The New York Yankees defeated the
Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 4-3 on Monday afternoon. The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner
Field in Tampa, Florida. Michael Pineda made
his spring debut for the Yankees and breezed through two innings. Nathan Eovaldi was also impressive in three
strong innings following Pineda. Alex
Rodriguez had a couple of hits and an RBI.
Pineda picked up the win pitching
two innings and giving up a hit with two strikeouts. Eovaldi pitched three innings giving up three
hits and he struck out five, David Carpenter pitched an inning with a walk and
he struck out one and Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up a hit and
striking out one. Diego Moreno pitched
an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout. Chris Martin picked up the save pitching an
inning and giving up a hit and he struck out two batters.
Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Slade
Heathcott had a hit and an RBI and Carlos Beltran drew a walk. Tyler Austin drew a walk, Greg Bird had a hit
and an RBI and Brian McCann had a hit.
Austin Romine had a hit and drew a walk, Rodriguez had two hits and an
RBI and Stephen Drew had a walk. Rob
Refsnyder had a hit, Didi Gregorius had an RBI and McCann and Bird each hit a
double. The Yankees were 3-9 with
runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Refsnyder had a stolen base and committed an
error. In the second inning Rodriguez
hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the second inning Gregorius hit an RBI
groundout to increase the Yankees lead to 2-0.
The Yankees extended their lead to 3-0 in the seventh on a Heathcott RBI
single and then 4-0 on a Bird RBI double.
In the eighth Taylor Motter grounded out to get the Rays on the board at
4-1. Eugenio Velez hit an RBI single to
make it 4-2 and Jake Elmore hit an RBI single to make it a 4-3 game but that
was the final score. The Yankees will
head to Sarasota on Tuesday to take on the Baltimore Orioles.
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