New York Yankees fall to the Detroit Tigers

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.  The game took place at

Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 5-3 in seven innings.  Clarke 

Schmidt started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Miguel Andujar and Jose Peraza each had two 

hits to lead the offense.  

Schmidt pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out three.  JP Sears pitched two innings 

giving up three hits and he struck out four, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning and Joely 

Rodriguez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five hits and five runs.  He struck out one and took the loss.

Barrett Loseke pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked one and Albert Abreu pitched a perfect inning with

two strikeouts.  

Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI, Oswald Peraza drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo drew a walk.

Miguel Andujar had two hits and drew a walk, Jose Peraza had two hits and an RBI and Phillip Evans

had a hit.  David Freitas had a hit, J Peraza hit two doubles and Freitas and Andujar each hit a double.

Gonzalez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on

base.  Rizzo and Peraza each had a stolen base.  Brantly had a passed ball.  

In the fifth Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and J. Peraza hit an RBI double giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth Jeimer Candelario hit a homerun and Eric Haase hit a two-run double tying the 

game at three.  A passed ball made it 4-3 Tigers and Jack Lopez hit a solo homer to extend the lead to

5-3.  5-3 in seven was the final score.  The Yankees will head to Clearwater to take on the Phillies on

Friday.

New York Yankees pick up first spring win over the Philadelphia Phillies

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 5-2.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and pitched well.  No player had more then a hit. 

Taillon pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Nestor Cortes pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts, Michael King pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Reggie McClain pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with one being earned and he walked a batter and struck out a batter.  Greg Weissert pitched two innings giving up two walks and he struck out one. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Joey Gallo drew a walk and Miguel Andujar had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI and Max McDowell drew a walk.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit, Andres Chaparro had a hit and drew a walk and Phillip Evans had a hit and an RBI.  Tyler Hardman drew a walk, LeMahieu, Stanton, Hicks, Evans and Chaparro each hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Chaparro had a stolen base.  Torrealba committed an error. 

In the bottom of the first Stanton hit a two-run double to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Hicks hit an RBI double and it was 3-0 Yankees.  In the bottom of the fourth Evans hit an RBI double to push the Yankees lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the sixth Evans reached on an error and the score was 5-0.  In the top of the seventh Didi Gregorius hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-1.  Adam Haseley hit an RBI single making it 5-2.  5-2 would be the final score. 

The Yankees picked up their first spring victory of the season and they will play the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday afternoon. 

Yankees lose a high scoring game to the Detroit Tigers

 The New York Yankees played their first home spring game on Sunday afternoon.  Luis Severino started

and he looked healthy with good velocity but his control was off and the results were not great.  He 

pitched two innings giving up four hits and four runs.  He had a walk and a strikeout, Wandy Peralta

pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Lucas Luetge pitched a perfect inning and Ryan Weber pitched 

a perfect inning.  Manny Banuelos pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Sean Boyle pitched two 

innings giving up a hit with two walks and a strikeout and Michael Gomez pitched 2/3 of an inning

giving up four hits and four runs with two walks.  He took the loss and Matt Minnick pitched to one

batter and got him out.  

Estevan Florial drew two walks, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and four RBI and Michael Beltre had a hit.

Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit.

Ender Inciarte had a hit and an RBI, Blake Perkins had a hit and Rob Brantly drew a walk.  Armando

Alvarez drew a walk.  Inciarte hit a double, Cabrera hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-10 with runners 

in scoring position and left five men on base.  Kiner-Falefa and Ryan LaMarre each had a stolen base.  

In the first Javier Baez hit an  RBI double giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  Spencer Torkelson hit an RBI 

single making it a 2-0 game.  In the second Robbie Grossman hit a two-run homerun pushing the lead to

4-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Kiner-Falefa stole second base and LaMarre stole home making it 4-1.

Inciarte hit an RBI double making it 4-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Beltre hit an RBI single cutting

the lead to 4-3.  In the bottom of the sixth Cabrera hit a grand slam to give the Yankees a 7-4 lead.  In the

ninth Jack Lopez hit an RBI double making it 7-5, Parker Meadows hit a two-run single tying the game 

at seven.  Kody Clemens hit an RBI single to give Detroit an 8-7 lead and that was the final score.

The Yankees are now 0-2-1 and will play the Philadelphia Phillies in Tampa on Monday afternoon.

New York Yankees tie Baltimore Orioles

 The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles played to a 3-3 tie on Saturday afternoon.  Ken Waldichuk 

started for the Yankees and pitched three innings giving up four hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Clay 

Holmes pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and three strikeouts.  Edgar

Barclay pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out one and Zach Greene pitched an inning

giving up a hit and striking out one.  The Orioles used seven pitchers and they all pitched well.  

Josh Donaldson had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Phillip Evans had a hit.  Chad Bell 

drew a walk, David Freitas had a hit and two RBI.  Evans hit a double, Freitas and Donaldson each hit a 

homerun.  The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Perez had a 

stolen base.  

In the third Freitas hit a two run homer giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Donaldson hits a solo homer to 

extend the Yankees lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the third Jacob Nottingham hit anRBI double cutting 

the lead to 3-1.  Mancini hit an RBI single making it a 3-2 game.  In the bottom of the fifth Ryan 

Mountcastle hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  The final score was 3-3 and the Yankees are now

0-1-1 in the Spring.  They will play Sunday afternoon for their first home game.  

Lockout over, Spring Training Begins

 The New York Yankees and everyone else have reported to Spring training today.  The Yankees right now 

still haven’t made any moves.  I could be wrong about this but I’m guessing they are hoping and working 

on Freddie Freeman and if they get him they will work on trades and move to SS.  If they don’t get him 

they can quickly pivot to Olson and a pitcher from Oakland in a trade or Correa/Story for SS.  I know

fans are panicking and manager Aaron Boone did say today Gio Urshela is his SS right now and they

can win with what they have.  I don’t buy it though and also what is he supposed to say?  We are no good.

There is still a lot of free agents out there and a lot can happen but who is there now needs to get in shape.

I don’t think though on April 7th this will be the team but we will see.