The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Houston Astros on Monday night.
The game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and the final
score was 2-1. Sonny Gray started for
the Yankees and he pitched well. The
Yankees offense only managed three hits.
Gray lost his second game of the
season pitching six innings and giving up four hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out four. Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with
a strikeout and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up a hit.
Charlie Morton won his fourth game
of the season. He pitched 7 2/3 innings
giving up two hits and a run with two walks and ten strikeouts. Brad Peacock walked the only batter that he
faced, Chris Devenski pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck
out one and Ken Giles saved his third game pitching a perfect inning with three
strikeouts.
Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI,
Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk. Austin Romine had a hit, Aaron Judge drew a
walk and Torres hit a double and the Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring
position and left four men on base.
Torres had a stolen base.
George Springer had a hit, Jose
Altuve had a hit and Carlos Correa had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Yurli Gurriel had a hit and an RBI, Alex
Bregman drew two walks and Gurriel and Correa each hit a double. The Astros were 1-9 with runners in scoring
position and left five men on base.
In the first Correa hit an RBI
ground out to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth Gurriel hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 2-0. In the eighth Gardner hit an RBI single to
cut the lead to 2-1 and that was the final score.
The two teams will play game two of
four on Tuesday night.
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