Saturday, April 7, 2018

New York Yankees bats fall silent in loss to the Baltimore Orioles


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched well, Chad Green had a rough outing out of the bullpen.  The Yankees offense only managed four hits. 

Tanaka took his first loss of the season pitching 6 1/3 innings and giving up six hits and three runs.  He walked none and struck out seven.  Green pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts, Adam Warren pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Dellin Betances pitched an inning with a walk and struck out the side. 

Andrew Cashner picked up his first win of the season pitching six innings and giving up two hits and a run with three walks and five strikeouts.  Mychal Givens pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Darren O’Day pitched 1 1/3 innings walking one and striking out one and Brad Brach pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts and picked up his first save of the season. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI and Didi Gregorius had a hit and drew two walks.  Neil Walker had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Tyler Wade had a hit and drew two walks and Wade and Gregorius each hit a double.  Judge hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gregorius was caught stealing and Stanton had an outfield assist. 

Trey Mancini had three hits and two RBI, Jonathan Schoop had a hit and Adam Jones had two hits and two RBI.  Chris Davis had a hit, Tim Beckham had a hit and Colby Rasmus had a hit.  Anthony Santander had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jones and Santander each hit a double and Jones hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Santander had a stolen base. 

In the sixth Judge hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Jones hit a two-run homerun to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead.  Santander hit an RBI double to make it 3-1 and Mancini hit a two-run single and it was 5-1 Orioles.  In the seventh Walker hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night.   

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