The New York Yankees are roughed up in Baltimore

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 11-3 Baltimore.  Michael Pineda started and was roughed up after a ten day layoff.  The Yankees offense left too many guys on base and they played sloppy defense. 

Pineda pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out two and lost his third game of the season.  Jacob Lindgren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Esmil Rogers pitched two innings giving up five hits and four runs with only one of them being earned.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out two, Chris Capuano pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Ubaldo Jiminez pitched five innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  He won his fourth game of the season.  T.J. McFarland pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up two hits and struck out one and Darren O'Day pitched a pefect inning with a strikeout.  Brad Brach pitched pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and Alex Rodriguez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had two hits, Carlos Beltran had a hit and Didi Gregorius drew a walk.  Mason Williams playing in his first major league game had a hit which was a homerun and two RBI and Chris Young had a hit.  The Yankees were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Headley and Teixeira each committed an error. 

Manny Machado had two hits and drew a walk, Jimmy Paredes had three hits and two RBI and Adam Jones had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Davis had three hits and four RBI, J.J. Hardy had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Travis Snider had a hit and an RBI.  Nolan Reimold had a hit, Ryan Flaherty had a hit and Corban Joseph had three hits and an RBI.  Josephy and Hardy each hit a double and Davis and Joseph each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 9-19 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Davis hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the third Rodriguez hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  The Orioles answered back in the third with a Jones RBI single and a Davis three run homerun to give the Orioles a 5-1 lead.  In the fourth Williams had his first major league hit and homerun with a two run shot to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the fourth Paredes hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-3, Josephy hit a solo homerun to make it 7-3.  A wild pitch made it 8-3, Hardy RBI double and Snider RBI single made it a 10-3 game all in the sixth inning.  In the seventh the Orioles pushed the lead to 11-3 and that would be the final score.  Paredes hit into a force out and a run scored.  Headley left the game early after getting hit in a bad spot and being naseuous, he is day-to-day and Rogers was outrighted to AAA where he will either accept the assignment or become a free agent.  The Yankees and Orioles will play game two of three on Saturday night. 

New York Yankees lose a marathon 19 inning game to the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, early Saturday morning by the score of 6-5.  The game took place at Yankee stadium in the Bronx, New York and took 19 innings to complete.  Nathan Eovaldi started and pitched pretty well and the Yankees bullpen pitched great.  The offense didn't do much but Chase Headley and Mark Teixeira each hit a homerun. 

Eovaldi pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Chris Martin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Justin Wilson pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings striking out one and Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings walking two and striking out two.  Andrew Miller pitched an inning walking two and striking out two, David Carpenter pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Chasen Shreve pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up three hits and striking out four.  Esmil Rogers was the hard luck loser pitching 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned and he walked one and struck out four.  Rogers lost his first game of the season and will have a lot of rest now.  Shreve also pitched great and will probably be headed to Scranton for his reward. 

Wade Miley started for the Red Sox and pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Robbie Ross Jr. faced two hitters and retired them both, Alexi Ogando pitched a perfect inning and Junichi Tazawa pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.  Edward Mujica blew his first save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Anthony Varvaro pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk, Tommy Layne pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up one hit and striking out three and Craig Breslow pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout.  Steven Wright picked up his first win and will be headed to AAA for his efforts.  He pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits, Brett Gardner had two hits and drew two walks and Alex Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI.  Garrett Jones had a hit, Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI with two walks and Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Carlos Beltran had a hit and an RBI and Stephen Drew had a hit.  Gregorio Petit drew a walk, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Gardner, Gregorius, McCann and Beltran each hit a double.  Headley and Teixeira each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Gardner was caught stealing and Headley and Gardner were each picked off of first base.  Petit committed an error, Murphy had a passed ball and Ellsbury had an outfield assist. 

Mookie Betts had a hit, an RBI an drew a walk, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and drew a walk and David Ortiz had two hits, an RBI an drew a walk.  Hanley Ramirez had three hits, Pablo Sandoval had four hits and two RBI and Mike Napoli drew a walk.  Daniel Nava had two hits and two RBI, Shane Victorino drew a walk and Xander Bogaerts had four hits and drew a walk.  Sandy Leon drew a walk, Hanigan drew a walk and Betts hit a double.  Ortiz hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 3-16 with runners in scoring position and left 20 men on base.  Bogaerts had a stolen base and committed an error and Miley and Wright each had a pickoff. 

