The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon. The game took place at
Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 6-2. Gerrit Cole made his final
spring tuneup before Opening Day on Thursday and he pitched well. The bullpen also pitched well and
Anthony Rizzo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Kyle Higashioka each had two hits to lead the offense.
Cole pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run. He walked two and struck out five. Ron
Marinaccio pitched a perfect inning, Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts
and Chad Green picked up the win pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run with a walk.
Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out one and Albert
Abreu pitched 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts.
Rizzo had two hits and two RBI, Carlos Narvaez had a hit and two RBI and Gleyber Torres drew a walk.
Kiner-Falefa had two hits, Higashioka had two hits and two RBI and Ender Inciarte drew two walks.
Eduardo Torrealba had a hit, Narvaez hit a double and Higashioka hit a homerun. The Yankees were
3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Torres was caught stealing and Green had
a pickoff.
In the bottom of the third Javier Baez reached on a fielder's choice and a run scored giving the Tigers a 1-0
lead. In the top of the fifth Higashioka hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. In the bottom of the
sixth Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. In the top of the seventh
Higashioka hit an RBI single to tie the game at two. Rizzo hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a
4-2 lead and Narvaez hit a two-run double pushing the lead to 6-2. 6-2 would be the final score.
The Yankees will take on the Atlanta Braves at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida on
Saturday.
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