The Yankees split their split squad games today

The New York Yankees played two games on Sunday afternoon. They took on the Philadelphia Phillies at home in Tampa and took on the Minnesota Twins on the road in Fort Myers. The Yankees won the home game by the score of 3-0 and lost the road game by the score of 5-1. Phil Hughes started the road game and pitched really well. He pitched three innings giving up no runs and a hit. CC Sabathia started the home game and pitched three good innings. Mariano Rivera made his spring debut pitching a 1-2-3 inning with 14 pitches, 10 of them were for strikes. 
I will start with the home game first. Sabathia pitched three innings giving up two hits, no runs, one walk and a couple of strikeouts. Rivera got the win with his perfect inning, Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Cory Wade pitched a scoreless inning. Wade walked one and struck out one batter. Clay Rapada pitched an inning giving up one hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Chase Whitley pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Kevin Whelan pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Derek Jeter had two hits, Robinson Cano had a hit and Gustavo Molina had a hit. Austin Krum had a hit, Bill Hall had a hit and a walk and Chris Dickerson had a hit and two RBI. Justin Maxwell had a hit which was a double. The Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Martin had his fourth stolen base of the spring.

Hughes in Fort Myers pitched three scoreless innings giving up one hit with a walk and a strikeout. Adam Warren pitched three innings giving up three hit’s, a run and a walk. Graham Stoneburner took the loss, he pitched one inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Adam Miller pitched one inning giving up two hits, three runs and a walk.

Brett Gardner had a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Nick Swisher had a hit. Gary Sanchez had a hit, Francisco Cervelli had three hits and an RBI and Walter Ibarra had a hit. Jayson Nix and Corbin Joseph each had a hit. Granderson, Cervelli and Swisher each had a double. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and they left seven men on base. Gardner had a stolen base and Joseph was caught stealing. The Yankees are now 5-5 on the spring not counting their win against the University of South Florida. They will now play two night games in a row at home. They will take on the Houston Astros tomorrow night and then the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.