Saturday, May 10, 2014

Masahiro Tanaka and the New York Yankees take down the Milwaukee Brewers


The New York Yankees defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.  The game took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 5-3.  Masahiro Tanaka started and pitched well again.  Yangervis Solarte had the big hit of the game with a three run homerun. 
Tanaka pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up two runs on seven hits.  He walked one and struck out seven and won his fifth game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up no runs and no hits with a strikeout and David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and he struck out the side.  Robertson picked up his sixth save of the season. 
Yovani Gallardo pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Gallardo lost his second game of the season.  Zach Duke pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts, Brandon Kintzler pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and Rob Wooten pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 
Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Carlos Beltran had a hit and drew a walk and Mark Teixeira had an RBI.  Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk, Solarte had a hit and three RBI and Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk.  Brian Roberts had a hit and an RBI, Roberts and Beltran each hit a double and Solarte hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Suzuki had a stolen base. 
Carlos Gomez had two hits and drew a walk, Scooter Gennett had a hit and an RBI and Matthew Lucroy had a hit and an RBI.  Aramis Ramirez had a hit, Mark Reynolds had a hit and an RBI and Jean Segura had a hit.  Logan Schafer had a hit, Gomez and Gennett each hit a double and Reynolds hit a homerun.  The Brewers were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Gomez had a stolen base and Schafer was caught stealing. 
In the fourth Solarte hit a three run homerun and Roberts hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  In the sixth the Brewers scored a couple of runs on a Gennett RBI double and Lucroy RBI single.  Teixeira hit an RBI groundout in the eighth to push the Yankees lead to 5-2 and then in the ninth Reynolds hit a solo homerun to make it 5-3 and that was the final score.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday night

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