Michael Pineda strong again in New York Yankees win over the Atlanta Braves

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 3-2.  Michael Pineda started and pitched well as he has all spring.  Starlin Castro led the offense with a couple of hits and an RBI. 

Pineda pitched four innings giving up four hits and a run with no walks and four strikeouts.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning and Nick Goody pitched a perfect inning.  Diego Moreno pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Kirby Yates pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Didi Gregorius drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit.  Carlos Beltran had a hit and an RBI, Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI and Castro had two hits and an RBI.  Carlos Corporan had a hit, Headley hit a double and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Castro had a stolen base and Chris Denorfia had an outfield assist. 

In the third Blake Lalli hit an RBI single to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Beltran hit an RBI single to tie the game at one and Headley hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  Castro hit an RBI single to make it 3-1 Yankees.  IN the fifth Jace Peterson hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees improved their record to 7-9 with a couple of ties in the spring.  They have picked it up lately as they got off to a bad start.  The Yankees will travel to Fort Myers, Florida to take on the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.