New York Yankees give up lead and lose to the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 7-6.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched well in his first grapefruit league game action.  Brandon Drury had two hits to lead the offense. 

Severino pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up three hits and an unearned run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Aroldis Chapman pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Justus Sheffield pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout and Wade LeBlanc pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with a couple of strikeouts and he took the loss.  Giovanny Gallegos pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with a couple of strikeouts. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew two walks, Greg Bird drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and two RBI.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Austin Romine had a hit and Didi Gregorius had a hit and two RBI.  Drury had two hits, Eric Kratz had a hit and an RBI and Tyler Wade had a hit.  Drury hit a double, Gregorius hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Avelino had a stolen base and Wade was caught stealing.  Drury committed an error. 

In the fourth Ryan Flaherty hit an RBI single to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Gregorius hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead and Kratz hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 3-1.  In the fith Stanton hit a two-run single to push the lead to 5-1 and Sanchez hit an RBI single making it a 6-1 game.  In the sixth Aaron Altherr hit an RBI double and Flaherty hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 6-3.  Mitch Walding hit a two-run double and the lead was cut to one at 6-5.  In the eighth Danny Ortiz hit an RBI double to tie the game at six and Pedro Florimon hit an RBI single to make it 7-6 Phillies and that would be the final score.