New York Yankees lose a slugfest to the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida and the final score was 7-4.  Chance Adams started for the Yankees and he did not pitch well.  The Yankees had seven hits, but no player had multiple hits. 

Adams pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a strikeout.   Cody Carroll pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, David Hale pitched three innings giving up four hits and three walks with four strikeouts and Wade LeBlanc pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run.  J.P. Feyereisen pitched a perfect inning. 

Tyler Wade drew a walk, Diego Castillo had a hit and Greg Bird had a hit.  Brandon Drury had a hit and drew a walk, Billy McKinney drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit and drew a walk.  Ronald Torreyes had an RBI, Eric Kratz had a hit an RBI and drew a walk and Shane Robinson had a hit and two RBI.  Jeff Hendrix had a hit, Drury hit a double and Kratz hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first Adam Jones hit a two-run homerun to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.  In the second Torreyes hit an RBI ground out and Robinson hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the second Trey Mancini hit an RBI single and Jonathan Schoop hit a two-run homerun to give the Orioles back the lead at 5-3.  In the third Tim Beckham hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-3.  In the fourth Kratz hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-4.  In the seventh Alex Presley hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 7-4 and that would be the final score.