The New York Yankees defeated the
Atlanta Braves by the score of 3-2 on Thursday evening. The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner
Field in Tampa, Florida. Masahiro Tanaka
made his spring debut and pitched two perfect innings and did it very
economically. Didi Gregorius hit a
triple and Jake Cave hit an RBI double.
Tanaka pitched two perfect innings
with a couple of strikeouts. He didn't
walk a batter and only threw 19 pitches in the two innings and had to finish
out the rest in the bullpen. Scott Baker
pitched three innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts, David
Carpenter pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and Justin Wilson picked
up the win pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. Kyle Davies pitched an inning giving up a hit
and Wilken Rodriguez picked up the save pitching an inning and giving up a
hit.
Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Nick
Noonan had an RBI and Brett Gardner had an RBI.
Carlos Beltran had a hit, Austin Romine had a hit and Chase Headley had
a hit. Alex Rodriguez drew a walk,
Stephen Drew had a walk and Gregorius had a hit. Cave had a hit and an RBI, Cave and Romine
each hit a double and Gregorius hit a triple.
The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men
on base.
In the third Gardner hit an RBI
groundout to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
In the fifth Todd Cunningham hit an RBI single to tie the game at
one. In the sixth the Braves took a 2-1
lead. Alberto Callaspo hit a sacrifice
fly adn then in the seventh Cave hit an RBI double to tie the game at two. Noonan hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to
give the Yankees a 3-2 lead and that was the final score. The Yankees will take on the Boston Red Sox from
Fort Myers, Florida on Friday night.
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