New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 11-1.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and he was great.  Aaron Hicks and Billy McKinney each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Pineda pitched two scoreless innings giving up a hit and he struck out five.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Chad Green pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Ben Heller pitched 1 1/3 innings and he struck out one.  Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Chasen Shreve pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Giovanny Gallegos pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

In the third Sanchez hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Castro hit an RBI double and it was 3-0 Yankees.  Hicks hit a two-run homerun in the fourth and it was 5-0 Yankees.  In the fourth Omar Infante hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Refsnyder drew an RBI walk to push the lead to 6-1.  Sanchez had an RBI walk in the fifth to make it a 7-1 lead.  Donovan Solano hit a two run single to push the lead to 9-1 still in the fifth.  In the sixth Rashad Crawford hit a two run single to make it 11-1 and that was the final score.