The New York Yankees lose a tough one to Detroit in extra innings

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3 in 12 innings.  Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched pretty well and the bullpen pitched well but was down to the last couple of guys left.  Martin Prado and Brian McCann each hit a homerun. 

Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up three runs on six hits.  He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.  Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts, Shawn Kelley retired the only two batters he faced and David Huff also retired the only two batters that he faced.  Esmil Rogers pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Rich Hill hit the only batter that  he faced and Matt Daley suffered his first loss of the season.  He pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

David Price pitched 8 2/3 innings giving up three runs on eight hits.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out ten.  Joba Chamberlain pitched 1 1/3 innings with a couple of strikeouts, Joaquim Soria pitched a perfect inning to earn his second win of the season and Joe Nathan picked up his 23rd save of the season pitching a 1-2-3 inning. 

Derek Jeter had a hit, Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI and Carlos Beltran had a hit.  McCann had a hit and an RBI, Prado had two hits and an RBI and Brendan Ryan had a hit.  Ryan, Ellsbury and Prado each hit a double and McCann and Prado each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Suzuki had a stolen base and McCann had a passed ball. 

Rajai Davis had a hit, Miguel Cabrera had a hit and Victor Martinez had two hits and an RBI.  Nick Castelianos had a hit, Alex Avila had two hits and and two RBI and Andrew Romine had a hit and an RBI.  Romine and Avila each hit a homerun and the Tigers were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Martinez had a stolen base. 

In the first Martinez hit a sacrifice fly to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  McCann hit a solo homerun in the second to tie the game at one.  Ellsbury hit an RBI double in the third to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.   Prado hit a solo homerun in the fifth to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the sixth Romine hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  Avila hit an RBI single in the seventh to tie the game at three.  In the 12th Avila hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams have split the first two games and will play game three of four on Wednesday night.