Wednesday, March 10, 2021

New York Yankees blow late lead and lose to the Detroit Tigers

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday afternoon.  The game took place at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 6-5.   Deivi Garcia started for the Yankees and he looked good.  Luis Cessa and Luis Garcia had rough outings.  Jay Bruce and Gary Sanchez each continued their hot springs with a homerun. 

D Garcia started for the Yankees and he pitched three innings giving up two hits and no runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Cessa pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout, Nick Nelson pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Nestor Cortes pitched a perfect inning.  L. Garcia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout and he took his first loss of the season.  Tyler Lyons pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Trey Amburgey drew two walks and Aaron Hicks had an RBI.  Greg Allen drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Andrew Velazquez drew a walk.  Bruce had a hit and two RBI, Sanchez had a hit and an RBI and Kyle Higashioka had a hit and drew a walk.  Ryan LaMarre drew a walk, Mike Tauchman drew a walk and Bruce and Sanchez each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Allen was caught stealing. 

In the second Bruce hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Willi Castro hit a three-run homerun to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead.  In the fifth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  Hicks hit an RBI ground out and the Yankees had a 4-3 lead.  In the eighth a wild pitch made it 5-3 Yankees.  In the bottom of the eighth Riley Greene hit an RBI double and Derek Hill hit an RBI single to tie the game at five.  A wild pitch made it 6-5 Tigers and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will be at home in Tampa to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. 

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