New York Yankees blow lead and lose to the Anaheim Angels

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-5.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  Chris Carter had two hits and Aaron Judge had three RBI to lead the offense. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up eight hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five and took his third loss of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched to one batter and retired him, Dellin Betances pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Domingo German pitched two innings giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out three. 

Jesse Chavez pitched four innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Yusmeiro Petit pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts and he won his second game of the season, Cam Bedrosian pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Keynana Middleton pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  David Hernandez pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Judge had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Matt Holliday drew a walk, Starlin Castro had a hit and an RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Carter had two hits, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Carter hit a double and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Castro, Sanchez and German each committed an error. 

Cameron Maybin had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Kole Calhoun had two RBI and Albert Pujols had two hits and two RBI.  Yunel Escobar had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Luis Valbuena had a hit and an RBI and Andrelton Simmons had a hit and two RBI.  Eric Young Jr. had a hit and Cliff Pennington had three hits and drew a walk.  Escobar, Simmons and Pennington each hit a double.  Maybin hit a homerun and the Angels were 5-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Maybin had a stolen base. 

In the first Maybin hit a solo homerun giving the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Castro hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the second Gardner hit into an RBI ground out to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  Judge hit a three-run homerun in the second and the lead was extended to 5-1.  In the third Pujols hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-2 and Escobar hit an RBI single to make it 5-3.  In the sixth Valbuena hit an RBI single to make it 5-4.  In the seventh Calhoun hit a sac fly to tie the game at five.  Pujols hit an RBI single and Simmons hit a two-run double and it was 8-5 Angels.  In the eighth a throwing error by the pitcher allowed a run to score and Calhoun hit a sac fly to extend the Angels lead to 10-5 and that would be the final score. 

New York Yankees shutout the Boston Red Sox behind a strong CC Sabathia

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-0.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and pitched brilliantly.  Chris Carter led the offense with three hits and four RBI and Starlin Castro, Didi Gregorius and Chase Headley each had two hits. 

Sabathia pitched eight shutout innings giving up five hits.  He walked none and struck out five and won his seventh game of the season.  Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning. 

Rick Porcello started for the Red Sox and took his eighth loss of the season.  He pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five.  Blaine Boyer pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Matt Holliday had a hit and an RBI, Castro had two hits and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Gregorius had two hits and an RBI, Headley had two hits and drew a walk and Carter had three hits and four RBI which could have been more if a catch had been ruled a homerun since the fan touched it before Betts caught it but those are the breaks.  Castro hit a triple and Gregorius and Carter each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base.

Chris Young had a hit, Xander Bogaerts had a hit and Sam Travis had a hit.  Josh Rutledge had two hits including a double and a triple.  The Red Sox were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Marrero and Rutledge each committed an error. 

In the third Gregorius hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Sanchez hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 2-0.  Carter hit a three-run homerun and it was 5-0 Yankees.  In the seventh Holliday hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-0 and in the eighth Carter hit an RBI single to make it 7-0.  Gardner hit an RBI single and it was 8-0 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Thursday night. 

New York Yankees defeat the Kansas City Royals

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 7-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Chris Carter had three hits and four Yankees had two hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out four and won his third game of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jason Hammel pitched six innings giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk.  Hammel lost his fifth game of the season.  Seth Maness pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, Travis Wood pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and Al Alburquerque pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Gary Sanchez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Matt Holliday had an RBI.  Starlin Castro had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk and Carter had three hits and two RBI.  Gregorius hit a double, Sanchez and Carter each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Headley and Judge each had a stolen base and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Mike Moustakas had a hit, Eric Hosmer had a hit and Jorge Bonifacio had two hits.  Jorge Soler had a hit and drew two walks.  Alex Gordon had two hits and drew a walk, Whit Merrifield had a hit and an RBI.  Hosmer hit a double and the Royals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the third Sanchez hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Carter hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-0.  In the seventh Ellsbury hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  In the eighth Holliday hit an RBI groundout extending the lead to 7-0.  In the ninth Merrifield hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and the final score was 5-4.  Tommy Milone started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch great, the bullpen pitched well.  The Mets offense managed only five hits and no player had more than a hit. 

Milone pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked three and struck out four and took his first loss of the season.  Paul Sewald pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Zack Greinke pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Greinke won his fifth game of the season.  Andrew Chafin pitched to one batter and struck him out, Archie Bradley pitched one inning walking one and stricking out two and Fernando Rodney saved his 10^th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Neil Walker had a hit and drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Rene Rivera had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Flores hit a double.  Granderson and R. Rivera each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Gregor Blanco had a hit and two RBI, Nick Ahmed had a hit and Paul Goldschmidt drew a walk.  Chris Owings had two hits and an RBI, Yasmany Thomas had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Brandon Drury had a hit, Daniel Descalso drew a walk and Jeff Mathis had a hit and drew a walk.  Mathis and Drury each hit a double and Tomas hit a homerun.  The Diamondbacks were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Blanco, Goldschmidt and Owings each had a stolen base. 

