New York Yankees lose fourth straight in rain shortened game to the Chicago White Sox

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-6 in a rain shortened game.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well and the bullpen continued to struggle.  DJ LeMahieu and Gio Urshela each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched four innings giving up nine hits and six runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Happ lost his second game of the season.  Jonathan Holder pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two this and two runs. 

Lucas Giolito pitched five innings giving up six hits and six runs with four earned.  He walked four and struck out six and won his second game of the season.  Jose Ruiz pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Jace Fry pitched to one batter and got him out and Nate Jones earned his first save pitching to one batter and getting him out. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had an RBI and Luke Voit drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres drew a walk, LeMahieu had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Clint Frazier had a hit and drew a walk.  Urshela had two hits and an RBI and Austin Romine had a hit and an RBI.  Urshela hit a double and Gardner hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Leury Garcia had two hits and two RBI, Tim Anderson had a hit and Jose Abreu had a hit and drew a walk.  Yonder Alonso had two hits and three RBI, Yoan Moncada had a hit and Eloy Jimenez had three hits and three RBI.  James McCann had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Adam Engel had a hit and drew a walk.  Engel hit a double and Garcia hit two doubles.  Alonso and McCann each hit a homerun and Jimenez hit two homeruns.  The White Sox were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Anderson had a stolen base and committed an error and Garcia had an outfield assist. 

In the first Alonso hit an RBI single to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first LeMahieu hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the second Garcia hit a two-run double and the White Sox trailed 4-3.  Gardner hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the fourth and the Yankees lead was pushed to 5-3.  In the fifth Alonso hit a two-run homerun and Jimenez hit a two-run homerun and suddenly it was 7-5 White Sox.  In the sixth Urshela hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-6.  In the seventh Jimenez hit a solo homerun and McCann hit a solo homerun to make it 9-6.  Play then stopped for the rain and they never came back to play as the game ended there. 

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