Saturday, August 8, 2020

Yankees lose a close one to the Philadelphia Phillies

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.  The game took 

place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 5-4.  Jordan

Montgomery started for the Yankees and he didn't pitch very well.  The Yankees bullpen kept them in 

the game and Mike Tauchman and Brett Gardner each had two hits to lead the offense.  

Montgomery pitched four innings giving up six hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  

Montgomery took his first loss of the season.  David Hale pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he 

walked two and struck out three and Jonathan Holder pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk 

 and struck out three.

Zach Eflin pitched four innings giving up four hits and two runs with none being earned.  He walked 

one and struck out five.  Deolis Guerra pitched an inning with a strikeout and he won his first game

of the season, Nick Pivetta pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts.  

Jose Alvarez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Hector Neris pitched

1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he had a strikeout.  

Tauchman had two hits and two RBI, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  

 Gardner had two hits, Gio Urshela had a hit and Gary Sanchez had a hit and two RBI.  Tyler Wade

drew a walk, DJ LeMahieu had a hit and Urshela and Stanton each hit a double.  Sanchez hit a homerun.

The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gardner was caught

stealing and Hale had a pickoff.   

Andrew McCutchen had two hits, Rhys Hoskins drew a walk and Bryce Harper had a hit and drew two 

walks.  JT Realmuto had two hits and three RBI, Phil Gosselin had a hit and two RBI and Didi 

Gregorius had a hit.  Roman Quinn  had a hit and drew a walk, Gosselin and McCutchen each hit a 

double and Quinn hit a triple.  Realmuto hit a homerun and the Phillies were 2-8 with runners in scoring

position and left six men on base.  Quinn was picked off and Kingery committed an error.  

In the first Realmuto hit a three-run homerun to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead.  In the second Tauchman

hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the third Gosselin hit a two-run double to make it 5-2.

In the seventh Sanchez hit a two-run homerun to make it a 5-4 game.  The final score was 5-4.  

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