Wednesday, March 27, 2019

New York Yankees lose final spring game in Washington


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 5-3.  Stephen Tarpley started for the Yankees and gave up his first runs of the spring.  The Yankees offense only managed five hits. 

Tarpley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Zack Britton pitched to two batters and got them both out, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Nestor Cortes Jr. pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts and Joe Harvey pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Mike Tauchman had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Zack Zehner had a hit and drew a walk, Greg Bird had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Francisco Diaz had an RBI.  Troy Tulowitzki had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Bird, Zehner and Gardner each hit a double and Tulowitzki hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Wade had a stolen base. 

In the first Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Tulowitzki hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Kurt Suzuki hit a sac fly to extend the Nationals lead to 3-1 and Brian Dozier hit an RBI single to make it 4-1.  In the sixth Bird hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Matt Adams hit a solo homerun making it a 5-2 game.  In the eighth Diaz hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 5-3 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees finished their spring with a 17-10 record and will now have their season and home opener on Thursday afternoon against the Baltimore Orioles.  Masahiro Tanaka will make the start. 

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