Thursday, March 12, 2015

Alex Rodriguez hits first homerun and Chris Capuano are injured in New York Yankees loss



The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 10-6.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  There were two big stories that came out of this game and they were Rodriguez hitting his first homerun and Capuano leaving the game after two batters with a leg injury. 

Capuano pitched 2/3 of an inning and was later diagnosed with a grade two strain of his quad.  He will miss several weeks and not be ready for opening day.  The Yankees fifth starter spot is now completely up for grabs with several candidates.  Nick Rumbelow pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Andrew Miller pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk.  Bryan Mitchell who is one of the guys who will compete for a fifth spot in the rotation was roughed up.  He pitched two innings giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Jared Burton pitched an inning giving up a hit and Tyler Webb pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout.   Chris Martin pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two of them being earned and striking out two batters. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI, Mason Williams drew a walk and Brett Gardner drew a walk.  Slade Heathcott had a hit and two RBI, Carlos Beltran had a hit and an RBI and Jonathan Galvez drew a walk.  Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI, Chris Young had a hit and Greg Bird drew a walk.  Jose Pirela had two hits, Rob Refsnyder drew a walk and Cole Figueroa had a hit.  Pirela hit a double and Rodriguez and Heathcott each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Young had a stolen bbase and Refsnyder and Galvez each committed an error.  Murphy had a passed ball. 

In the third Travis Shaw hit a solo homerun giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Ellsbury hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Beltran hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Garin Cecchini hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In the fourth Shaw hit a two run double to give the Red Sox a 4-2 lead.  Jeff Bianchi hit an RBI single to increase the Red Sox lead to 5-2.  In the bottom of the fourth Rodriguez hit a solo homerun to cut the Red Sox lead to 5-3.  In the seventh Cecchini hit a two run double to give the Red Sox a 7-3 lead.  In the bottom of the seventh Galvez reached on a fielding error to make it a 7-4 game.  In the eighth Luke Montz homered to increase the Red Sox lead to 9-4.  Manuel Margot grounded into a force out and it was 10-4 Red Sox.  In the bottom of the ninth Heathcott hit a two run homerun to cut the lead to 10-6 but that was the final score. 

The Yankees will take on the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night in Tampa, Florida. 

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