New York Yankees finish exhibition games with a tie against the Phillies

The New York Yankees played the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium and the final score was 2-2.  This was the final exhibition game before the regular season begins on Thursday night. 

Deivi Garcia started for the Yankees and he struggled a bit.  He pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out one.  David Hale pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three walks with a strikeout, Nick Nelson pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts and Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Brooks Kriske pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Tony Zych pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Vince Velasquez pitched five innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  Blake Parker pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout, Robert Stock pitched an inning with a walk and Ramon Rosso pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Mauricio Llovera pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI, Clint Frazier drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Aaron Hicks drew two walks, Mike Tauchman had a hit and Mike Ford had a hit and an RBI.  Miguel Andujar drew a walk, Luke Voit had a hit and Erik Kratz had a hit.  Brett Gardner drew a walk, Gio Urshela had a hit and Voit hit a double.  Judge and Ford each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Tauchman was caught stealing and Andujar was picked off.  Garcia committed an error. 

Roman Quinn had a hit and an RBI, Didi Gregorius had a hit and JT Realmuto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Rhys Hoskins drew two walks, Phil Gosselin had a hit and Scott Kingery drew two walks.  Nick Williams had two hits, Alec Bohm had a hit and Gregorius, Realmuto and Gosselin each hit a double.  The Phillies were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Haseley had an outfield assist and Velasquez had a pickoff. 

In the first Realmuto hit an RBI double giving the Phillies a 1-0 lead.  In the second Quinn hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Judge hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the ninth Ford hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two and that would be how it ended as they decided not to play extra innings. 

The Yankees will have a couple of workout days and then start the regular season Thursday night in Washington. 

New York Yankees shutout the New York Mets

The New York Yankees played the New York Mets on Sunday July 20, 2020.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-0 Yankees.  This was the second exhibition game and second of three for the Yankees.  It really wasn’t the second but second of Summer Camp leading up to the regular season beginning on Thursday night. 

Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Montgomery earned the win pitching five shutout innings giving up two hits.  He walked one and struck out six.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Corey Oswalt started for the Mets and he pitched three innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Oswalt took the loss, Hunter Strickland pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Drew Smith pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout and Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Seth Lugo pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Thairo Estrada had a hit, Aaron Judge had two hits and three RBI and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Luke Voit had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Brett Gardner had two hits and drew a walk and Gardner hit a double, Judge hit two homeruns and Sanchez, Voit and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Matt Duffy committed an error and Montgomery had a pickoff. 

Robinson Cano had a hit, Michael Conforto drew a walk and Amed Rosario had two hits.  Rosario hit a double and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Conforto was picked off and Cano committed an error. 

In the first Judge hit a homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 2-0.  In the sixth Voit hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  Judge hit a two-run homerun pushing the Yankees lead to 5-0 and in the seventh Stanton hit a solo homerun making it 6-0 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will play their final exhibition game on Monday night against the Phillies at Yankee Stadium.  They will then workout for a couple more days before beginning the season on Thursday night in Washington against the Nationals.