Sunday, March 31, 2019

New York Yankees lose to the Baltimore Orioles as a late rally falls short


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and pitched well, the bullpen wasn’t great and Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out five.  Paxton took the loss in the game.  Adam Ottavino pitched to one batter and got him out, Chad Green pitched an inning giving up tow hits and a run with two strikeouts and Jonathan Holder pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with one of them being earned and he struck out two. 

Nate Karns started for the Orioles and he pitched two innings.  He gave up one hit and no runs with three walks and a strikeout.  Jimmy Yacabonis won the game and pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts, Miguel Castro pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Mychal Givens pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Richard Bleier pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs and Mike Wright earned his first save of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew two walks and Luke Voit had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Miguel Andujar had a hit, Gary Sanchez had a hit and Torres had two hits.  Troy Tulowitzki had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  LeMahieu had two hits and an RBI, LeMahieu hit a double and Tulowitzki hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  LeMahieu, Sanchez and Voit each committed an error. 

Dwight Smith Jr. had two hits and an RBI, Trey Mancini had a hit and Joey Rickard drew a walk.  Rio Ruiz had a hit, Cedric Mullins had a hit and Jesus Sucre had three hits and three RBI.  Richie Martin had a hit, Ruiz and Sucre each hit a double.  The Orioles were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Smith and Martin each had a stolen base. 

In the fourth LeMahieu hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Smith hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Martin stole a base and a run scored on a Sanchez throwing error to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead.  In the seventh Sucre hit an RBI single and the lead was pushed to 3-1.  In the ninth Sucre hit a two-run double to extend the lead to 5-1.  In the bottom of the ninth Tulowitzki hit a solo homerun and Voit hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 5-3 but that would be the final score. 

The rubber game of the three game series will be on Sunday afternoon.   

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