New York Yankees blow lead and lose to the Chicago White Sox

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.  The game took place at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 5-4.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he started out great but then fell apart in one bad fifth inning.  The Yankees bullpen was ok and Clint Frazier led the offense with three hits. 

Happ pitched five innings giving up five hits and four runs.  He walked four and struck out two.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two, Adam Ottavino pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and he lost his second game of the season and Jonathan Holder pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out one. 

Ivan Nova pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Josh Osich pitched to one batter and got him out, Evan Marshall pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and won his second game of the season and Kelvin Herrera pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Aaron Bummer pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and picked up his first save of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Gregorius had two hits and Torres had two hits and drew a walk.  Brett Gardner had a hit and two RBI, Frazier had three hits an RBI and Mike Tauchman had a hit.  Frazier hit a double, Gardner hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Frazier was caught stealing. 

Leury Garcia had two hits and two RBI, Tim Anderson had two hits and three RBI and Jose Abreu had two hits.  James McCann drew a walk, Eloy Jimenez drew two walks and Yonder Alonso drew a walk.  Jose Rondon drew a walk, Yolmer Sanchez drew two walks and Ryan Cordell had a hit.  Garcia and Abreu each hit a double and Anderson and Garcia each hit a homerun.  The White Sox were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Anderson committed an error. 

In the second a wild pitch scored a run and Frazier hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Gardner hit a two-run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 4-0.  In the fifth Garcia hit an RBI double and Anderson hit a three-run homerun to tie the game at four.  In the seventh Garcia hit a solo homerun to give the White Sox a 5-4 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will meet in game two of four on Friday night.