In the second Granderson drew an RBI walk to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Blanco hit a two-run single to give Arizona a 2-1 lead.  Owings hit an RBI single and Goldschmidt stole home to make it 4-1 Arizona.  In the fifth Granderson hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-2.  Tomas hit a solo homerun in the sixth to push the lead to 5-2.  In the seventh R. Rivera hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-4 and that would be the final score. 

New York Yankees defeat the Kansas City Royals behind a strong CC Sabathia

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 7-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Chris Carter had three hits and four Yankees had two hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out four and won his third game of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jason Hammel pitched six innings giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk.  Hammel lost his fifth game of the season.  Seth Maness pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, Travis Wood pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and Al Alburquerque pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Gary Sanchez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Matt Holliday had an RBI.  Starlin Castro had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk and Carter had three hits and two RBI.  Gregorius hit a double, Sanchez and Carter each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Headley and Judge each had a stolen base and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Mike Moustakas had a hit, Eric Hosmer had a hit and Jorge Bonifacio had two hits.  Jorge Soler had a hit and drew two walks.  Alex Gordon had two hits and drew a walk, Whit Merrifield had a hit and an RBI.  Hosmer hit a double and the Royals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the third Sanchez hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Carter hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-0.  In the seventh Ellsbury hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  In the eighth Holliday hit an RBI groundout extending the lead to 7-0.  In the ninth Merrifield hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

The New York Yankees lose to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida and the final score was 6-5.  Adam Warren started for the Yankees and he pitched well as did Ben Heller and Jonathan Holder in their spring debuts.  Gleyber Torres had a couple of doubles to lead the offense and Miguel Andujar and Clint Frazier each had a hit. 

Warren pitched two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts.  Dietrich Enns pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with only one being earned, Daniel Camarena pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs and he had a strikeout and Heller pitched a perfect inning striking out the side.  Holder pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Joe Mantiply lost the game pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Kellin Deglan had a hit and an RBI, Chris Carter had a hit and Frazier had a hit.  Ji-Man Choi had a hit, Andujar had a hit and Donovan Solano had a hit and an RBI.  Torres had two hits, Pete Kozma had a hit and Tyler Wade drew a walk.  Torres hit two doubles and Choi hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Kozma was caught stealing and Andujar committed an error. 

In the third the Yankees took a 1-0 lead on a wild pitch.  In the bottom of the third the Phillies tied the game on an RBI ground out by Cesar Hernandez.  In the fourth Maikel Franco hit a solo homerun to give the Phillies a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth the Yankees took a 3-2 lead on a wild pitch as two runs scored.  In the sixth Odubel Herrera grounded into a double play but a run scored to tie the game at three.  Franco hit an inside-the-park homerun and the Phillies had a 4-3 lead.  Rhys Hoskins hit a solo homerun and the Phillies lead was 5-3.  In the eighth Deglan hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-4 and in the ninth Solano hit an RBI single to tie the game at five.  In the bottom of the ninth Stassi hit a walk-off RBI single to give the Phillies the 6-5 victory. 

The Yankees will host the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  Luis Severino will make his first start of the spring. 

The New York Yankees lose to the Houston Astros

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4.  Chris Capuano started and pitched ok, the bullpen wasn't very good.  Martin Prado and Jacoby Ellsbury each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Capuano pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Adam Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and struck out one, Shawn Kelley pitched an inning striking out two and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two.  David Robertson lost his fourth game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and Rich Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts. 

Brett Oberholtzer pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Sipp pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out one, Josh Fields earned his third win of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and striking out one and Chad Qualls saved his 14th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Ellsbury had three hits, Mark Teixeira had a hit and Carlos Beltran drew a walk.  Prado had three hits and two RBI, Brian McCann had a hit and two RBI and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit.  Prado hit a double and McCann hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Ellsbury had a stolen base and Suzuki had an error.

Robbie Grossman had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Altuve had a hit and drew two walks and Chris Carter had a hit and three RBI.  Dexter Fowler had two hits and drew a walk, Jason Castro had two hits and an RBI and Matt Dominguez had a hit.  Jon Singleton had two hits and drew a walk, Gregorius Petit had two hits and Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI.  Petit hit two doubles, Fowler hit a triple and Carter hit a homerun.  The Astros were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Grossman and Castro each had a stolen base and Castro committed an error. 

McCann hit a two run homerun in the fourth to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Grossman hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the sixth Castro hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at two and Gonzalez hit a two run single to give the Astros a 4-2 lead. The Yankees tied the game in the sixth on a two run double from Prado.  In the ninth Carter hit a three run homerun to give the Astros a 7-4 lead and that was the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.