The New York Yankees win second straight in Minnesota

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.  The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the final score was 6-5 Yankees.  Chase Whitley started and was bad, the pend was good.  Brian Roberts had four hits and Francisco Cervelli had three hits. 

Whitley pitched three innings giving up four runs and eight hits.  He walked one and struck out four.  David Huff won his third game of the season pitching three perfect innings with three strikeouts, Adam Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up one hit and Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run.  David Robertson saved his 20th game of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and striking out the side. 

Kyle Gibson pitched two innings giving up six hits and six runs, five of them earned.  He walked one and struck out seven and lost his seventh game of the season.  Samuel Deduno pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up three hits and four strikeouts, Caleb Thielbar pitched to one batter and retired him and Casey Fien pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.  Glen Perkins pitched a perfect inning. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Roberts had four hits and an RBI and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and two RBI.  Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Carlos Beltran had an RBI and Cervelli had three hits.  Brendan Ryan had an RBI, Roberts hit three doubles and a triple, Teixeira hit a double and Cervelli hit two doubles.  Gardner hit a triple and the Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Brian Dozier had a hit and an RBI, Kurt Suzuki had two hits and Kendrys Morales had two hits.  Oswaldo Arcia had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Trevor Plouffe had an RBI and drew a walk and Chris Colabello had a hit and two RBI.  Eduardo Escobar had a hit, Sam Fuld had two hits and Suzuki hit a double and Arcia hit a triple.  Dozier and Colabello each hit a homerun and the Twins were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Nunez and Arcia each had a stolen base and Dozier was caught stealing.  Suzuki had a passed ball. 

In the first Roberts hit an RBI double, Teixeira hit an RBI double and Beltran hit a sacrifice fly to give the Yankees a quick 3-0 lead.  The Twins answered back with one in the bottom of the first.  Dozier hit a solo homerun, the Yankees scored three more in the second to take a 6-1 lead.  Ryan hit a sacrifice fly and Ellsbury hit a two run single.  Colabello hit a solo homerun in the second to make it a 6-2 game.  In the third Arcia hit an RBI triple and Plouffe hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-4 and then in the eighth the Twins scored one more run to make it a 6-5 game.  Colabello had an RBI groundout and 6-5 would be the final score.  The Yankees have taken the first two of the four game series and look for their third straight on Saturday afternoon. 

The New York Yankees lose third straight to the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees lose third straight to the Boston Red Sox


The New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 13-9 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. David Huff started for the Yankees and didn’t pitch very well. Brett Gardner, Robinson Cano and Ichiro Suzuki each had a couple of hits.

Huff pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and nine runs with no walks and two strikeouts. Huff lost his first game of the season, Jim Miller pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and Brett Marshall pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit and an RBI and Mark Reynolds had a hit and two RBI. Cano had two hits and an RBI, Alfonso Soriano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Eduardo Nunez had a hit and drew a walk. Lyle Overbay had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Suzuki had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and J.R. Murphy had a hit. Nunez, Suzuki, Gardner and Reynolds each hit a double and the Yankees were 7-18 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.

John Lackey pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and seven runs with three walks and six strikeouts. Lackey won his ninth game of the season, Matt Thornton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Drake Britton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and Junichi Tazawa pitched an inning giving up a walk. Craig Breslow pitched 2/3 of an inning.

Shane Victorino had a hit and an RBI, Johnny Gomes had three hits and four RBI and Dustin Pedroia had a hit. David Ortiz had a hit and an RBI, Mike Napoli had two hits and three RBI and Will Middlebrooks had two hits and drew a walk. Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and drew a walk, Ryan Lavarnway had a hit and an RBI and Bogaerts had two hits and three RBI. Ortiz, Bogaerts, Lavarnway, Victorino and Pedroia each hit a double. Napoli hit two homeruns; Gomes and Bogaerts each hit a homerun. The Red Sox were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Lavarnway had a passed ball.

Napoli hit a two run homerun in the second to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. Overbay hit an RBI single in the second to make it 2-1 Red Sox. Gomes hit a three run homerun in the third and it was 5-1 Red Sox. Cano hit an RBI single in the third to cut the lead to 5-2 Sox. In the fourth Lavarnway hit an RBI double, Bogaerts hit an RBI groundout, Victorino hit an RBI double and Gomes hit an RBI single. Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly and it was 10-2 Red Sox. Suzuki hit an RBI double in the fourth to make it 10-3. Bogaerts hit a two run homerun in the fifth to push the lead to 12-3. In the sixth Gardner hit a two run double, Jeter hit an RBI single and Soriano hit an RBI single to make it 12-7. Reynolds hit a two run double in the eighth to make it 12-9 and the Red Sox added another run in the ninth to make it 13-9 and that was the final score.

The Yankees have lost the first three games of this four game series. The Yankees record fell to 75-67 and the Red Sox record improved to 87-57. The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees will try and avoid the four game sweep.

The New York Yankees breeze past the Chicago White Sox

The New York Yankees breeze past the Chicago White Sox


The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox on Monday afternoon. The final score was 9-1 and the game was played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Phil Hughes started but after a two-hour rain delay he didn’t come back out. David Huff pitched very well in relief. Derek Jeter had a couple of hits and RBI and Brett Gardner had two hits.

Hughes pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and no runs. Huff pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with three strikeouts. Huff earned his second win of the season. Cesar Cabral made his major league debut pitching an inning and giving up a hit with two strikeouts and Adam Warren pitched an inning walking a batter.

Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Jeter had two hits and two RBI and Robinson Cano had a hit. J.R. Murphy made his major league debut and picked up a hit, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI and Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk. Vernon Wells had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Mark Reynolds had a hit and an RBI. Austin Romine had a hit and two RBI, Gardner hit two doubles, Rodriguez and Soriano each hit a double. The Yankees were 7-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Jose Quintana started and took the loss only pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. Quintana lost his fifth game and couldn’t come back after the long rain delay. Dylan Axelrod pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and eight runs with six of them being earned. He walked two and struck out one, Jake Petricka pitched 2 2/3 innings striking out two and David Purcey pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts.

Alejandro De Aza had a hit, Adam Dunn had a hit and Paul Konerko had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Avisail Garcia had a hit, Conor Gillaspie had a hit and Jordan Danks had a hit. Josh Phegley had a hit, Danks hit a double and Konerko hit a homerun. The White Sox were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. De Aza, Phegley and Dunn each committed an error.

In the first Jeter hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fourth the Yankees scored eight runs to break the game open and take a 9-0 lead. Reynolds hit an RBI single, Romine hit a two run single, Gardner hit an RBI double and Jeter hit an RBI single. Soriano hit an RBI double, Wells reached on a fielder’s choice and error allowing two runs to score. Konerko hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 9-1 and that would be the final score.

The Yankees improved their record to 73-64 and the White Sox record dropped to 56-80. The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.