In the first Sandoval had an RBI single, Nava had a two run single in the sixth and it was 3-0 Red Sox.  In the bottom of the sixth Rodriguez had an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-1 and McCann hit a sac fly to make it 3-2.  Headley hit a solo homerun in the ninth to tie the game at three.  In the sixteenth inning Ortiz hit a solo homerun to give the Red Sox a 4-3 lead.  Teixeira homered in the bottom of the sixteenth to tie the game at four.  In the eighteenth Sandoval hit an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead and in the bottom of the inning Beltran hit an RBI double to tie the game at five.  In the ninteenth Bette hit a sac fly to make it 6-5 and that was the final score. 

The Yankees are 1-3 and the Red Sox 3-1 on the young season.  They will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.  Adam Warren will make his first start of the season against Joe Kelly who will come off of the DL and make his first start of the season.  There will be some tired players and the starters will have to go pretty deep in the game with really tired bullpens.   

New York Yankees news and notes

The Yankees are expected to name a fifth starter by the weekend.  Adam Warren will be starting on Friday and if he doesn't have a terrible game it looks like he will win the competition.  Esmil Rogers who pitched on Tuesday night was bad again for the second game in a row.  Warren has been good all spring and unless they suprise everyone and go with someone like Scott Baker who has been pitching pretty well it looks like it is Warrens job. 

Alex Rodriguez continues to be a non story, he has shown enough now that he is going to be the opening day DH.  It will now be a question of does he bat sixth or seventh in the lineup and how often does he play the field.  I am guessing he will play third base about once a week and maybe a little first in an emergency but otherwise he will be the DH for the most part.  Garrett Jones will back up Mark Teixeira and he could also play right field with Chris Young when Carlos Beltran needs a break.  Beltran could see some time at DH as well.  Rodriguez has performed well which ended some speculation about him getting through spring training and being able to play etc, he now will have to get through some of the season but he looks pretty good right now. 

The Yankees youngsters have been good all spring and Tuesday night was no different.  It looks like Ramon Flores has impressed.  Joe Girardi said  "If something was to happen to one of our outfielders , I think he'd be a pretty strong candidate." 

Betances was sitting at 93-94 according to the Yes network gun.  He wasn't throwing upper 90's all spring last year and Girardi said he isn't worried although the results haven't been very good.  Betances said he just has to trust whatever stuff he does have and that the velocity will come.  He said he isn't trusting it as much this year compared to last and he is going to have to do that. 

Chris Young has been playing well lately and he has been hitting lefties which the Yankees will be looking for from him this season.  Didi Gregorius has been hitting lefty pitching lately and that is a good sign.  The Yankees want him to be the everyday guy and if he can hit like he has been lately that will be the case.  His glove is gold glove caliber so if he can hit a little they are going to be really happy with him. 

Nathan Eovaldi pitched in a minor league game on Tuesday afternoon.  He said that when he gets in trouble he tends to speed up which he did in the first inning but then slowed it down later in the game and was better.  He said he is working on that as he continues his progression to being a complete pitcher now.  He pitched pretty well again and the Yankees are excited about what he could bring this year.  Girardi said he wouldn't comment on the Opening Day starter but he did acknowledge that Sabathia wouldn't start on short rest so that would eliminate him from Opening day leaving Masahiro Tanaka unless something unforeseen happens.  Tanaka will pitch on Wednesday afternoon and then have five days rest before pitching one more game before Opening Day. 

The New York Yankees rally and defeat the Detroit Tigers on a walk-off homerun

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 9-8 on Tuesday night.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  Esmil Rogers started for the Yankees and wasn't very good, Dellin Betances also continued to struggle.  Mark Teixeira had a couple of hits and Ramon Flores had the game winning homerun. 

Rogers pitched three innings giving up five hits and five runs with one of them being earned.  he walked two and struck out two.  Andrew Miller pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one, Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Justin Wilson pitched an inning striking out one.  Nick Rumbelow pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two, James Pazos pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out three and Diego Moreno picked up his first win of the spring pitching an inning and walking one. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Jonathan Galvez drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit and an RBI.  Aaron Judge drew a walk, Teixeira had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Francisco Arcia had an RBI.  John Ryan Murphy had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk and Kyle Higashioka had an RBI and drew a walk.  Stephen Drew had a hit, Ali Castillo drew a walk and Chris Young had a hit.  Flores had a hit and three RBI, Didi Gregorius ahd a hit and an RBI and Beltran, Teixeira, Young and Gregorius each hit a double.  Flores hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gardner had two stolen bases and Judge had a stolen base.  Rogers committed an error and Arcia committed two errors and McCann had a passed ball. 

