Tuesday, July 4, 2017

New York Yankees blow lead late and lose to the Houston Astros


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Houston Astros on Saturday night.  The game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and the final score was 7-6.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen especially Dellin Betances got roughed up.  Brett Gardner, Didi Gregorius and Clint Frazier led the offense with two hits each. 

Montgomery pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs.  He walked one and struck out four.  Chad Green pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three, Betances lost his third game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up a hit and four runs with three walks and a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Chapman got charged with his second blown save of the season. 

Francis Martes pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Will Harris pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk, Luke Gregerson pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Tony Sipp pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Dayan Diaz won his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he walked one and Ken Giles pitched an inning giving up a hit and he saved his 19th game of the season. 

Gardner had two hits and drew a walk, Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Gregorius had two hits and four RBI, Chase Headley drew a walk and Ronald Torreyes had a hit.  Austin Romine had a hit, Frazier had two hits and an RBI.  Frazier hit a double and Gregorius and Frazier each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Torreyes had two stolen bases and Gregorius had a stolen base.  Carter committed an error. 

Jose Altuve drew a walk, Carlos Correa had two hits and two RBI and Evan Gattis had two hits and an RBI.  Carlos Beltran drew a walk, Marwin Gonzalez drew two walks and Yuli Gurriel had three hits and four RBI.  Jake Marisnick had a hit, Gattis and Gurriel each hit a double and Gurriel, Correa and Gattis each hit a homerun.  The Astros were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Altuve had two stolen bases Reddick had a stolen base and Reddick had an outfield assist. 

In the fifth Gurriel hit a two-run homerun to give the Astros a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Sanchez hit an RBI single, Gregorius hit a grand-slam and it was 5-2 Yankees.  In the sixth Correa hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the seventh Frazier hit a solo homerun the first of his career to push the Yankees lead to 6-3.  In the eighth Correa hit an RBI groundout and Gattis hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-5.  Gurriel hit a two-run double to give the Astros a 7-6 lead and that would be the final score. 
The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon

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