New York Yankees offense shines in win over Detroit Tigers

 The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Joker 

Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 11-7.  Deivi Garcia started for the 

Yankees  and continued his strong spring with a solid outing.  Ronald Guzman led the offense with 

three hits and

five RBI.  

Garcia pitched three innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman pitched a

perfect inning with a strikeout and picked up the win, Luis Gil pitched three innings giving up a hit

and a walk with four strikeouts and Shawn Semple pitched an inning giving up three hits and four runs

with a walk and a strikeout.  Derek Craft had an inning giving up three hits and two runs.  

Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Cooper Bowman had two hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo

drew a walk.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa drew a walk, Miguel Andujar drew a walk and Matt Pita drew a walk.

Ender Inciarte had a hit, Raimfer Salinas had a hit and Tim Locastro had two hits.  Phillip Evans had 

a hit, Armando Alvarez had a hit and RBI and Guzman had three hits and five RBI.  Max McDowell

had two hits, Guzman hit a double and Locastro hit two doubles.  Torres and Bowman each hit a homerun.

The Yankees were 6-13 with runners in scoring position and left 5 men on base.  Locastro had a stolen 

base.  

In the top of the first Torres hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third

Dustin Garneau hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the top of the fifth Guzman hit a two-run 

double and a passed ball gave the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  In the sixth Guzman hit a two-run single pushing 

the lead to 6-1.  Bowman hit a three-run homerun making it a 9-1 game.  In the top of the eighth hit an 

RBI single extending the lead to 10-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Riley Greene hit a solo homer making

it 10-2.  Victor Reyes hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 10-5.  In the top of the ninth Alvarez

hit an RBI single and it was 11-5 Yankees.  In the bottom of the ninth Parker Meadows hit a sac fly

and Josh Lester hit an RBI groundout cutting the lead to 11-7.  The final score was 11-7.  The Yankees

will host the Philadelphia Phillies.  

Aaron Judge powers Yankees to win over the Pirates

 The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at 

George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 7-4.  Gerrit Cole started for the 

Yankees and struggled a little bit.  Judge led the offense with three hits and three RBI.  

Cole pitched two innings giving up four hits and four runs with three being earned.  He walked one and 

struck out five.  Barrett Loseke pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Jordan Montgomery

pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out five.  Montgomery picked up the win, Alex 

Mauricio pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning with a 

strikeout and Albert Abreu pitched a perfect inning.  Zach Greene pitched a perfect inning striking

out one and picking up the save.  

Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo

had a hit.  Michael Beltre had a hit, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  David Freitas had

a hit, Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI and Kyle Higashioka had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.

Donaldson, Higashioka and Gonzalez each hit a homerun and Judge hit two homeruns.  The Yankees left

4 men on base.  Beltre was caught stealing and Gonzalez and Rizzo each committed an error.  

In the first Donaldson hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the second former 

Yankee farmhand Diego Castillo hit a two-run homerun giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the 

third Cole Tucker hit a solo homerun pushing the Pirates lead to 3-1.  Roberto Perez hit an RBI single 

making it a 4-1 game.  In the bottom of the third Higashioka hit a solo homerun and then Judge hit a solo

homer cutting the lead to 4-3.  In the bottom of the fourth Gonzalez hit a two-run homer giving the 

Yankees a 5-4 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Judge hit his second homerun of the game a two run shot

pushing the Yankees lead to 7-4.  7-4 would be the final score and the Yankees will head to Lakeland to

take on the Detroit Tigers on Monday.  

New York Yankees fall short in loss to Phillies

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.  The final score was 6-5.

Luis Severino made his second start of the spring for the Yankees and his command was bad.  DJ 

LeMahieu led the offense with two hits.  

Severino pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with four walks.  Carson Coleman

pitched to one batter and struck him out, Greg Weissert pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and

Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless inning giving up a walk and striking out two.  Manny Banuelos

pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts, Ryan Weber took the loss pitching two innings and

giving up four hits and three runs with three strikeouts.  

Aaron Judge drew three walks, Brandon Lockridge had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a hit.

LeMahieu had two hits and drew a walk, Marwin Gonzalez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Isiah

Kiner-Falefa had a hit.  Kyle Higashioka had three hits and three RBI, Rodolfo Duran had a hit and Tim

Locastro had a hit.  LeMahieu, Duran and Lockridge each hit a double.  Higashioka hit two homeruns and

they were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Locastro, Lockridge and Rizzo

each had a stolen base.  Higashioka had a passed ball.

In the bottom of the first Matt Vierling hit a three run double giving the Phillies a 3-0 lead.  In the second

Higashioka hit a two run homer cutting the lead to 3-2.  In the fifth Gonzalez hit an RBI single tying the 

game at three.  In the sixth Higashioka hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  In the bottom of

the seventh Ethan Wilson hit an RBI single to tie the game at four.  Edgar Cabral hit an RBI single and

Ronald Torreyes hit an RBI groundout pushing the Phillies lead to 6-4.  In the eighth Lockridge hit an

RBI double cutting the lead to 6-5 and that would be the final score.  

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.