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.