The New York Yankees are taken down in Chicago

The New  York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.  The game took place at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 8-2 White Sox.  Bryan Mitchell started and he wasn't very good and Diego Moreno out of the pen was bad.  The Yankees offense didn't do much, Brian McCann hit a homerun. 

Mitchell pitched four innings giving up seven hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Mitchell lost his first game of the season.   Moreno pitched three innings giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and Nick Rumbelow pitched a perfect inning.  

John Danks won his sixth game of the season pitching 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with four walks and eight strikeouts.  Jake Petricka pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Zach Duke pitched to two batters and retired them both and Zach Putnam pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez drew a walk and Mark Teixeira drew a walk.  Chris Young drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk and John Ryan Murphy had a hit.  McCann had a hit and an RBI and Brendan Ryan had a hit.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Murphy hit a double and McCann hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Adam Eaton had two hits and drew a walk, Tyler Saladino had a hit and an RBI and Jose Abreu had a hit and an RBI.  Melky Cabrera had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Avisail Garcia had a hit and Adam Laroche drew a walk.  Alexei Ramirez had two hits and two RBI, Tyler Flowers had two hits and Abreu, Flowers and Ramirez each hit a double.  Ramirez and Cabrera each hit a homerun and the White Sox were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Saladino had a stolen base. 

In the first Abreu hit an RBI double to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the second Ramirez hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 White Sox.  In the third Gregorius was robbed of a three run homerun but it was a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fifth Saldino hit an RBI single making it 3-1 and Cabrera hit a three run homerun to extend the lead to 6-1.  In the seventh Ramirez hit an RBI double to make it 7-1 White Sox.  A wild pitch made it 8-1 and McCann hit a solo homerun in the ninth to make it 8-2 which was the final score.  The two teams will play game three which will be the rubber game of the series.  The Yankees will also be looking to finish their ten game road trip with a winning record.  They are 5-4 currently on the road trip. 

The New York Yankees win on a walk-off single over the Chicago White Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Shane Greene started and had a rough start but then settled down.  The bullpen was great and Martin Prado led the offense with two hits and three RBI including the game winning hit. 

Greene pitched 5+ innings giving up three runs on nine hits.  He walked two and struck out seven.  Shawn Kelley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two, Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two and David Robertson won his second game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

John  Danks pitched five innings giving up six hits and three runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  Ronald Belisario pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Zach Putnam pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one and Daniel Webb lost his fourth game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and a run with two walks. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira drew two walks, Prado had two hits and three RBI and Brian McCann had a hit.  Chase Headley drew two walks, Zelous Wheeler had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit.  Ellsbury hit a double and Prado hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Gardner had an outfield assist and a stolen base. 

Alejandro De Aza had two hits, Sanchez had three hits and Jose Abreu had two hits and three RBI.  Adam Dunn drew a walk, Conor Gillaspie drew a walk and Alexei Ramriez had two hits.  Jd Danks had a hit, Tyler Flowers had a hit and Abreu hit a homerun.  The White Sox were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Abreu hit a three run homerun to give the White Sox a 3-0 lead.  Prado hit a two run homerun in the third inning to cut the lead to 3-2.  The Yankees tied the game in the fifth on an Ellsbury RBI double.  The Yankees won the game in the ninth on a Prado RBI single after they loaded the bases on a base hit and two walks.  The Yankees have won two in a row and will play game two of the three game series on Saturday afternoon.  It will also be Joe Torre Day as he will have his number retired and be in Monument Park for all of time.