7-6.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and had a bad second inning but otherwise he pitched well.  The Yankees bullpen once again wasn’t very good and the offense got two hits from Aaron Judge, Starlin Castro and Ronald Torreyes. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up four hits and four runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and he took his first loss of the season and blew his second save of the season. 

Sean Manaea pitched six innings giving up eight hits and five runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Josh Smith pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Daniel Coulombe pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout and he earned his first win of the season and Santiago Casilla pitched an inning with a walk and he struck out the side and earned his 11^th save of the season. 

Rob Refsnyder had a hit, Judge had two hits, three RBI and drew two walks and Matt Holliday drew two walks.  Castro had two hits and an RBI, Chris Carter had a hit and an RBI and Chase Headley had a hit.  Torreyes had two hits, Mason Williams had a hit and an RBI and Torreyes hit a double and Judge hit a triple and a homerun.  Carter also hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with seven runners left on base. 

Matt Joyce had two hits and drew a walk, Chad Pinder had a hit and two RBI and Khris Davis drew a walk.  Yonder Alonso drew two walks, Ryan Healy had a hit and Steven Vogt had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Matt Chapman had a hit and three RBI, Jaycob Brugman had a hit and an RBI and Rajai Davis drew a walk.  Vogt and Healy each hit a double and the A’s were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Vogt had a passed ball. 

In the second Vogt hit an RBI double to give the A’s a 1-0 lead.  Chapman hit an RBI ground out to extend the lead to 2-0.  Brugman hit an RBI single to make it 3-0 and Pinder hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.  In the third Judge hit a three-run homerun to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the fifth Williams hit an RBI single to tie the game at four.  In the sixth Carter hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead and in the seventh increased it to 6-4 on a Castro RBI single.  In the seventh Pinder hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 6-5.  In the eighth Chapman hit a two-run single to give Oakland a 7-6 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday afternoon.

New York Yankees drop a back and forth affair in Oakland

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night.  The game took place at Oakland County Coliseum in Oakland, California and the final score was 8-7 in ten innings.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen wasn’t very good.  Starlin Castro and Gary Sanchez had three hits each to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs.  He walked one and struck out five.  Chad Green pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Tyler Clippard pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with three strikeouts.  Giovanny Gallegos pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he took his first loss of the season and first blown save of the season. 

Sonny Gray started for the A’s and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Ryan Madson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and John Axford pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Daniel Coulombe pitched to two batters and retired them both, Santiago Casilla pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Liam Hendricks pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a  walk and two strikeouts and he won his third game of the season. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Rob Refsnyder had a hit and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk.  Castro had three hits and an RBI, Sanchez had three hits, two RBI and drew two walks and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Chase Headley had two hits, two RBI and drew two walks, Chris Carter had two hits and two RBI and Austin Romine had a hit.  Gardner, Sanchez and Castro each hit a double and Carter hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 6-16 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Castro, Sanchez and Refsndyer each had a stolen base. 

Rajai Davis had a hit, Chad Pinder had three hits and an RBI and Jed Lowrie had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Khris Davis had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Yonder Alonso had two hits and an RBI and Ryan Healy had a hit.  Matt Chapman drew two walks, Josh Phegley had a hit and Steven Vogt drew a walk.  Adam Rosales had a hit and two RBI, Matt Joyce had a hit and an RBI and Phegley, Rosales and Pinder each hit a double.  Lowries hit a triple and a homerun and Alonso also hit a homerun.  The A’s were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base. 

In the first Lowrie hit a solo homerun to give the A’s a 1-0 lead.  In the second Rosales hit a two-run double to push the lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Headley hit a two-run single cutting the lead to 3-2.  Carter hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  In the bottom of the sixth Alonso hit a solo homerun to give the A’s a 4-3 lead.  In the seventh Sanchez hit an RBI double to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the seventh Pinder hit an RBI single to give Oakland back the lead at 5-4, in the eighth Carter hit a solo homerun to tie the game at five and in the bottom of the eighth Joyce grounded into a force out to give Oakland back the lead at 6-5.  In the ninth Sanchez hit an RBI single to tie the game at six and in the tenth Castro hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 7-6 lead.  In the bottom of the tenth Davis hit a two-run walk-off single to give Oakland a 8-7 victory. 

The Yankees have lost three games in a row and will play game two of the four game set with Oakland on Friday night.