Yankees rally only to fall in extra innings to the Philadelphia Phillies

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday afternoon.  The game took

place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 8-7 in ten innings.  

Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he was terrible only recording one out in the game.  The 

bullpen pitched well and DJ LeMahieu, Gary Sanchez and Roughned Odor each had two hits to lead the

offense.  

Taillon pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up five hits and four runs with a walk.  Nestor Cortes pitched 3 2/3

innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  Luis Cessa pitched an inning giving

up three hits and two runs with a walk, Wandy Peralta pitched an inning with a walk and Zack Britton 

pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Chad Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk

with a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman lost his second game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning

and giving up a hit and an unearned run.  

Vince Velasquez started for the Phillies and he pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs

with a walk and five strikeouts.  Sam Coonrod pitched two innings and he gave up a hit and a run with a

walk and two strikeouts, Ranger Suarez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and Hector Neris

pitched an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Archie Bradley

pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and he earned his second win of the season.  

LeMahieu had two hits and three RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and Sanchez had two hits and two RBI.  

Odor had two hits and an RBI, Miguel Andujar had a hit and Brett Gardner had two hits, an RBI and 

drew two walks.  Chris Gittens drew a walk, Tyler Wade drew a walk and LeMahieu hit a double.  

Gardner hit a triple and Sanchez, Odor and LeMahieu each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-12 with

runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Chapman committed an error.  

Odubel Herrera had two hits, Jean Segura had three hits and two RBI and JT Realmuto had a hit and 

drew a walk.  Bryce Harper had three hits and two RBI, Rhys Hoskins drew three walks and Andrew

McCutchen had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Alec Bohm had two hits and two RBI, Ronald Torreyes

had two hits and an RBI and Herrera, Torreyes and Harper each hit a double.  The Phillies were 

8-19 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  

In the first Harper hit a two-run single, McCutchen hit a sac fly and Bohm hit an RBI single to give

the Phillies a 4-0 lead.  In the second Sanchez hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1.  Gardner hit

a triple to make it a 4-2 game.  In the bottom of the fourth Segura hit an RBI single pushing the lead

to 5-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Bohm hit an RBI single and Torreyes hit an RBI double pushing the 

lead to 7-2.  In the sixth Odor hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 7-3.  In the eighth Sanchez hit an 

RBI single making it 7-4.  In the ninth inning LeMahieu hit a three-run homerun tying the game at

seven.  In the bottom of the tenth Segura hit an RBI walk-off single to give the Phillies an 8-7 victory.  

The two teams will play game two of two on Sunday afternoon.