Wednesday, February 28, 2018

The New York Yankees win again on a walk-off homerun by Miguel Andujar


The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 4-3.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Miguel Andujar had two hits and two RBI to lead the offense. 

Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched two innings giving up two hits and no runs.  He walked none and struck out two.  Chance Adams pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks, Jonathan Holder plitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Ben Heller pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and three strikeouts.  Brian Keller pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Cody Carroll pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and he picked up the win. 

Gary Sanchez had a hit, Eric Kratz drew a walk and Tyler Austin drew a walk.  Jorge Saez had a hit and an RBI, Brandon Drury had a hit and drew a walk and Andujar had two hits and two RBI.  Tyler Wade had a hit and an RBI, Sanchez and Andujar each hit a double and Drury hit a triple.  Andujar hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Sanchez had a pickoff. 

In the third Carlos Santana hit a sac fly to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Jorge Alfaro was hit by a pitch and the Phillies took a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Wade hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Andujar hit an RBI double to tie the game at two.  In the eighth Saez hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth Scott Kingery hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the bottom of the ninth Andujar hit a solo walk-off homerun to win the game for the Yankees 4-3. 

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