The New York Yankees defeated the
Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 3-0. Brandon McCarthy
started for the Yankees and he pitched great.
The offense scored all their runs in one inning but they didn't need to
do much.
McCarthy pitched a complete game
four hit shutout. He didn't walk a
batter and struck out eight. McCarthy
earned his eight win of the season and fifth as a Yankee.
Dallas Keuchel lost his ninth game
of the season pitching eight innings and giving up three runs on seven hits
with five strikeouts.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Jacoby
Ellsbury had a hit and Mark Teixeira had two hits. Martin Prado had a hit, Chase Headley had a
hit and two RBI and Francisco Cervelli had a hit. Prado and Headley each hit a double and the
Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.
Robbie Grossman had a hit, Chris
Carter had a hit, Dexter Fowler had a hit and Marc Krauss had a hit. Fowler and Krauss each hit a double and the
Astros were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on
base.
Headley hit a two run double and
Ichiro hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning giving the Yankees a 3-0
lead. Those would be the only runs of
the game as that was the final score.
The Yankees lost two out of three and will begin a three game series with
the Chicago White Sox at home on Friday night.
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