The New York Yankees blow late lead and fall in extra's to the Washington Nationals

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New  York and the final score was 5-4 in 11 innings.  Nathan Eovaldi started and pitched well for the Yankees.  Mark Teixeira and Brendan Ryan each had two hits. 

Eovaldi pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Jacob Lindgren pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Justin Wilson pitched an inning walking two and Chris Capuano lost his fourth game of the season pitching two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Gio Gonzalez pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four htis and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Felipe rivero pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit adn a run, Aaron Barrett pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Casey Janssen pitched a perfect inning.  Blake Treinen won his second game of the season pitching two innings.  He gave up a hit and struck out three and Drew Storen pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and saved his 19th game of the season. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI and Teixeira had two hits and drew a walk.  Brian McCann had a hit and an RBI, Carlos Beltran drew a walk and Chris Young had a hit.  Jose Pirela drew a walk, Ryan had two hits and an RBI and Gardner and Rodriguez each hit a double.  Ryan hit a triple adn the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gregorius was caught stealing. 

Denard Span had three hits and two RBI, Anthony Rendon had a hit and drew a walk and Yunel Escobar had a hit.  Bryce Harper had a hit and drew a walk, Michael Taylor had a hit and two RBI and Tyler Moore had a hit.  Jose Lobaton drew a walk, Danny Espinosa had three hits and an RBI.  Espinosa and Span each hit a double and Espinosa and Taylor each hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Span had a stolen base and Lobaton had a passed ball. 

In the third Span hit an RBI double to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Espinosa hit a solo homerun to extend the Nationals lead to 2-0.  Ryan hit an RBI triple in the seventh to cut the lead to 2-1.  Gardner hit an RBI double to tie the game at two and Rodriguez hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  McCann hit an RBI single to make it 4-2 still in the seventh.  In the eighth Taylor hit a two run homerun to tie the game at four and in the 11th Span hit an RBI infield single to give the Nationals a 5-4 lead.  The teams split the two games and the Yankees were 4-1 on their five game homestand and will have the day off on Thursday.