New York Yankees lose Game two of doubleheader in heartbreak fashion

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday in Game two of their doubleheader.  The game took place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 2-1.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched great, Chad Green gave up the game in his one inning.  The Yankees offense managed just five hits. 

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up three hits and no runs or walks with four strikeouts.  Green took his first loss of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts. 

Max Fried won his fifth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up four hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Marc Melancon pitched an inning giving up a hit and he saved his fifth game of the season. 

Aaron Judge had a hit, Gio Urshela drew a walk and Miguel Andujar had two hits.  Erik Kratz had a hit, Gary Sanchez had a hit and Tyler Wade had an RBI.  Kratz hit a double and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a hit, Dansby Swanson had a hit and Freddie Freeman had a hit and two RBI.  Marcell Ozuna had a hit, Austin Riley had a hit and Freeman hit a homerun.  The Braves were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  d’Arnaud had a passed ball. 

In the fifth Wade had a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Freeman hit a two-run homerun giving the Braves a 2-1 lead and that would be the final score.  The Yankees are off on Thursday and then will begin a five game series with the Mets on Friday with a doubleheader. 

New York Yankees earn sweep over the Atlanta Braves

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched ok and the bullpen was very good.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with four hits and Clint Frazier added three hits. 

Tanaka pitched four innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Jonathan Loaisiga won his second game of the season pitching two innings and giving up three hits and he struck out three, Chad Green pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Adam Ottavino pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jonathan Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Zack Britton saved his seventh game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning with a walk. 

Huascar Ynoa started for the Braves and he pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs with three walks.  Tyler Matzek lost his first game of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Josh Tomlin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Darren O’Day pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Will Smith pitched a perfect inning, A.J. Minter pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Shane Greene pitched an inning with a walk. 

LeMahieu had four hits and an RBI, Luke Voit had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI with two walks.  Gio Urshela drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Frazier had three hits and an RBI, Brett Gardner drew a walk and Voit, Hicks and Frazier each hit a double.  LeMahieu hit a triple and Sanchez and Frazier each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base. 

Dansby Swanson had three hits, Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and an RBI and Freddie Freeman drew two walks.  Marcell Ozuna drew a walk, Adam Duvall had a hit and Nick Markakis had two hits.  Johan Camargo had two hits and two RBI, Austin Riley had a hit and Ender Inciarte had a hit.  Markakis and Swanson each hit a double and Camargo hit a homerun.  The Braves were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Inciarte committed an error and d’Arnaud had a passed ball. 

In the second Camargo hit a two-run homerun giving the Braves a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Sanchez and Frazier hit back-to-back homeruns to tie the game at two.  In the fourth Hicks hit an RBI double and Torres hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth LeMahieu hit an RBI single and Voit hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-2.  In the ninth d’Arnaud hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-3 but that would be the final score.  The Yankees swept the brief two-game series and will be off on Thursday.  They will begin a four-game series with their rival Boston Red Sox on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.   

New York Yankees take Game 1 of doubleheader in Tampa Bay

 The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday 

afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 8-4.

Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Aaron Judge led the offense with three hits and 

Giancarlo Stanton and Gio Urshela added a couple of hits each.  

Cole pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Chad Green

picked up his second win of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up a run and two walks with 

two strikeouts and Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  

Tyler Glasnow pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with three walks and five 

strikeouts.  Glasnow took his first loss of the season.  Sean Gilmartin pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up 

five hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts and Oliver Drake pitched an inning giving up 

a hit and a run with a walk.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Judge had three hits and two RBI and Mike Ford had a hit and two RBI.  

Stanton had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Mike

Tauchman had a hit.  Urshela had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Gary Sanchez drew two walks

and Urshela and Tauchman each hit a double.  Ford, Stanton and Judge each hit a homerun and the 

Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Tauchman had a stolen

base and Sanchez had a passed ball.  

Yandy Diaz had a hit, Ji-Man Choi had two hits and an RBI and Jose Martinez had a hit and two RBI.

Yoshi Tsutsugo drew a walk, Hunter Renfroe drew a walk and Joey Wendle drew a walk.  Willy Adames

had a hit, Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI and Mike Zunino had a hit.  Adames and Zunino each hit a 

double and Choi hit two doubles.  Martinez hit a homerun and the Rays were 2-8 with runners in 

scoring position and left five men on base.  

In the third Ford hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Urshela hit a two-run doubleex

and the lead extended to 4-0.  In the fifth Stanton hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 5-0.  In the 

bottom of the fifth Choi hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  Martinez hit a two-run homerun and 

it was cut to 5-3.  In the sixth Judge hit a two-run homerun to push the lead back to four at 7-3.  

In the bottom of the sixth Kiermaier hit an RBI groundout to make it 7-4 and that was as close as it

got.  Urshela added a sac fly in the seventh and the final score was 8-4.  

New York Yankees are shutout by the Tampa Bay Rays

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  The game took place

at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 1-0.  Masahiro Tanaka started for

the Yankees and pitched great.  The bullpen pitched well and the offense didn't do anything.  

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up a hit and no runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Luis Cessa

pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Adam Ottavino lost his first game of the 

season pitching an inning giving up a run and two walks with a strikeout.  

Blake Snell pitched three hitless and scoreless innings.  He walked two and struck out five.  Andrew

Kittredge pitched two perfect innings, Pete Fairbanks pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out

one, Diego Castillo pitched 1/3 of an inning walking two and Nick Anderson pitched 2/3 of an inning

walking one and striking out one.  Chaz Roe won his second game of the season pitching two innings

giving up a hit and he struck out two.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk.

