The New York Yankees were defeated by the Texas Rangers in Game
two of a doubleheader on Sunday night.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 4-2. Jordan Montgomery
started for the Yankees and he pitched well.
The bullpen wasn’t its usual dominant self and the offense only managed
three hits.
Montgomery pitched six innings giving up four hits and two
runs with no walks and five strikeouts.
Michael King picked up his first loss of the season pitching 1 1/3
innings and giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts
and Wandy Peralta pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out
one.
Glenn Otto started for the Rangers and he pitched five
innings giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and two
strikeouts. Garrett Richards pitched a
perfect inning with a strikeout, Matt Moore pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up
a hit and two walks and he struck out one and Dennis Santana pitched to one
batter and retired him. Brett Martin
pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Joe Barlow pitched an inning with
a walk and a strikeout and he picked up his fourth save of the season.
Aaron Hicks drew three walks, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and
two RBI and Josh Donaldson had a hit.
Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa drew two walks and Jose
Trevino had a hit. Stanton hit a homerun
and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on
base. Hicks had two stolen bases and Estevan
Florial had a stolen base. Montgomery
had a pickoff.
Adolis Garcia had two hits, Jonah Heim had a hit and Kole
Calhoun had a hit and drew a walk.
Charlie Culberson had a hit, Brad Miller had a hit and two RBI and Eli
White had a hit and an RBI. Heim hit a
double and White and Miller each hit a homerun.
The Rangers were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men
on base. Culberson was caught
stealing.
In the bottom of the third Stanton hit a two-run homerun to
give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the
sixth White hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 2-1. In the seventh a wild pitch tied the game at
two and Miller hit a two-run homerun to give the Rangers a 4-2 lead and that
would be the final score.
The two teams split the doubleheader and will now play the
third and final game of the series on Monday afternoon.
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