The New York Yankees lose to the Houston Astros

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4.  Chris Capuano started and pitched ok, the bullpen wasn't very good.  Martin Prado and Jacoby Ellsbury each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Capuano pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Adam Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and struck out one, Shawn Kelley pitched an inning striking out two and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two.  David Robertson lost his fourth game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and Rich Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts. 

Brett Oberholtzer pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Sipp pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out one, Josh Fields earned his third win of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and striking out one and Chad Qualls saved his 14th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Ellsbury had three hits, Mark Teixeira had a hit and Carlos Beltran drew a walk.  Prado had three hits and two RBI, Brian McCann had a hit and two RBI and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit.  Prado hit a double and McCann hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Ellsbury had a stolen base and Suzuki had an error.

Robbie Grossman had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Altuve had a hit and drew two walks and Chris Carter had a hit and three RBI.  Dexter Fowler had two hits and drew a walk, Jason Castro had two hits and an RBI and Matt Dominguez had a hit.  Jon Singleton had two hits and drew a walk, Gregorius Petit had two hits and Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI.  Petit hit two doubles, Fowler hit a triple and Carter hit a homerun.  The Astros were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Grossman and Castro each had a stolen base and Castro committed an error. 

McCann hit a two run homerun in the fourth to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Grossman hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the sixth Castro hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at two and Gonzalez hit a two run single to give the Astros a 4-2 lead. The Yankees tied the game in the sixth on a two run double from Prado.  In the ninth Carter hit a three run homerun to give the Astros a 7-4 lead and that was the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.