The New York Yankees defeated the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Tuesday night.
The game took place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched great. Yangervis Solarte and Brian Roberts each had
two hits to lead the offense.
Kuroda pitched 7 2/3 innings giving
up five hits and three runs with one of them being earned. He walked none and struck out eight. Shawn Kelley picked up his first win of the
season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up a hit. He did strike out a batter and Dave Robertson
picked up his fifth save in as many chances.
Robertson pitched a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout.
C.J. Wilson pitched eight innings
giving up seven hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts. Ernesto Frieri took his third loss of the
season pitching an inning. He gave up a
hit and a run with a strikeout.
Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Derek
Jeter had a hit and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit and drew a
walk. Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an
RBI, Solarte had two hits and Brett Gardner had a hit. Roberts had two hits and two RBI and hit a
homerun. The Yankees were 2-8 with
runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Solarte committed an error.
Erick Aybar had a hit and an RBI,
Mike Trout had a hit and an RBI and Albert Pujols had two hits and an RBI. Hank Conger had a hit, Colin Cowgill had a
hit and Trout hit a triple. The Angels
were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.
In the third Aybar and Trout each
hit a sacrifice fly to give the Angels a 2-0 lead. Roberts hit an RBI single and Ellsbury hit
into a double play to score a run and tie the game at two. In the eighth Soriano hit an RBI single
giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Pujols
hit an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game at three and Roberts hit a solo
homerun in the ninth to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead. The game would end 4-3 and the series tied at
one game each. The two teams will play
the rubber game of the series on Wednesday night.
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