The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon. The game took place at Joker
Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 11-7. Deivi Garcia started for the
Yankees and continued his strong spring with a solid outing. Ronald Guzman led the offense with
three hits and
five RBI.
Garcia pitched three innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. Aroldis Chapman pitched a
perfect inning with a strikeout and picked up the win, Luis Gil pitched three innings giving up a hit
and a walk with four strikeouts and Shawn Semple pitched an inning giving up three hits and four runs
with a walk and a strikeout. Derek Craft had an inning giving up three hits and two runs.
Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Cooper Bowman had two hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo
drew a walk. Isiah Kiner-Falefa drew a walk, Miguel Andujar drew a walk and Matt Pita drew a walk.
Ender Inciarte had a hit, Raimfer Salinas had a hit and Tim Locastro had two hits. Phillip Evans had
a hit, Armando Alvarez had a hit and RBI and Guzman had three hits and five RBI. Max McDowell
had two hits, Guzman hit a double and Locastro hit two doubles. Torres and Bowman each hit a homerun.
The Yankees were 6-13 with runners in scoring position and left 5 men on base. Locastro had a stolen
base.
In the top of the first Torres hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the third
Dustin Garneau hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. In the top of the fifth Guzman hit a two-run
double and a passed ball gave the Yankees a 4-1 lead. In the sixth Guzman hit a two-run single pushing
the lead to 6-1. Bowman hit a three-run homerun making it a 9-1 game. In the top of the eighth hit an
RBI single extending the lead to 10-1. In the bottom of the eighth Riley Greene hit a solo homer making
it 10-2. Victor Reyes hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 10-5. In the top of the ninth Alvarez
hit an RBI single and it was 11-5 Yankees. In the bottom of the ninth Parker Meadows hit a sac fly
and Josh Lester hit an RBI groundout cutting the lead to 11-7. The final score was 11-7. The Yankees
will host the Philadelphia Phillies.