New York Yankees fight back but fall just short in loss at Cleveland

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.  The game took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and the final score was 6-5.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  Greg Bird and Tyler Wade each had two hits. 

German pitched four innings giving up five hits and six runs with four walks and six strikeouts.  German lost his fifth game of the season.  Jonathan Holder pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Chasen Shreve pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts. 

Shane Bieber won his fifth game of the season pitching seven innings giving up five hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out six.  Oliver Perez got out the only batter that he faced, Neil Ramirez pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Cody Allen saved his 19^th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a walk. 

Brett Gardner had two RBI, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI.  Bird had two hits, Miguel Andujar had a hit and drew a walk and Neil Walker had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Wade had two hits, Bird, Walker and Wade each hit a double and Stanton hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Judge was caught stealing. 

Francisco Lindor had a hit and drew two walks, Michael Brantley had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Jose Ramirez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Edwin Encarnacion drew two walks, Yonder Alonso had a hit and an RBI and Tyler Naquin had a hit.  Yan Gomes had a hit and an RBI, Gomes, Brantley and Lindor each hit a double.  Ramirez hit a triple and the Indians were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Lindor had a stolen base and Gomes had a passed ball. 

In the first Ramirez hit an RBI ground out to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.  In the second Gomes hit an RBI double, Brantley hit a two-run double and it was 4-0 Indians.  In the fifth Walker hit an RBI double, a wild pitch and Gardner hit a sac fly to make it 4-3.  In the fifth Ramirez hit an RBI triple and Alonso hit an RBI single to make it 6-3.  In the eighth Gardner hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 6-4 and in the ninth Stanton hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-5 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams have split the first two of four games and will play game three on Saturday night.