The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
The game took place at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado and the final
score was 7-2. Carlos Rodon started for
the Yankees and he pitched ok. Gleyber
Torres led the offense with three hits and a couple other players had two hits each.
Rodon pitched five innings giving
up four hits and four runs with two walks and six strikeouts. Rodon took his second loss of the
season. Michael King pitched two innings
giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts and Albert
Abreu pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run.
Austin Gomber started for the
Rockies and he pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs. He walked none and struck out two. Gomber won his eighth game of the
season. Pierce Johnson pitched a perfect
inning with a strikeout, Daniel Bard pitched an inning giving up a hit and he
struck out two and Justin Lawrence pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk
with two strikeouts.
Torres had three hits, Giancarlo
Stanton had two hits and two RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a hit. Josh Donaldson drew a walk, DJ LeMahieu had two
hits and Stanton hit a double and a homerun.
The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men
on base.
Kris Bryant had a hit and two RBI,
Elias Diaz drew a walk and CJ Cron had a hit and drew a walk. Randal Grichuk had two hits and an RBI, Nolan
Jones had a hit and an RBI and Ezequiel Tovar had a hit and an RBI. Brenton Doyle had a hit, two RBI and drew a
walk, he hit a double and Grichuk, Bryant and Jones each hit a homerun. The Rockies were 3-6 with runners in scoring
position and left three men on base.
Doyle had a stolen base.
In the top of the first Stanton hit
a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the second Tovar hit an RBI
single, Doyle hit a two-run double and the Rockies had a 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the fourth Grichuk hit a
solo homerun pushing the lead to 4-2. In
the bottom of the seventh Bryant hit a two-run homerun and the lead increased
to 6-2. In the bottom of the eighth
Jones hit a solo homerun and the score was 7-2 which was the final score.
The two teams will play game two of
three on Saturday night.
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