New York Yankees slam their way to victory over the Oakland Athletics

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-2.  Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The bullpen pitched well also and Gleyber Torres and Anthony Rizzo led the team with two hits each. 

Cortes pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Ron Marinaccio won his second game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and he walked two and struck out one, Ian Hamilton pitched a perfect inning with a  couple of strikeouts and Nick Ramirez pitched two innings giving up two hits and he walked one and struck out one. 

J.P. Sears started for Oakland and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with no walks and four strikeouts.  Sears lost his third game of the season, Austin Pruitt pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Sam Long pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Torres had two hits and an RBI, Rizzo had two hits and drew a walk and DJ LeMahieu had a hit and two RBI.  Harrison Bader had a hit and drew a walk, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and two RBI and Jose Trevino had a hit.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and two RBI, Torres hit a double and Bader hit a triple.  Cabrera, Torres, LeMahieu and Hicks each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Esteury Ruiz had two hits, Carlos Perez had a hit and drew a walk and Brent Rooker had a hit and drew two walks.  Jesus Aguilar had a hit and drew a walk, JJ Bleday had a hit and Jordan Diaz had a hit.  Tony Kemp had a hit and an RBI, Jace Peterson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Nick Allen had a hit.  Ruiz hit a double and the Athletics were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Ruiz had a stolen base. 

In the bottom of the fifth Cabrera hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Kemp hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1.  Peterson had an RBI walk and the game was tied at two.  In the bottom of the sixth Torres hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  LeMahieu hit a two-run homerun and the lead was extended to 5-2.  In the bottom of the seventh Hicks hit a two-run homerun and the lead was pushed to 7-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees blow big lead and lose a tough game in extra innings to the Tampa Bay Rays

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 8-7 in ten innings.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he did not pitch well.  The bullpen did a good job and the offense was led by Harrison Bader who had three hits. 

Cole pitched five innings giving up eight hits and six runs with five being earned.  He walked two and struck out six.  Jimmy Cordero pitched an inning giving up a run and a walk with a strikeout, Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Wandy Peralta pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Michael King pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out three, Albert Abreu pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run and he took his first loss of the season. 

Javy Guerra started for the Rays and he pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Josh Fleming pitched five innings giving up seven runs and six hits with four walks and a strikeout, Ryan Thompson pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Jason Adam pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Colin Poche pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Garrett Cleavinger pitched to two batters and retired them both and Jalen Beeks pitched to one batter striking him out and he earned his first win of the season. 

Anthony Volpe drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had two hits and an RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a hit, an RBI and drew three walks.  DJ LeMahieu had two hits, Bader had three hits and two RBI and Oswaldo Cabrera had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Jose Trevino had an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Hicks, Torres and Cabrera each hit a double.  Bader hit a triple and Rizzo and Bader each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-15 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Cabrera had a stolen base and Torres committed an error. 

Yandy Diaz had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Wander Franco had a hit and Randy Arozarena had two hits.  Harold Ramirez had two hits, Isaac Paredes had two hits and two RBI and Manuel Margot drew a walk.  Christian Bethancourt had a hit and three RBI and Jose Siri had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ramirez hit a double and Paredes hit a double.  Siri and Bethancourt each hit a homerun and the Rays were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Franco had a stolen base. 

In the third Rizzo hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Bader hit a two-run homerun and it was 3-0 Yankees.  In the top of the fourth Hicks hit an RBI double and Torres hit an RBI double to push the lead to 5-0.  In the top of the fifth Cabrera hit a sac fly extending the lead to 6-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Siri hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-1.  Franco hit an RBI single and it was 6-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Paredes hit an RBI double making it a 6-3 game and then Bethancourt hit a three-run homerun to tie the game at six.  Diaz hit an RBI groundout and the Rays had a 7-6 lead.  In the seventh Trevino hit an RBI groundout tying the game at seven.  In the bottom of the tenth Paredes hit a walk-off RBI single to give the Rays a 8-7 victory. 

The Rays took two out of three in the series and the Yankees will head home to face the Oakland Athletics for three beginning Monday night. 

New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 3-2.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen was very good and Harrison Bader and IKF led the team with two hits each. 

German pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Wandy Peralta pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Ron Marinaccio pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and he won his first game of the season.  Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and Ian Hamilton picked up his first save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Drew Rasmussen started for the Rays and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Ryan Thompson pitched to one batter and retired him, Jalen Beeks pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Kevin Kelly pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs and he lost his first game of the season.  Javy Guerra pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one. 

Anthony Volpe drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Willie Calhoun had a hit and drew a walk and Bader had two hits and two RBI.  IKF had two hits, Kyle Higashioka drew a walk and LeMahieu and IKF each hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  IKF was caught stealing and Bauers had an outfield assist. 

Yandy Diaz had a hit and drew a walk, Wander Franco had a hit and Randy Arozarena had a hit.  Manuel Margot had two hits and two RBI, Harold Ramirez had a hit and Tyler Walls drew a walk.  Luke Raley had two hits, Christian Bethancourt had a hit and Margot, Bethancourt and Raley each hit a double.  The Rays were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Walls had a stolen base, Siri and Raley each had a stolen base and Franco was caught stealing.  Brandon Lowe and Franco each committed an error. 

In the bottom of the first Margot hit a two-run double giving the Rays a 2-0 lead.  In the eighth LeMahieu hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 2-1.  Bader hit a two-run single and the Yankees had the lead at 3-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday afternoon.