The New York Yankees win a close one over the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-2 Yankees.  Nathan Eovaldi started for the Yankees and pitched pretty well.  The Yankees bullpen was great and Chase Headley had two hits to lead the offense. 

Eovaldi pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up two runs on four hits.  He walked three and struck out four.  Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up two hits and no runs with no walks and no strikeouts, Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Andrew Miller picked up his 21st save pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Wei-Yin Chen pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up ten hits and three runs with no walks and three strikeouts.  Chen suffered his sixth loss of the season.  Tommy Hunter pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout and Brian Matusz pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Brett Gardner had a hit and Alex Rodriguez had an RBI and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had two hits, Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk and Chris Young had two hits.  Headley had two hits and an RBI, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Brendan Ryan had a hit and an RBI.  Ellsbury, Headley and Ryan each hit a double.  Teixeira hit two doubles and the Yankees were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.   Young had an outfield assist and Eovaldi had a pickoff. 

Manny Machado drew a walk, Jimmy Paredes had a hit and Adam Jones had two hits.  Chris Davis had a hit, Matt Wieters had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and J.J. Hardy had a hit and an RBI.  Travis Snider drew a walk, Nolan Reimold had a hit and the Orioles were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Machado was picked off. 

In the first Rodriguez hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Headley hit an RBI double to increase the Yankees lead to 2-0.  In the sixth the Orioles tied the score at two.  Wieters hit an RBI single and Hardy hit an RBI single.  In the bottom of the sixth Ryan hit an RBI double to give the Yankees the 3-2 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

New York Yankees lose game and also lose Brendan Ryan to injury

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 3-0.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  Chase Whitley started and pitched very well, probably locking up a bullpen spot.  The Yankees offense didn't do much but Carlos Beltran, Brett Gardner  and Mark Teixeira each had a hit. 

Whitley pitched four innings giving up four hits and a run with no walks and six strikeouts.  Whitley took his first loss of the spring.  Esmil Rogers pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and an unearned run with a walk and three strikeouts, Chasen Shreve pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a strikeout and Andrew Bailey pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Nick Rumbelow pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out three batters. 

Gardner had a hit, Beltran had a hit and Ramon Flores had a hit.  Teixeira had a hit, John Ryan Murphy drew a walk and Chase Headley drew a walk.  Alex Rodriguez drew a walk, Ryan drew a walk and the Yankees were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Ryan committed an error and Flores had an outfield assist. 

In the second James Loney hit an RBI single giving the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Kevin Kiermaier reached on a fielding error and two runs scored.  The score was 3-0 and that was the final score.  The Yankees will play a split squad on Thursday afternoon.  They will be at home in Tampa against the Pittsburgh Pirates and on the road in Lakeland against the Detroit Tigers. 

The New York Yankees wipe out the Philadelphia Phillies

The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 10-0 on Friday afternoon.  The game took place in Clearwater, Florida.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and pitched very well.  The game only lasted six innings because of rain.  Brendan Ryan had a couple of hits and Stephen Drew had three hits to lead the offense. 

Pineda pitched five innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He didn't walk a batter and he struck out five.  He recorded his second win of the spring. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit, Carlos Beltran had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Brian McCann had a hit and Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk.  Eddy Rodriguez had a hit, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and Drew had three hits and two RBI.  Rob Refsnyder drew a walk, Chris Young had a hit and two RBI and Tyler Austin had a hit and three RBI.  Ryan had two hits, Drew, Young and Austin each hit a double and Ryan hit two doubles.  The Yankees were 7-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the fifth a passed ball gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Beltran hit an RBI single, Teixeira hit an RBI single and Drew hit a two run single and it was 5-0 Yankees.  Young hit a two run double to make it 7-0 with all the runs coming in the fifth inning.  In the sixth Austin hit a three run double to make it 10-0 and then the game ended with rain. 

The Yankees will take on the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon from George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  CC Sabathia was going to start but he will pitch in a minor league game and Scott Baker will be making the start.