In the first Yoenis Cespedes hit an RBI single to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead and in the bottom of the first the Yankees came right back to tie the game at one.  Teixeira hit an RBI double and in the second Ian Kinsler hit a two run single to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.  J.D. Martinez hit a two run double to give the Tigers a 5-1 lead.  In the third Beltran hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 5-2.  Nick Castellanos hit an RBI single in the fifth to give the Tigers a 6-2 lead.  In the seventh Alex Avila hit an RBI double to push the Tigers lead to 7-2 and Andrew Romine reached on a fielding error and a run scored to push the lead to 8-2 Tigers.  In the seventh Gregorius hit an RBI double and Arcia hit an RBI groundout to cut the lead to 8-4.  Higashioka had an RBI walk to trim the lead down to 8-5.  In the ninth Murphy hit an RBI single to make it an 8-6 game and then Flores hit a three run homerun to make it 9-8 and win the game. 

The Yankees will take on the New York Mets on Wednesday afternoon at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.   

New York Yankees lose under the lights to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.  The final score was 7-3 and the game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  Esmil Rogers started and wasn't very good, Chase Headley hit a homerun and Stephen Drew had an RBI double to lead the offense. 

Rogers pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  David Carpenter pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two walks and striking out a batter, Tyler Webb pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings with two strikeouts and Nick Goody took the loss pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up two hits and a run, he struck out two.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He struck out two batters. 

Didi Gregorius had a hit, Drew had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit and an RBI.  Headley had a hit and an RBI, Drew hit a double and Headley hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Pirela committed an error. 

In the first Ryan Howard hit an RBI single giving the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the second Cody Asche hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0 Phillies.  In the bottom of the second Headley hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Carlos Ruiz hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-1 Phillies.  In the bottom of the third Drew hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the sixth the Yankees tied the game on a Beltran RBI single.  In the eighth inning Darin Ruf hit a solo homerun giving the Phillies a 4-3 lead and they wouldn't relinquish it.  Jordan Danks hit an RBI double and Andres Blanco reached on a fielding error to score a run and then Chris Nelson hit an RBI single to make it 7-3 all in the ninth inning.  7-3 was the final score. 

The Yankees will travel to Lakeland, Florida to take on the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon. 

The Yankees split their split squads on Saturday

The New York Yankees played a split squad on Saturday afternoon.  They defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-1 at home in Tampa and lost 1-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin.  Michael Pineda started the home game and was very good and Esmil Rogers started the road game and was very good.  Chase Headley had two hits in the home game and Alex Rodriguez had a hit in the road game. 

Pineda pitched three innings giving up a walk and striking out four.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Andrew Miller pitched an inning striking out two and Nick Rumbelow got the win pitching 1 1/3 innings walking one and striking out two.  James Pazos pitched 2/3 of an inning, Jaren Long pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Jared Burton pitched an inning striking out one and saving his second game of the spring.   

In the road game Rogers pitched three innings giving up four hits and striking out three.  Chris Martin pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Danny Burawa pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Tyler Webb took the loss pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a walk.  Cesar Vargas pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Diego Moreno pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

The offense at home was led by Headley with two hits.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Jonathan Galvez drew a walk and Stephen Drew had a hit.  Mark Teixeira had an RBI, Austin Romine had a hit and Tyler Austin had a hit.  Ramon Flores had a hit, Mason Williams had a hit and Headley and Austin hit a double and Williams hit a triple.  The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Slade Heathcott had two stolen bases and Pineda had a pickoff. 

The offense in the road game didn't produce much.  Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Michael O'Neill had a hit and Rodriguez had a hit.  Chris Young had a hit and drew a walk, Eddy Rodriguez drew a walk and Cole Figueroa had a hit.  Figueroa hit a double and the Yankees were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  O'Neill had a stolen base and Ellsbury was picked off.  Gardner had an outfield assist. 

The only run scored in the road game was an RBI single by Caleb Gindl in the sixth inning.  In the home game Gregorius hit a sac fly in the third to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  IN the fourth Josh Wilson hit an RBI ground out to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Teixeira hit into a force out to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead as two runs scored on the play.  There was an error involved and a runner thrown out at second.  In the seventh a balk scored the final run of the game to make it 4-1 which was the final score.

The Yankees will take on the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon in Tampa.  They will then have their first day off of spring training before resuming Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays in Tampa. 

New York Yankees pick up first win of the spring

The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon.  It was the Yankees first victory of the spring and the game took place in Bradenton, Florida.  Esmil Rogers started for the Yankees and Chase Whitley followed him in relief.  Tyler Austin was the star of the game. 

Rogers pitched two scoreless innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Whitley pitched two scoreless giving up two hits and striking out one and Cesar Vargas pitched two innings giving up four hits and a run with a strikeout.  Fred Lewis pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Nick Rumbelow pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out the side and Garrison pitched a perfect inning. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Ramon Flores had a hit and Chris Young had a hit.  Austin had a hit and an RBI, Garrett Jones had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Pirela had a hit.  Rob Refsnyder had two hits and Tyler Wade had a hit.  Refsnyder, Young and Jones each hit a double and Austin hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Flores was picked off and Gardner and Austin each had an outfield assist. 

