New York Yankees offense shines in win over Detroit Tigers

 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.  

Aaron Judge powers Yankees to win over the Pirates

 The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at 

George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 7-4.  Gerrit Cole started for the 

Yankees and struggled a little bit.  Judge led the offense with three hits and three RBI.  

Cole pitched two innings giving up four hits and four runs with three being earned.  He walked one and 

struck out five.  Barrett Loseke pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Jordan Montgomery

pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out five.  Montgomery picked up the win, Alex 

Mauricio pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning with a 

strikeout and Albert Abreu pitched a perfect inning.  Zach Greene pitched a perfect inning striking

out one and picking up the save.  

Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo

had a hit.  Michael Beltre had a hit, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  David Freitas had

a hit, Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI and Kyle Higashioka had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.

Donaldson, Higashioka and Gonzalez each hit a homerun and Judge hit two homeruns.  The Yankees left

4 men on base.  Beltre was caught stealing and Gonzalez and Rizzo each committed an error.  

In the first Donaldson hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the second former 

Yankee farmhand Diego Castillo hit a two-run homerun giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the 

third Cole Tucker hit a solo homerun pushing the Pirates lead to 3-1.  Roberto Perez hit an RBI single 

making it a 4-1 game.  In the bottom of the third Higashioka hit a solo homerun and then Judge hit a solo

homer cutting the lead to 4-3.  In the bottom of the fourth Gonzalez hit a two-run homer giving the 

Yankees a 5-4 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Judge hit his second homerun of the game a two run shot

pushing the Yankees lead to 7-4.  7-4 would be the final score and the Yankees will head to Lakeland to

take on the Detroit Tigers on Monday.