New York Yankees open up grapefruit league by defeating the Detroit Tigeres

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  The final score was 3-1 Yankees.  Luis Cessa started the game for the Yankees and he pitched well as did the guys out of the bullpen.  Tyler Wade and Jorge Saez each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Cessa pitched two innings giving up a run on two hits with no walks and two strikeouts.  Ben Heller pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out three, David Hale picked up the win pitching two innings and giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Brady Lail pitched an inning giving up a hit, Cale Coshow pitched a scoreless innings and gave up a walk and Gio Gallegos pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and picked up the save. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Saez had two hits and two RBI and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk.  Billy McKinney drew a walk, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Wade had two hits.  Austin Romine had a hit and drew a walk, Kyle Higashioka drew a walk and Clint Frazier drew a walk.  Jake Cave had a hit and an RBI, Romine and Wade each hit a double and the Yankees were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Frazier and Cave each had a stolen base and Wade committed an error. 

In the first inning Chad Huffman delivered an RBI single for the Tigers to give them a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Cave had an RBI ground out and Saez delivered a two-run single to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead and that would be the final score.