The New York Yankees lost to the
Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.
The game took place at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the
final score was 2-1. Jordan Montgomery
started for the Yankees and he pitched well and Jacoby Ellsbury led the offense
with a couple of hits.
Montgomery lost his first game of
the season pitching six innings and giving up seven hits and two runs with two
walks and five strikeouts. Bryan
Mitchell pitched two innings giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts.
Ivan Nova pitched seven innings
giving up four hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts. Nova picked up his second win of the
season. Daniel Hudson pitched an inning
giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Tony Watson pitched an inning
giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.
Watson picked up his sixth save of the season.
Brett Gardner drew a walk, Starlin
Castro had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI. Aaron Judge had a hit, Matt Holliday drew a
walk and Ronald Torreyes had a hit.
Montgomery drew a walk, Chris Carter had a hit and Ellsbury hit a
homerun. The Yankees were 0-6 with
runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.
Jordy Mercer drew a walk, Josh
Harrison had two hits and Andrew McCutchen had a hit and drew a walk. Gregory Polanco had two hits and an RBI,
David Freese had an RBI and Phil Gosselin had a hit. John Jaso drew a walk, Chris Stewart had two
hits and Josh Bell drew a walk. Polanco
hit a double, Stewart hit a triple and the Pirates were 1-10 with runners in
scoring position and left seven men on base.
Harrison committed an error.
In the first Freese hit a sacrifice
fly to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. In
the third Polanco hit an RBI double to push the lead to 2-0. In the seventh Ellsbury hit a solo homerun to
cut the lead to 2-1 and that would be the final score. The Yankees had their chances in the last
couple of innings but couldn’t get the job done. They will now head to Boston to start a three
game series on Tuesday night.
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