Mest Sweep Yankees in Four Straight

Here’s what’s happening in baseball:

Game of the Day for Thursday 5/31

New York Mets 3, New York Yankees 1

Mets pitcher Dillon Gee went into Thursday’s start with an ERA above five and unbelievably he probably pitched the game of his life considering his awful start to the season.  Gee struck out 12 Yankee batters in seven plus innings, throwing just 88 pitches, while allowing just four hits and one run as the Mets completed a four-game sweep of the Yankees.  Offensively Marlon Byrd hit a mammoth home run in the second inning off the upper deck façade in left field and John Buck singled home an insurance run in the eighth as the Mets have now won five games in a row and the Yankees have lost five in a row.

Rest of the day’s scores:

RESULT	WIN	LOSS	SAVE
at Texas 9, Arizona 5	Grimm (5-3)	McCarthy (2-4)
at Chicago Cubs 8, Chicago White Sox 3	Wood (5-3)	Peavy (6-3)
Seattle 7, at San Diego 1	Hernandez (6-4)	Cashner (4-3)
at San Francisco 5, Oakland 2	Zito (4-3)	Griffin (5-4)	Romo (14)
at Baltimore 2, Washington 0	Garcia (2-2)	Haren (4-6)	Johnson (17)
at Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 1	Kazmir (3-2)	Bailey (3-4)
NY Mets 3, at NY Yankees 1	Gee (3-6)	Nuno (1-2)	Parnell (9)
Boston 9, at Philadelphia 2	Morales (1-0)	Pettibone (3-1)
at Pittsburgh 1, Detroit 0	Morris (3-2)	Putkonen (1-1)
at Atlanta 11, Toronto 3	Minor (7-2)	Dickey (4-7)
Tampa Bay 5, at Miami 2	Colome (1-0)	Nolasco (3-6)	Rodney (11)
at Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 6	Walters (2-0)	Lohse (1-6)	Burton (2)
Kansas City 4, at St. Louis 2	Coleman (1-0)	Boggs (0-3)	Holland (8)
Houston 7, at Colorado 5	Harrell (4-6)	Nicasio (4-2)	Ambriz (1)
at LA Angels 3, LA Dodgers 2	Vargas (5-3)	Lilly (0-2)	Frieri (12)

 

Consecutive days with a walk-off win: 7  The Pittsburgh Pirates walked off winners against the Detroit Tigers in the 14h inning when Russell Martin singled in the winning run.  

A.L. MVP Watch:  David Ortiz, DH, Boston Red Sox.  Ortiz went 1-2 with a homer, two runs scored and two walks on Thursday and is on pace to hit .336 with 27 HRs and 105 RBI.

N.L. MVP Watch:  Carlos Gonzalez, OF, Colorado Rockies.  Gonzalez went 2-3 on Thursday with two walks, three stolen bases, and two runs scored, and is on pace to hit .308 with 40 HRs, 105 RBI, 137 runs scored and 37 stolen bases.

News & Notes:  The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals ended at 3:14am due to a lengthy rain delay in the ninth inning.

The Dodgers placed OF Matt Kemp in the 15-day DL with a hamstring injury.

The Yankees will sign former outfielder Hideki Matsui to a one-day contract so that he may retire as a New York Yankee.

History – 1917 World Series

          Winner: Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants 4-2.

          The White Sox won their second World Series in a very competitive series that saw pitcher Red Faber start four games, and win three of them, including the final games five and six.  New York’s only two wins came by shutout, but overall the White Sox outscored the Giants 21-17 and outhit them 54-51.  Hall-of-Famers in the series included for Chicago second baseman Eddie Collins, catcher Ray Schalk, and pitcher Red Faber; and for the Giants manager John McGraw.

         

Trivia - Today’s Question:  What is the all-time record for most stolen bases by one player in a game?

Yesterday’s Question: Babe Ruth his 714 career home runs, how many did he hit as a member of the Boston Red Sox?

Answer:  53

Vegas Bet:  Lastly, here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book:  Over/Under 2 more consecutive wins the Mets will accumulate on their current five-game winning streak.

Yesterday’s Bet: Over/Under 2 strikeouts tonight by Houston first baseman Chris Carter.

 Result:  Under.  Carter struck out 0 times.

Standings

American League
American League East
Team	W	L	GB	Strk
Boston	33	22	-	W 1
N.Y. Yankees	30	23	2	L 5
Baltimore	30	24	2½	W 2
Tampa Bay	29	24	3	W 5
Toronto	23	31	9½	L 1
American League Central
Team	W	L	GB	Strk
Detroit	29	23	-	L 3
Cleveland	29	24	½	W 2
Chi. White Sox	24	27	4½	L 3
Minnesota	23	28	5½	W 4
Kansas City	22	29	6½	W 1
American League West
Team	W	L	GB	Strk
Texas	33	20	-	W 1
Oakland	31	24	3	L 1
L.A. Angels	25	29	8½	W 2
Seattle	23	31	10½	W 1
Houston	17	37	16½	W 2
National League
National League East
Team	W	L	GB	Strk
Atlanta	32	21	-	W 1
Washington	27	27	5½	L 2
Philadelphia	26	28	6½	L 1
N.Y. Mets	22	29	9	W 5
Miami	13	41	19½	L 9
National League Central
Team	W	L	GB	Strk
St. Louis	35	18	-	L 1
Pittsburgh	34	20	1½	W 3
Cincinnati	33	21	2½	L 2
Chi. Cubs	22	30	12½	W 4
Milwaukee	19	33	15½	L 6
National League West
Team	W	L	GB	Strk
Arizona	30	23	-	L 1
San Francisco	29	25	1½	W 1
Colorado	28	26	2½	L 2
San Diego	24	29	6	L 1
L.A. Dodgers	22	30	7½	L 2

