Due to some quirks in the Major League Baseball schedule, a rarity
occurred over the last weekend of April. The Mets & Yankees were
both home. Friday night the Mets played the Miami Marlins at Citi Field
while the Yankees hosted the Angels at the same time. With that being
said, the King & I wound up going to Citi Field to see the Mets play
since we're Met fans.
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As for the game we saw,
the Mets lead 2-1 until the 8th inning when they got victimized by the
long ball as the Marlins hit back to back homers after the first two
batters, Giancarlo Stanton & Casey McGehee struck out. Jarrod
Saltamacchia & Garrett Jones did the damage to give the Marlins a
3-2 lead. The Mets rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning they had
the tying run at second base with two out. They got even as Omar
Quintanilla delivered a clutch run scoring single. After Eric Young Jr.
doubled to put runners on second & third, former Yankee Curtis
Granderson came through with the game winning single to right field to
give the Mets a dramatic 4-3 victory.
Saturday afternoon the King & I went up to the Bronx to see the Yankees play the Angels at Yankee Stadium.
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As
for the game we saw, the Angels got on the scoreboard first as Mike
Trout hit a solo homer to right center field to give the Angels an early
1-0 lead. The Yankees came back in the bottom of the second inning.
They loaded the bases thanks to a hit by pitch, an infield single &
a walk after Alfonso Soriano took a third strike for the first out.
Then Kelly Johnson flew out to left field for the second out. With
catcher John Ryan Murphy batting, Angels' starting pitcher Hector
Santiago balked which tied the game at one. It also allowed the base
runners to move up to second & third. Then John Ryan Murphy
delivered a clutch two out two run single to right center field to give
the Yankees a 3-1 lead. Jacoby Ellsbury grounded out to end the inning.
In the top of the fourth inning, the Angels came back as they
capitalized on an error & a double to tie the game at three. In the
bottom of the fifth inning, John Ryan Murphy hit his first major league
home run which wound up being the difference in the game as the Yankees
beat the Angels, 4-3. Since Yankees' starting pitcher Vidal Nuno was
unable to pitch five innings, he didn't qualify for the victory. As a
result, Dellin Betances who pitched two innings of shutout ball in
relief picked up his first major league win.
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After
the game, the King & I took the subway over to Citi Field for game
two of this rare weekend doubleheader. When we got upstairs to the
Royal Court in section 515, I got a special visit from a fellow ballpark
chaser. I'm referring to Jeff Haines who came from Kansas to visit his
daughter Marilyn who's going to graduate school here in NYC. It was
great to meet & greet Jeff who loves reading what I write. With that
being said, I'm very grateful.
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| Jeff Haines & I at Citi Field |
As
for the game we saw, the Mets jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a
sacrifice fly by David Wright & a two run homer by another former
Yankee Bobby Abreu. The Marlins got one back in the second inning to
make it 3-1. The Mets added a few more runs in the third inning thanks
to a double by Lucas Duda to go up by a score of 5-1. The Marlins came
back to take the lead, 6-5 as they scored five in the top of the sixth
inning. The Mets benefited from a throwing error which allowed them
to tie the game at six. It stayed that way until the tenth inning when
the Marlins got a lead off game winning homer from Jarrod Saltamacchia
to win it, 7-6.
Sunday
afternoon the King & I returned to Citi Field for the finale of the
three game series between the Mets & the Marlins.
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| Official stamp in my 25 Game MLB Pass-port Book |
As
for the game we saw, the Mets got a stellar start from Dillon Gee who
wound up throwing eight shutout innings. The Mets rewarded him with four
runs as they beat the Marlins, 4-0. By doing so, they won the series
two games to one.
After
the game, the King & I went back to the Bronx for our second game
of the day thanks to ESPN who decided to show the Yankees & Angels
as their Sunday night game that night. As a result, we got to complete a
rare weekend of baseball doubleheaders without having to leave the five
boroughs.
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| Official stamp in my 25 Game MLB Pass-Port Book |
As
for the game we saw, we got to see Masahiro Tanaka who started for the
Yankees. He pitched well as he allowed two runs & he struck out
eleven over six & a third innings of work. He was a little wild as
he walked four. He left the game trailing to 2-1. The Yankees got him
off the hook when Mark Teixeira lead off the bottom of the seventh
inning with a homer to tie the game at two. In the bottom of the eighth
inning, the Yankees took advantage of a few walks, a passed ball & a
wild pitch which scored the winning run as the Yankees beat the Angels,
3-2.
Stay tuned for another special post that will recap the return of Robinson Cano to the Bronx.
Thank you for reading & following along.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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