New York Yankees fall just short in loss to the San Diego Padres

The New York Yankees were defeated by the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he had a rough first inning but then settled down.  The Yankees bullpen pitched well and Luke Voit and Aaron Hicks each had two hits. 

Tanaka lost his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up nine hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out seven.  Joe Harvey pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he walked two and struck out two and Luis Cessa pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Eric Lauer pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with four strikeouts and he won his fourth game of the season.  Matt Wisler pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Brad Wieck pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a run and a walk with a strikeout and Phil Maton pitched giving up a run and a walk without recording an out.  Robbie Erlin pitched giving up a hit and a run without recording an out, Craig Stammen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and Kirby Yates saved his 21^st game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and two RBI, Voit had two hits and Hicks had two hits and an RBI.  Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI, Kendrys Morales drew a walk and Thairo Estrada drew a walk.  Gio Urshela had a hit, Brett Gardner had a hit and Sanchez hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  LeMahieu committed an error. 

Greg Garcia had two hits and an RBI and drew a walk, Franmil Reyes had a hit and Manny Machado had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Eric Hosmer had two hits and three RBI, Hunter Renfroe drew two walks and Wil Myers had a hit.  Ty France had two hits, Austin Hedges had a hit and drew a walk.  France hit a double and Hosmer hit a homerun.  The Padres were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

In the first Machado hit an RBI single and Hosmer hit a three-run homerun to give the Padres a 4-0 lead.  In the fourth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the sixth Garcia hit an RBI single to push the lead to 5-1.  In the seventh LeMahieu hit a two-run single cutting the lead to 5-3 and Hicks hit into a force out making it 5-4 but that would be as close as they got.  5-4 would be the final score.  The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.