The New York Yankees defeated the
Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The game
took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final
score was 3-2. Luis Cessa started for
the Yankees and continued his impressive spring by pitching well. The bullpen except for Nick Goody pitched
well. Mark Teixeira hit his first
homerun of the spring and Dustin Ackley had two RBI.
Cessa pitched three innings giving
up a hit and a walk with four strikeouts.
Johnny Barbato pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one,
Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Goody
pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with three strikeouts. Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning and
Diego Moreno who was optioned to minor league camp after the game pitched two
innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.
Brett Gardner had a hit, Juan Silva
had a hit and Carlos Corporan had a hit.
Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Ackley had a hit and two RBI and Alex
Rodriguez had a hit. Starlin Castro had
a hit, Pete Kozma had a hit and Aaron Hicks drew a walk. Ackley hit a double and Teixeira hit a
homerun. The Yankees were 1-3 with
runners in scoring position and left five men on base.
In the sixth Ian Kinsler hit a solo
homerun to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead, Justin Upton also hit a solo homerun to
make it 2-0 Tigers. In the seventh
Teixeira hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1. Ackley hit a two run double in the eighth to
give the Yankees a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score.
The Yankees improved their spring
record to 11-13 and they will play a split squad on Tuesday. They will play the Philadelphia Phillies in
Clearwater and the Pittsburgh Pirates at home in Tampa. Masahiro Tanaka will make his final spring
start which could determine if he will be the Opening Day starter next Monday
at home against the Houston Astros. CC
Sabathia will also make his final spring start.
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