In the top of the fifth Jones hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The Pirates tied the score in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single from Jaff Decker.  In the top of the eighth Austin hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead and that was the final score.  The Yankees will play a split squad day/night game on Friday.  They play a day game against the Phillies in Clearwater and a night game in Tampa against the Pirates. 

The New York Yankees win a slugfest over the Cleveland Indians

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-6.  Esmil Rogers started for the Yankees and pitched well, the bullpen was a little shaky.  Carlos Beltran led the offense with five RBI. 

Rogers pitched five innings giving up one run on four hits.  He walked one and struck out three and won his second game of the season.  David Huff pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts, Shawn Kelley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and four runs with two walks and Adam Warren pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Rich Hill retired the only two batters that he faced and Dellin Betances pitched an inning allowing two hits and striking out two. 

Trevor Bauer pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked four and struck out three and took his seventh loss of the season.  Nick Hagadone pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout, John Axford pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and four runs with three walks and Marc Rzepczynski pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run.  Bryan Shaw pitched to one batter and retired him, Josh Tomlin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one and Cody Allen pitched to two batters and retired them both. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit which tied him with Honus Wagner for sixth place on the all-time hits list.  Jacoby Ellsbury drew three walks, Beltran had two hits and five RBI and Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk.  Francisco Cervelli had two hits, Chase Headley had an RBI and drew a walk and Stephen Drew had a hit and an RBI.  Martin Prado had a hit and an RBI, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk and Gardner and Cervelli each hit a double.  Beltran hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Suzuki had two stolen bases. 

Jeff Kipnis had two hits and drew a walk, Alex Aviles had a hit and Michael Brantley had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Carlos Santana had three hits and three RBI, David Murphy had two hits and two RBI and Nick Swisher had a hit.  Jose Ramirez drew a walk, Roberto Perez had two hits and Kipnis, Brantley and Santana each hit a double.  The Indians were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Kipnis and Ramirez each committed an error. 

In the first Santana hit an RBI single to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.  The Yankees came right back and scored five in the bottom of the first.  Beltran hit an RBI single, Headley had an RBI walk and Drew hit an RBI single.  Prado hit a two run single.  In the sixth Murphy hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-2.  The Yankees scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 10-2 lead.  Beltran hit a grand slam and Drew had an RBI groundout.  The Indians scored four runs in the seventh to get back in the game but that was it for the scoring.  Brantley had an RBI walk, Santana hit a two run double and Murphy hit a sacrifice fly.  The final score was 10-6 Yankees.  The two teams will play game two of their three game set on Saturday afternoon.   

The New York Yankees take a wild rubber game in Boston

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 8-7.  David Phelps started and was bad and then left with an injury.  Esmil Rogers pitched great in relief in his Yankees debut and Brett Gardner had three hits and three RBI and Stephen Drew had two hits and four RBI.

Phelps pitched two innings giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked two and struck out none.  Chase Whitley pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Rogers won his first game of the season pitching three scoreless innings with a walk and three strikeouts and Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  David Robertson earned his 29th save of the season pitching an inning and walking a batter. 

Clay Buchholz pitched five innings giving up  eight hits and seven runs with five walks and five strikeouts.  Craig Breslow lost his third game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run, Junichi Tazawa pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Edward Mujica pitched a perfect inning.  Koji Uehard pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Gardner had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit and Mark Teixeira drew a walk.  Carlos Beltran had two hits, Brian McCann had a hit and drew two walks and Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI.  Drew had two hits and four RBI, Martin Prado drew a walk and Gardner, McCann, Drew, Beltran and Headley each hit a double.  Gardner hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Brock Holt had a hit, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and two RBI and David Ortiz had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Yoenis Cespedes drew a walk, Mike Napoli had a hit and Daniel Nava had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Christian Vasquez had two hits and drew two walks, Pedroia and Ortiz each hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the first Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly and Nava hit a two run single to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.  In the second Drew grounded into a force out and Gardner hit a two run double to tie the game at three.  Pedroia hit a two run homerun in the second to extend the lead to 5-3.  Drew hit an RBI double in the fourth to make it a 5-4 game.  In the fourth Ortiz hit a two run homerun to make it a 7-4 game.  In the fifth Headley hit an RBI double and Drew hit a two run single to tie the game at seven.  Gardner hit a solo homerun in the sixth to give the Yankees an 8-7 lead and that would be the final score.  The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will head home to face the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.