New York Yankees win both games of a split squad

The New York Yankees played two games on Saturday afternoon as they had a split squad.  They took on the Atlanta Braves at Champion Stadium in Orlando, Florida and they took on the Toronto Blue Jays at home in Tampa.  The final scores were 8-3 over Atlanta and 13-6 over Toronto. 

Luis Severino made his final tune up before his Opening Day start and he pitched well.  He went five innings giving up two hits and two runs with a couple of walks and two strikeouts.  In the game against Atlanta to follow was Chad Green who pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and he struck out one, Adam Warren pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and Ben Heller picked up the win pitching to two batters and striking them both out.  Cody Carroll pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

In the game against the Blue Jays at home David Hale started and he didn’t pitch that well.  He pitched three innings giving up seven hits and three runs, he did have three strikeouts.  Giovanny Gallegos pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and picked up the win, J.P. Feyereisen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and Josh Rogers pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and picked up the save. 

In the game against the Braves Aaron Hicks had two hits and an RBI, Jeff Hendrix drew a walk and Gary Sanchez drew a walk.  Francisco Diaz had an RBI and drew a walk, Ryan McBroom had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Tyler Wade drew a walk.  Angel Aguilar had a hit, Gleyber Torres had two hits and an RBI and Billy McKinney had a hit and an RBI.  Shane Robinson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Hicks hit a double and a homerun and McBroom also hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Hendrix was picked off. 

In the game against the Blue Jays Brett Gardner had an RBI, Zach Zehner had a hit and two RBI and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Rashad Crawford had two hits and an RBI, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Jorge Saez drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and two RBI, Abiatal Avelino had a hit and Miguel Andujar had a hit and drew two walks.  Estevan Florial had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Austin Romine had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Eric Kratz had two hits and three RBI.  Romine and Kratz each hit a double and Crawford hit two doubles.  Gregorius, Stanton and Zehner each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Andujar had a stolen base.