Sunday, June 18, 2017

New York Yankees drop a back and forth affair in Oakland


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night.  The game took place at Oakland County Coliseum in Oakland, California and the final score was 8-7 in ten innings.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen wasn’t very good.  Starlin Castro and Gary Sanchez had three hits each to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs.  He walked one and struck out five.  Chad Green pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Tyler Clippard pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with three strikeouts.  Giovanny Gallegos pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he took his first loss of the season and first blown save of the season. 

Sonny Gray started for the A’s and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Ryan Madson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and John Axford pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Daniel Coulombe pitched to two batters and retired them both, Santiago Casilla pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Liam Hendricks pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a  walk and two strikeouts and he won his third game of the season. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Rob Refsnyder had a hit and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk.  Castro had three hits and an RBI, Sanchez had three hits, two RBI and drew two walks and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Chase Headley had two hits, two RBI and drew two walks, Chris Carter had two hits and two RBI and Austin Romine had a hit.  Gardner, Sanchez and Castro each hit a double and Carter hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 6-16 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Castro, Sanchez and Refsndyer each had a stolen base. 

Rajai Davis had a hit, Chad Pinder had three hits and an RBI and Jed Lowrie had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Khris Davis had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Yonder Alonso had two hits and an RBI and Ryan Healy had a hit.  Matt Chapman drew two walks, Josh Phegley had a hit and Steven Vogt drew a walk.  Adam Rosales had a hit and two RBI, Matt Joyce had a hit and an RBI and Phegley, Rosales and Pinder each hit a double.  Lowries hit a triple and a homerun and Alonso also hit a homerun.  The A’s were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base. 

In the first Lowrie hit a solo homerun to give the A’s a 1-0 lead.  In the second Rosales hit a two-run double to push the lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Headley hit a two-run single cutting the lead to 3-2.  Carter hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  In the bottom of the sixth Alonso hit a solo homerun to give the A’s a 4-3 lead.  In the seventh Sanchez hit an RBI double to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the seventh Pinder hit an RBI single to give Oakland back the lead at 5-4, in the eighth Carter hit a solo homerun to tie the game at five and in the bottom of the eighth Joyce grounded into a force out to give Oakland back the lead at 6-5.  In the ninth Sanchez hit an RBI single to tie the game at six and in the tenth Castro hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 7-6 lead.  In the bottom of the tenth Davis hit a two-run walk-off single to give Oakland a 8-7 victory. 

The Yankees have lost three games in a row and will play game two of the four game set with Oakland on Friday night. 

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