The New York Yankees were defeated
by the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
The game took place at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and the
final score was 6-0. David Phelps
started for the Yankees and pitched pretty well, the defense was sloppy. The offense only managed five hits.
Phelps pitched six innings giving
up eight hits and five runs with three of them being earned. He walked two and struck out five and lost
his second game of the season. Alfredo
Aceves pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with three
strikeouts.
Lance Lynn won his sixth game of
the season pitching a complete game shutout.
He gave up five hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
Brett Gardner had a hit, Derek
Jeter drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk. Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk, Brian
Roberts had a hit and Brendan Ryan had a hit.
McCann and Roberts each hit a double. The Yankees were 0-9 with runners
in scoring position and left seven men on base.
Kelly Johnson and Roberts each
committed an error.
Matt Carpenter had a hit, Matt
Holliday had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Matt Adams had three hits
and an RBI. Yadier Molina drew a walk,
Allen Craig had two hits and two RBI and Jhonny Peralta had a hit and an
RBI. Adams hit a double, Craig and
Holliday each hit a homerun. The
Cardinals were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.
In the third Adams hit an RBI
double, Craig reached on a missed catch error allowing a run to score. Peralta reached on a force attempt, error by
Roberts allowing two runs to score. It
was 4-0 Cardinals and they added a run in the in the fifth on a Craig solo
homerun. The Cardinals scored the sixth
and final run of the game in the seventh on a Holliday solo homerun. The two teams will play the rubber game of
the series on Wednesday night and the Yankees will play the rubber game of
their nine game road trip. They are 4-4
on the trip so far.
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