Thursday, August 1, 2019

New York Yankees get doubled up by the Arizona Diamondbacks


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Edwin Encarnacion and Gio Urshela each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched six innings giving up eight hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  He took his sixth loss of the season and Luis Cessa pitched three innings giving up three hits and a run. 

Taylor Clarke pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and an unearned run.  He walked two and struck out six and won his fourth game of the season.  Yoshihisa Hirano pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Yoan Lopez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Andrew Chafin faced a batter and got him out and Archie Bradley picked up his first save of the season pitching 1 1/3 perfect innings. 

Aaron Judge drew a walk, Encarnacion had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Tyler Wade had a hit and an RBI.  Didi Gregorius drew a walk, Urshela had two hits and Encarnacion hit a double and Wade hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

David Peralta had a hit, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and Christian Walker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Adam Jones had two hits and an RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Nick Ahmed had a hit and an RBI.  Jake Lamb had a hit, Carson Kelly had two hits and an RBI and Jones hit a double.  Walker and Kelly each hit a homerun and the Diamondbacks were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Jones committed an error. 

In the first Jones hit a sac fly to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Walker hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  Ahmed hit an RBI single to make it a 3-0 game.  In the sixth Encarnacion hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-1 and in the seventh Kelly hit a solo homerun to put the lead back up to 4-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Wade hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score. 
The two teams will play the second and final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.  The Yankees will be off on Thursday then open a four-game series with the Boston Red Sox on Friday night at home

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