New York Yankees lose as they can't overcome a bad Gray outing

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.  The game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada and the final score was 6-2.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well, David Hale out of the bullpen was great.  Brett Gardner had two hits to lead the offense. 

Gray lost his seventh game of the season pitching two innings and giving up six hits and five runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Hale pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Chasen Shreve pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Sam Gaviglio pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned and he walked three and struck out six.  Joe Biagini pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out one and he won his first game of the season, Aaron Loup p itched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Seunghwan Oh pitched 2/3 of an inning and struck out one.  John Axford pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning. 

Gardner had two hits, Aaron Hicks had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk[GM1] .  Miguel Andujar had a hit, Greg Bird drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit and drew a walk.  Neil Walker drew a walk, Hicks hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Andujar committed an error. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI, Teoscar Hernandez had a hit and an RBI and Yangervis Solarte had three hits and drew a walk.  Justin Smoak had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Kevin Pillar had a hit and Randul Grichuk had a hit.  Aledmys Diaz had a hit, Devon Travis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Grichuk, Diaz and Hernandez each hit a double and Smoak hit a homerun.  The Blue Jays were 6-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Pillar had a stolen base and Solarte committed an error.

In the first Travis and Granderson each hit an RBI single to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead.  In the second Smoak hit a three-run homerun to push the lead to 5-0.  In the third Hicks hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Hicks drew an RBI walk to cut the lead to 5-2.  In the eighth Hernandez hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 6-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday. 

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 [GM1]iguel

New York Yankees blow lead and fall to the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 4-2.  David Hale started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the relivers did as well except for Adam Warren who had a rough game.  Aaron Judge and Ronald Torreyes each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Hale pitched three innings giving up a hit and no runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Tommy Khanle pitched two innings giving up a walk, Chad Green pitched a perfect inning and Dellin Betances pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts.  Warren took the loss pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up five hits and four runs and Chasen Shreve pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Judge had two hits and drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew two walks.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and drew a walk, Tyler Austin had a hit and Austin Romine had an RBI.  Billy McKinney drew a walk, Torreyes had two hits and an RBI and Judge hit a double.  The Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Judge had a stolen base. 

In the second Torreyes hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Romine hit a sac fly to push the lead to 2-0.  In the ninth David Rodriguez hit a three-run homerun and Carlos Gomez hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 4-2 lead and that would be the final score.