New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.  The game took place at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan and the final score was 8-6.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and pitched well.  The bullpen was good except for Dellin Betances who didn’t pitch well.  Ronald Torreyes had three hits, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks and Miguel Andujar each had two hits for the offense. 

Montgomery pitched six innings giving up five hits and three runs with four strikeouts and earned his first win of the season.  David Robertson pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Betances pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five hits and three runs with two strikeouts and Chad Green struck out the only guy he faced.  Aroldis Chapman saved his second game of the season pitching a perfect inning and striking out the side. 

Mike Fiers pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out four and lost his first game of the season.  Buck Farmer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks with four strikeouts, Alex Wilson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk, Drew VerHagen pitched 2/3 of an inning and Shane Greene pitched a perfect inning. 

Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had an RBI and drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, Hicks had two hits, three RBI and drew two walks and Andujar had two hits.  Torreyes had three hits and an RBI.  Sanchez, Andujar and Gardner each hit a double, Andujar hit a triple and Hicks hit two homeruns, one was a inside-the-park homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Judge had a stolen base and Gardner committed an error.  

Jeimer Candelario had a hit and an RBI, Miguel Cabrera had two hits and Nick Castellanos had two hits.  Victor Martinez had two hits and an RBI, James McCann had two hits and three RBI and Jose Iglesias had two hits and an RBI.  Dixon Machado had a hit, Martinez hit two doubles and Iglesias hit a double.  McCann and Candelario each hit a homerun.  The Tigers were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Machado committed an error. 

In the second Hicks hit an inside-the-park homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Gardner hit an RBI double, Judge hit an RBI single and Gregorius reached on a throwing error and a run scored to make it 5-0.  In the fifth McCann hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the sixth Hicks hit a solo homerun to increase the lead to 6-1.  In the seventh Martinez hit an RBI double, McCann hit a sac fly and the lead was cut to 6-3.  In the eighth Torreyes hit an RBI single and Gregorius hit a sac fly and the lead was 8-3.  In the bottom of the eighth Candelario hit a solo homerun, McCann hit an RBI single and Iglesias hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-6 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon weather permitting.