Saturday, August 5, 2017

New York Yankees lose to the Cleveland Indians


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.  The game took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and the final score was 7-2.  Jaime Garcia started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well in his Yankees debut.  The Yankees had five batters with two hits. 

Garcia lost his eighth game of the season pitching 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and six runs with five being earned.  He walked four and struck out four.  Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out five and Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Trevor Bauer pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out seven and won his 10th game of the season.  Joe Smith pitched to two batters and struck them both out, Tyler Olson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Bryan Shaw pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run. 

Brett Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew two walks and Didi Gregorius had two hits.  Chase Headley had two hits, Todd Frazier had two hits and an RBI and Ronald Torreyes had two hits.  Headley hit a double and T. Frazier hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Judge committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Francisco Lindor drew a walk, Brandon Guyer had a hit and drew a walk and Michael Brantley had two hits and an RBI.  Jose Ramirez had a hit, Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and two RBI and Carlos Santana drew a walk.  Austin Jackson had a hit and an RBI, Roberto Perez drew a walk and Giovanny Urshela had two hits.  The Indians were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Guyer had a stolen base. 

In the second Jackson hit an RBI double to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.  A passed ball pushed the lead to 2-0.  In the third Brantley hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 3-0 and Encarnacion hit a sac fly to make it 4-0.  In the fifth T. Frazier hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fifth Brantley hit an RBI single to increase the lead to 5-1.  A wild pitch made it 6-1 and in the eighth Encarnacion hti an RBI double to push the lead to 7-1.  Gardner hit an RBI single in the ninth to cut the lead to 7-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday night.  The Indians have taken the first two of the series.   

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