Wednesday, April 10, 2019

New York Yankees get doubled up by the Houston Astros


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and the final score was 6-3.  Jonathan Loaisiga started for the Yankees and was ok, the bullpen struggled.  Gary Sanchez led the offense with a couple of hits and RBI. 

Loaisiga pitched three innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Stephen Tarpley pitched an inning giving up a hit, Luis Cessa pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Chad Green lost his second game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks and Tommy Khanle pitched to two batters and struck them both out. 

Gerrit Cole pitched seven innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Hector Rondon pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two and picked up his first win of the season.  Roberto Osuna earned his fourth save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Luke Voit had a hit and an RBI.  Sanchez had two hits and two RBI, Gio Urshela drew a walk and Austin Romine had a hit.  Sanchez hit a double and Voit hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Gardner committed an error and Romine had a passed ball. 

George Springer had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Jose Altuve had two hits and two RBI and Alex Bregman had a hit and drew a walk.  Michael Brantley had three hits and an RBI, Carlos Correa drew a walk and Yuri Gurriel had a hit and an RBI.  Josh Reddick had two hits, Robinson Chirinos had a hit and drew a walk.  Tony Kemp drew a walk, Brantley had two doubles and Springer and Bregman each hit a double.  Altuve hit a homerun and the Astros were 3-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Correa and Bregman had a stolen base. 

In the first Voit hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Gurriel hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  In the third Altuve hit a solo homerun to give the Astros a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth Sanchez hit a two-run double to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the seventh Brantley hit an RBI double tying the game at three.  In the eighth Springer hit a two-run double to give the Astros a 5-3 lead and Altuve hit a sac fly making it a 6-3 game and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series with the Yankees trying to avoid the sweep on Wednesday night. 


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