New York Yankees defeat the Atlanta Braves with good pitching and some power

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday afternoon.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 5-1.  Luis Severino was supposed to start for the Yankees but was shutdown with rotator cuff tendinitis and will be out for approximately 2 weeks putting his opening day start in jeopardy.  Steven Tarpley started and pitched well for an inning and Chad Green as well.  J.A. Happ pitched well as did Tommy Khanle and Dellin Betances.  Aaron Judge had two hits to lead the offense including a long homerun. 

Tarpley pitched a perfect inning, Green pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Happ pitched three innings giving up four hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Khanle pitched an inning with a strikeout, Betances pitched a perfect inning and Nestor Cortes pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout. 

Troy Tulowitzki had an RBI, Judge had two hits and three RBI and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Luke Voit had a hit, Miguel Andujar had a hit and drew a walk and Kyle Higashioka drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres drew a walk, D.J. LeMahieu had a hit and Estevan Florial had a hit and drew a walk.  Judge hit a double and a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Florial had a stolen base and Stanton had an outfield assist. 

In the fourth Johan Camargo hit an RBI single to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Tulowitzki hit a sac fly and Judge hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  In the seventh a wild pitch made it 5-1 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees record on the spring is now 5-4 and they will take on the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday afternoon at home in Tampa.