Gio Urshela drew a walk, Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Mike Tauchman had a hit.  Tauchman hit a 

double and the Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  

Yandy Diaz had a hit, Yoshi Tsutsugo drew a walk and Kevin Kiermaier had a hit and drew a walk.

Michael Perez had an RBI, Kiermaier hit a double and the Rays were 0-4 with runners in scoring 

position and left three men on base.  

In the eighth Perez hit a sac fly to give the Rays a 1-0 lead and that was the final score.  The two 

teams will play a doubleheader beginning tomorrow afternoon.  

Yankees Spring Training Notes From The First Workout

I wouldn't say that anything really big came out of spring training today.  Mariano Rivera did show up on time though and spoke with the media.  He had an announcement well sort of.  He said he has made up his mind on retiring or not.  He isn't going to say what his decision is right now though.  It sure sounded like this will be his farewell tour.  If it is everyone needs to watch and admire every time you see him pitch especially in person.  Rivera is a living legend and there will never be another like him. 

Joe Girardi also spoke about a few small items which he usually doesn't do.  Girardi basically announced that the first five in his lineup would be Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira.  I think that was assumed but it is unlike Girardi to do that so early.  I like the lineup that way and feel it is best that way.  I would expect Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin and Brett Gardner to round out the lineup.  That is a pretty good lineup if you ask me. 

Girardi also said David Robertson would be his eighth inning guy and Rafael Soriano the seventh inning guy.  He also said that Francisco Cervelli is almost certainly going to be the backup catcher.  That was a little bit surprising with Austin Romine also being there.  I think the Yankees like the idea of Romine developing more and being in AAA this season.  I think they also like him working with the pitchers who are on the cusp of coming up and maybe having them all come up together.  Romine appears to be the catcher of the future and with Martin the Yankees can afford to wait on him. 

The notes from Girardi are coming from the beat writers who are down in Tampa covering the team already.  There was also some A.J. Burnett talk as the trade was just finalized.  I am going to paraphrase what was said but Martin basically said that sometimes he would let negative thoughts get in his way.  He said that Burnett was always his own toughest critic.  He said he probably cared more then anybody and he worked extremely hard, he just couldn't get it figured out. 

Sabathia said it is tough because they came into this together.  He also said though he thinks it will be good for him.  He said sometimes a change of scenery is just what is needed.  He said that their families became very close and that will be the tough part.  Joe Girardi said a lot of nice things.  He said from his point of view he did everything that was asked of him.  Girardi said he worked hard and came prepared.  He said he had a good time with him and that A.J. won a lot of important games for the Yankees.  Martin said he text him after the trade and told A.J. he was going to bunt off of him. 

Martin also revealed today the Yankees were talking to him about a possible three year deal.  He said that the talks never progressed though.  He said numbers were discussed but he won't say what they are and he loves being with the Yankees. 

Looks can be deceiving

The New York Yankees lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater by the score of 9-7. A.J. Burnett got the start and had a horrible first inning, he recovered after that. He ended up throwing 4 innings giving up 5 runs on 7 hits with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. He gave up all of his runs in the first inning and then threw 3 scoreless after that. This is typical A.J., he can be soo good yet so bad at times and sometimes it is just one inning. Royce Ring faced one batter a lefty and got him out. Phil Hughes who probably could have locked up the 5th starter spot appeared to get roughed up. His line was 4 1/3 innings 5 hits, 4 runs, 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. He gave up a 2 run homerun that was legitimate but he also gave up 2 other solo homeruns that were wind aided. The good thing was 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. Mark Teixeira led the offense going 4-4 with a 2 run homerun. Brett Gardner had a rbi and Curtis Granderson was 2-3 with a walk and rbi. Nick Swisher had a hit and rbi and Ramiro Pena had 2 hits. Kevin Russo and Eduardo Nunez each had a hit and rbi. The Yankees are off tomorrow. Here are some notes from today via Chad Jennings of the Journal News. Joe Girardi said that they will be having serious discussions about the 5th starter on Wednesday and then see what their next move is and who will get more innings. Girardi said he isn't ruling anything out at this point. "We have five guys, we have in a sense one spot in the rotation and three in the bullpen. I can't tell you exactly what is going to happen, we have two weeks to go." There is a couple of audio of Girardi today on the Lohud Yankees Blog. A.J. Burnett said he threw some good changeups today, he said some got hit but but you keep throwing them. He said it is different, in the season you probably wouldn't keep throwing it but in the spring you can. Joba Chamberlain said his changeup is getting better and better. He said this is the best changeup he ever had today. He threw 5 innings giving up 6 hits and 2 runs in the intrasquad game today. He had 1 walk and 1 strikeout, he threw 75 pitches, 48 for strikes. Mariano Rivera got three outs, one of them a strikeout in the intrasquad game. He said "feeling good fellas, feeling good." He is scheduled to pitch again on Wednesday. Chan Ho Park was brilliant in the intrasquad game. He got 7 outs, 5 of them by strikeout. He only gave up one hit and threw 21 out of 29 pitches for strikes. Joe Girardi said "He did everything we wanted him to do." Damaso Marte got 4 outs, he got a double play and had 1 walk and 1 strikeout. Dave Robertson also got 4 outs. He struck out 3 and had 1 walk.