Weekend Schedule 5/31 – 6/2 with probable pitchers in parentheses.  My picks to win are highlighted.  Yesterday’s Picks: 9-6 Overall:  363-277

Times EST

Friday
2:20 PM	Arizona	Miley (3-4)	@	Chi. Cubs	Garza (0-0)
7:05 PM	Tampa Bay	Cobb (6-2)	@	Cleveland	Kluber (3-3)
7:05 PM	Boston	Lester (6-1)	@	N.Y. Yankees	Sabathia (4-4)
7:05 PM	Milwaukee	Gallardo (3-5)	@	Philadelphia	Hamels (1-8)
7:05 PM	Detroit	Scherzer (7-0)	@	Baltimore	Gonzalez (2-2)
7:05 PM	Cincinnati	Cueto (2-0)	@	Pittsburgh	Rodriguez (6-2)
7:10 PM	N.Y. Mets	Marcum (0-5)	@	Miami	TBD
7:30 PM	Washington	Strasburg (3-5)	@	Atlanta	Teheran (3-1)
8:05 PM	Kansas City	Davis (3-4)	@	Texas	Holland (4-2)
8:10 PM	Seattle	Iwakuma (5-1)	@	Minnesota	Pelfrey (3-5)
8:15 PM	San Francisco	Cain (4-2)	@	St. Louis	Miller (5-3)
8:40 PM	L.A. Dodgers	Kershaw (5-3)	@	Colorado	Garland (3-6)
10:05 PM	Houston	Keuchel (1-2)	@	L.A. Angels	Williams (4-1)
10:05 PM	Chi. White Sox	Axelrod (3-3)	@	Oakland	Colon (5-2)
10:10 PM	Toronto	Jenkins (1-0)	@	San Diego	Marquis (6-2)
Saturday
1:05 PM	Tampa Bay	TBD	@	Cleveland	Jimenez (3-3)
1:10 PM	Seattle	Harang (2-5)	@	Minnesota	Correia (5-4)
2:10 PM	L.A. Dodgers	Greinke (2-1)	@	Colorado	Chacin (3-3)
4:05 PM	Chi. White Sox	Quintana (3-2)	@	Oakland	Straily (3-2)
4:05 PM	Milwaukee	Fiers (1-3)	@	Philadelphia	Cloyd (1-1)
4:05 PM	Detroit	Verlander (6-4)	@	Baltimore	Hammel (7-2)
4:05 PM	Kansas City	Shields (2-6)	@	Texas	Tepesch (3-4)
4:10 PM	N.Y. Mets	Niese (3-5)	@	Miami	Fernandez (2-3)
7:15 PM	San Francisco	Bumgarner (4-3)	@	St. Louis	Wainwright (7-3)
7:15 PM	Washington	Gonzalez (3-3)	@	Atlanta	Hudson (4-4)
7:15 PM	Cincinnati	Leake (4-2)	@	Pittsburgh	Liriano (3-1)
7:15 PM	Boston	Doubront (3-2)	@	N.Y. Yankees	Hughes (2-3)
7:15 PM	Arizona	Kennedy (2-3)	@	Chi. Cubs	Samardzija (3-6)
10:05 PM	Houston	Norris (4-4)	@	L.A. Angels	Wilson (4-3)
10:10 PM	Toronto	Buehrle (2-3)	@	San Diego	Richard (0-5)
Sunday
1:05 PM	Tampa Bay	Hellickson (2-2)	@	Cleveland	McAllister (4-4)
1:10 PM	N.Y. Mets	Harvey (5-0)	@	Miami	Slowey (1-5)
1:35 PM	Milwaukee	Peralta (3-6)	@	Philadelphia	Lee (6-2)
1:35 PM	Washington	Karns (0-0)	@	Atlanta	Maholm (6-4)
1:35 PM	Cincinnati	Latos (5-0)	@	Pittsburgh	Gomez (2-0)
1:35 PM	Detroit	Porcello (2-2)	@	Baltimore	Gausman (0-2)
2:10 PM	Seattle	Bonderman	@	Minnesota	Diamond (3-4)
2:15 PM	San Francisco	TBD	@	St. Louis	Lyons (2-0)
2:20 PM	Arizona	Corbin (8-0)	@	Chi. Cubs	Jackson (1-7)
3:05 PM	Kansas City	Santana (3-5)	@	Texas	Darvish (7-2)
3:35 PM	Houston	Lyles (2-1)	@	L.A. Angels	Blanton (1-8)
4:05 PM	Chi. White Sox	Sale (5-2)	@	Oakland	Parker (3-6)
4:10 PM	L.A. Dodgers	Ryu (6-2)	@	Colorado	De La Rosa (6-3)
8:05 PM	Boston	Dempster (2-6)	@	N.Y. Yankees	Kuroda (6-3)
10:10 PM	Toronto	Morrow (2-3)	@	San Diego	Volquez (4-5)