Tuesday, March 19, 2019

New York Yankees defeat the Atlanta Braves


The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.  The game took place at Champion Stadium in Orlando, Florida and the final score was 7-4.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched well.  Aaron Judge hit a two-run triple, Austin Romine had three hits and Ryan Lavarnway had a couple of hits. 

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Adam Ottavino pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts, Stephen Tarpley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he had a strikeout and Phillip Diehl pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Daniel Alvarez pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Judge had a hit and two RBI and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk.  Luke Voit had a hit and an RBI, DJ LeMahieuu had a hit and drew a walk and Gosuke Katoh drew a walk.  Romine had three hits and two RBI, Tyler Wade had a hit and Gio Urshela drew a walk.  Lavarnway had two hits and two RBI.  Lavarnway and Wade each hit a double, Judge hit a triple and Voit hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Urshela and Wade each had a stolen base.  Olivares had an outfield assist and Diaz had a passed ball. 

In the second Voit hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Lavarnway hit a two-run single to push the lead to 3-0.  In the fourth Nick Markakis hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 3-1.  In the fifth Judge hit a two-run triple extending the lead to 5-1 and Romine hit a two-run single to make it a 7-1 game.  In the sixth Charlie Culberson hit an RBI single, Dansby Swanson hit a two-run single and the lead was cut to 7-4.  7-4 would be the final score. 

The Yankees improved their spring record to 14-6 and they will take on the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday afternoon.  The Yankees have won eight games in a row.   

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