Sunday, June 22, 2014

The New York Yankees win fourth in a row with walk-off win over Baltimore Orioles



The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched well, the offense struggled early with runners in scoring position.  Carlos Beltran was the hero with the walk off three run homerun. 

Kuroda pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Matt Thornton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Dellin Betances retired the only batter that he faced.  David Huff earned his second win of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and an unearned run with two strikeouts. 

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and a run with six walks and three strikeouts.  T.J. McFarland pitched two perfect innings, Darren O'Day pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and Zach Britton pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout.  He blew the save his second of the season and lost his first game of the season.   

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Derek Jeter drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI and Beltran had two hits and three RBI.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and Brian Roberts had two hits.  Yangervis Solarte drew two walks, Teixeira and Beltran each hit a double and Beltran hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Ellsbury, Roberts and Gardner each had a stolen base and Suzuki was caught stealing.  Jeter and Solarte each committed an error. 

Nick Markakis had a hit and drew a walk, Steve Pearce had two hits and two RBI, Adam Jones had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Davis had a hit, Nelson Cruz had a hit and drew a walk and J.J. Hardy had a hit.  Manny Machado had a hit, Hundley had a hit which was a double and Pearce hit a double.  The Orioles were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Jones had an outfield assist. 

The Yankees jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Teixeira RBI double in the first.  In the sixth Pearce hit an RBI double and Jones hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead.  Pearce hit an RBI single in the ninth to give the Orioles a 3-1 lead.  The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the ninth and won the game 5-3.  McCann hit an RBI single and Beltran hit the walk-off three run homerun.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon. 

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