The New York Yankees defeat the Houston Astros 3-2

The New York Yankees defeat the Houston Astros 3-2


The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Friday night. The final score. was 3-2 and the game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Adam Warren started and pitched well. David Adams who had the big hit of the game led the offense.

Warren pitched five shutout innings giving up two hits and a walk. He struck out four and won his third game of the season. David Phelps pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and a strikeout, Joba Chamberlain pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a walk and Preston Claiborne walked one and struck out one in his one inning. David Roberston pitched a perfect inning and earned his third save of the season.

Robinson Cano had a hit, Alfonso Soriano had a hit and drew a walk and Mark Reynolds had two hits and an RBI. David Adams had a hit and two RBI, J.R. Murphy had a hit, and Murphy, Adams and Soriano each hit a double. The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.

Brett Oberholtzer pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked one and struck out four and lost his fifth game of the season. Josh Zeid pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out three, Kevin Chapman pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Josh Fields pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Jonathan Villar had a hit, Jose Altuve drew a walk and Matt Dominguez drew a walk. Marc Krauss drew two walks, Chris Carter drew a walk and L.J. Hoes had two hits. Brandon Barnes had a hit, Brett Wallace had a hit and two RBI and Wallace hit a double. The Astros were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Villar had a stolen base and Elmore was caught stealing. Dominguez committed an error.

Reynolds hit an RBI single in the fourth and Adams hit a two run double to make it 3-0 Yankees. In the seventh Wallace hit a two run double to cut the lead to 3-2 Yankees. 3-2 was the final score of the game.

The Yankees record improved to 83-77 and the Astros record fell to 51-109. The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night. Andy Pettitte will be making the final start of his career in his hometown, which should be nice.