7/19/12 Recap

       Yesterday afternoon, the Mets looked to take at least one game in their 3-game series in Washington. They got off to a good start against Gio Gonzalez as with Toress on 1st, David Wright hit a blast into left, and the score was 2-0 Mets. In the 2nd, Ike Davis homered to center to make it 3-1 New York. The Mets would continue scoring until Wright came up again in the fourth, and he smashed one just over the centerfield wall, and it was quickly 9-1 Mets. Washington would threaten in the bottom of the 8th, and Mets starter R.A. Dickey was taken out after 7 2/3 innings of only 3 earned runs. The Mets would get out of the jam and go on to win 9-3. Dickey would get the victory, his 13th of the year, tying Tampa Bay's David Price for the most in the Majors.
       As most of us were going to bed here in the east, the Yankees were just getting started in Oakland against the A's. In the bottom of the first, Yoenis Cespedes hit a bomb into left with a runner on off of Freddy Garcia to make it 2-0 Athletics. Later in the inning, Oakland would score two more runs on an RBI single, and it was quickly 4-0. In the 3rd, Robinson Cano singled to extend his hit streak to 22 games. The next batter was Nick Swisher, and he hit a 2-RBI single to cut the lead in half. This was all the scoring until the top of the ninth when Nick Swisher homered to make it 4-3. With this homer, the Yanks made it 43 consecutive games of scoring 3 or more runs. This would not be enough though as the A's take the first game of the 4-game set and remain only a 1/2 game back of the AL's 2nd Wild Card.