New York Yankees lose a tough fought extra inning game to the Los Angeles Dodgers

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-1 in 11 innings.  Cody Poteet started, and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched well also.  Aaron Judge led the offense with two hits. 

Poteet pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out one.  Victor Gonzalez pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Michael Tonkin pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Caleb Ferguson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Clay Holmes pitched perfect innings; Ian Hamilton took the loss his first of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up a hit and two runs with one being earned.  He walked two and struck out one.  Dennis Santana pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Yoshinobu Yamamoto started for the Dodgers, and he pitched seven innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Anthony Banda pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Blake Treinen pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Daniel Hudson pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Michael Grove pitched a perfect inning and earned his fourth win of the season and Yohan Ramirez pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with two strikeouts and picked up his first save of the season. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit, Alex Verdugo had a hit and Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks.  Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Trent Grisham had a hit and Judge hit a double.  The Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Torres committed an error and Poteet had a pickoff. 

Mookie Betts had a hit and drew two walks, Freddie Freeman drew two walks and Teoscar Hernandez had two hits and two RBI.  Andy Pages drew a walk, Enrique Hernandez had a hit and drew a walk.  K. Hernandez hit a double and T. Hernandez also hit a double.  The Dodgers were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

There was no scoring in the game until the 11^th innings.  In the top of the inning T. Hernandez hit a two-run double giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the 11^th Judge hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.