The New York Yankees lose second straight to the Houston Astros

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Michael Pineda started and pitched well, the bullpen struggled and the offense didn't do much again. 

Pineda pitched 6+ innings giving up two runs on four hits.  He walked one and struck out three.  David Huff lost his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Esmil Rogers pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Chase Whitley pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Scott Feldman won his seventh game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and two runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Kevin Chapman pitched to one batter and struck him out, Josh Fields pitched an inning giving up a hit and Jose Veras pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Derek Jeter had two hits and drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI.  Chase Headley had two hits, Stephen Drew had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had two hits.  Suzuki hit a double and Drew hit a homerun, the Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Jeter had a stolen base, Ellsbury had two stolen bases and Suzuki had a stolen base.  Headley was caught stealing. 

Robbie Grossman had two hits and two RBI, Jose Altuve had  a hit and an RBI and Dexter Fowler had a hit and an RBI.  Jason Castro drew a walk, Jon Singleton drew a walk and Gonzalez had a hit.  Matt Dominguez had two hits, Marisnick had two hits and an RBI and Fowler hit a double.  The Astros were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Castro had a passed ball. 

Fowler hit an RBI double in the fourth to give the Astros a 1-0 lead.  The Yankees tied the game at one in the bottom of the inning on a Drew solo homerun.  The Yankees took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on an Ellsbury RBI single.  The Astros grabbed the lead for good in the seventh inning.  Marisnick hit an RBI single, Grossman hit a two run single and Altuve hit an RBI single to give the Astros a 5-2 lead and that would be the final score.  The Yankees had plenty of chances including in the bottom of the ninth but they couldn't capitalize.  The Yankees will try and avoid the three game sweep tomorrow afternoon.