New York Yankees lose rubber game to the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday evening.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-5.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu led the offense with two hits each. 

Happ pitched four innings giving up five hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Happ took the loss, his first of the season.  Luis Cessa pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with only one being earned.  He walked two and struck out five, Stephen Tarpley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Tommy Khanle pitched an inning with three walks and two strikeouts. 

Dylan Bundy pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with five walks and seven strikeouts.  John Means pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Means earned the win, Mychal Givens pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout and Paul Fry pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and two RBI and Giancarlo Stanton drew three walks.  Luke Voit had a hit, Miguel Andujar had a hit and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Greg Bird drew two walks, Torres had two hits and LeMahieu had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks.  Torres hit a double and Sanchez hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Sanchez committed an error. 

Jonathan Villar had a hit and drew a walk, Dwight Smith Jr. had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Trey Mancini had two hits and an RBI.  Renato Nunez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Rio Ruiz drew a walk and Joey Rickard had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Chris Davis drew a walk and Richie Martin drew a walk.  Smith hit a double and Rickard, Nunez and Mancini each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Villar had a stolen base and Givens committed an error. 

In the first Nunez hit a three-run homerun giving the Orioles a 3-0 lead.  In the third Mancini hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the fourth Gardner drew an RBI walk and Judge hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the fifth Smith hit an RBI single and the Orioles lead was 5-3.  In the seventh Sanchez hit a solo homerun to get the Yankees back to within one run, but that was as close as they would come.  In the eighth Rickard hit a two-run homerun pushing the Orioles lead to 7-4 and in the bottom of the ninth the Yankees would threaten but fall short.  LeMahieu hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 7-5 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three to the awful Orioles to open the season and now will stay home and take on the Detroit Tigers in a three-game series beginning on Monday night.