New York Yankees tame the Detroit Tigers

 

The New York Yankees defeated 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 7-4.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, gave up a couple of homeruns but the wind was blowing out.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched very well and Clint Frazier led the team with three hits. 

Cole won his second game of the spring pitching 3 2/3 innings and giving up three hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out five.  Loaisiga pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two walks and he struck out two, Louis Cessa pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and Tyler Lyons pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout.  Kyle Barraclough pitched an inning giving up an unearned run and he walked one and struck out one. 

Michael Fulmer started for the Tigers and he took his second loss of the spring.  He pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and a strikeout.  Derek Holland pitched two perfect innings with five strikeouts, Bryan Garcia pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout and Erasmo Ramirez pitched three innings giving up two walks and two strikeouts.  Drew Hutchison pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout.   

Luke Voit had a hit, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Josh Breaux drew two walks.  Frazier had three hits and two RBI, Thairo Estrada had a hit and an RBI and Gio Urshela had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Andrew Velazquez had a hit, Derek Dietrich had an RBI and drew a walk and Mike Tauchman had a hit and two RBI.  Max McDowell drew a walk, Velazquez hit a double and Frazier and Tauchman each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Estrada was caught stealing and picked off.  McDowell committed an error. 

Akil Baddoo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jonathan Schoop had a hit and Renato Nunez had a hit and an RBI.  Derek Hill drew a walk, Jacoby Jones had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Victor Reyes had an RBI.  Grayson Greiner drew a walk, Schoop hit a double and Nunez, Jones and Baddoo each hit a homerun.  The Tigers were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Baddoo and Hill each had a stolen base.  Hutchison had a pickoff and Rogers had a passed ball. 

In the first Frazier hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Nunez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Jones hit a solo homerun and the Tigers grabbed a 2-1 lead.  In the third Urshela drew an RBI walk tying the game at two.  Dietrich was hit by a pitch and the Yankees had a 3-2 lead.  In the fifth Frazier hit a solo homerun and Tauchman hit a two-run homerun extending the Yankees lead to 6-2.  In the bottom of the seventh Baddoo hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-3.  In the ninth Estrada hit an RBI single making it 7-3 and in the bottom of the ninth Reyes hit an RBI ground out cutting the lead to 7-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have won seven games in a row and will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin on Wednesday afternoon.