Tuesday, June 27, 2017

New York Yankees comeback falls just short to the Texas Rangers


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-6.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and he pitched awful.  The Yankees bullpen was good and Chase Headley had three hits and Aaron Judge had two hits to lead the offense. 

Pineda pitched four innings giving up six hits and seven runs.  He walked one and struck out four and lost his fourth game of the season.  Tyler Webb pitched an inning giving up two walks and he struck out one, Chad Green pitched two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts. 

Nick Martinez pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Martinez won his third game of the season.  Ernesto Frieri pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Jose Leclerc pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and Alex Claudio pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Keone Kela pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Matt Bush saved his ninth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit, Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Gary Sanchez had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Headley had three hits and Tyler Austin had a hit.  Mason Williams had a hit, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and an RBI and Headley hit a double and Sanchez and Torreyes each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Headley was caught stealing. 

Delino DeShields had a hit and drew a walk, Shin-Soo Choo had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk and Elvis Andrus had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Adrian Beltre had a hit and two RBI, Roughned Odor had a hit and Jonathan Lucroy had a hit.  Drew Robinson had two hits and an RBI, DeShields and Robinson each hit a double and Beltre, Choo and Robinson each hit a homerun.  The Rangers were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Odor had a stolen base and Choo had an outfield assist. 

In the first Andrus hit an RBI single to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.  Beltre hit a two-run homerun to make it 3-0.  In the second Choo hit a three-run homerun to extend the lead to 6-0.  In the fourth Robinson hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 7-0.  In the fifth Judge hit an RBI single, Sanchez hit a three-run homerun and the lead was cut to 7-4.  In the seventh Torreyes hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 7-5 and Gregorius hit an RBI single to make it 7-6.  That was as close as the Yankees got as their comeback fell just short and they lost two out of three in the series. 

They will head to Chicago to begin a four game set on Monday night.   

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