Monday, May 12, 2014

The New York Yankees rally and then fall just short in Milwaukee



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 5-4 in 11 innings.  David Phelps started and didn't pitch that well.  John Ryan Murphy led the offense with three hits and Mark Teixeira and Yangervis Solarte each had two hits. 

Phelps pitched five innings giving up eight hits and four runs.  He walked three and struck out one.  Matt Thornton didn't record an out and gave up a hit and a run, Dellin Betances pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out one and Adam Warren took his second loss of the season.  He pitched 1 2/3 innings and gave up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts. 

Matt Garza pitched five innings giving up six hits and three runs.  He walked four and struck out four.  Brandon Kintzler pitched an inning giving up a hit, Zach Duke pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Rob Wooten pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Will Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one and Francisco Rodriguez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run.  He was charged with his first blown save of the season but he picked up his first win of the season. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Derek Jeter had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk.   Teixeira had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Kelly Johnson had a hit and two RBI, Solarte had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk.  Murphy had three hits, Gardner and Johnson each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Carlos Gomez had a hit and drew a walk, Logan Schafer had a hit and an RBI and Rickie Weeks had three hits and two RBI.  Lyle Overbay had a hit and an RBI, Mark Reynolds had two hits and an RBI and Khalil Davis drew a walk.  Jean Segura had a hit and drew a walk, Martin Maldonado had a hit and Garza had a hit.  Jonathan Lucroy had a hit and an RBI, Caleb Gindl drew a walk and Garza, Schafer and Weeks each hit a double.  The Brewers were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gomez and Segura each had a stolen base and Weeks was caught stealing. 

The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the first inning.  Johnson hit a two run double and Solarte hit a sacrifice fly.  In the third Weeks hit an RBI single and Overbay hit an RBI single to cut the Yankees lead to 3-2.  In the sixth Lucroy hit an RBI single, Schafer hit an RBI double and Weeks reached on a fielder's choice scoring a run to give the Brewers a 5-3 lead.  In the seventh Solarte hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-4.  In the ninth Texeira hit a solo homerun to tie the game at five.  In the bottom of the ninth Reynolds hit a walk-off game winning single.  The Brewers won the game 6-5 and took the series two out of three. 

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