New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers in extra innings to sweep the series

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Sunday morning.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen had a little bit of trouble.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with one walk and five strikeouts.  Clarke Schmidt pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Miguel Castro pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Wandy Peralta pitched a perfect inning.  Michael King won his third game of the season pitching a perfect inning, striking out the side. 

Rony Garcia started for the Tigers and he pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Alex Lange pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout, Michael Fulmer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Gregory Soto pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and he took his third loss of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had an RBI and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and Anthony Rizzo had a hit.  Josh Donaldson had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI and Kiner-Falefa had two hits.  Matt Carpenter drew a walk, Joey Gallo had a hit and two RBI and Donaldson hit a double.  Gallo hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Kiner-Falefa and Rizzo had a stolen base and Gallo had an outfield assist. 

Willi Castro had a hit, Miguel Cabrera had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Javier Baez had two hits and two RBI.  Daz Cameron had two hits and an RBI, Eric Haase drew a walk and Cameron, Baez and Castro each hit a double.  The Tigers were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Schoop and Castro each committed an error and Castro had an outfield assist. 

In the fourth Baez hit an RBI double to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  Cameron hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 2-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Gallo hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the seventh LeMahieu drew an RBI walk to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Cabrera hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  Baez hit an RBI single to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Torres reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the tenth Donaldson hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 5-4 walk-off win. 

The Yankees swept the three-game series and the six game homestand.  They will have a day off on Monday and head to Minnesota to take on the Twins on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees blank the Kansas City Royals

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.  The game took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 3-0.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen pitched well also.  Gleyber Torres, Aaron Hicks and Joey Gallo each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Cole pitched six innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Cole won his second game of the season.  Miguel Castro pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning and picked up his fifth save of the season. 

Carlos Hernandez started for the Royals and he pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with two being earned.  He walked five and struck out three and took his first loss of the season.  Joey Payamps pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and Ronald Bolanos pitched three innings giving up two hits and three walks with a strikeout. 

Josh Donaldson had a hit and drew two walks, Anthony Rizzo drew two walks and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Torres had two hits and an RBI, Hicks had two hits and drew two walks and Gallo had two hits.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Trevino drew a walk and Donaldson hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Rizzo and Kiner-Falefa were caught stealing and Kiner-Falefa committed an error. 

Whit Merrifield had a hit and drew two walks, Andrew Benintendi drew a walk and Carlos Santana had a hit.  Hunter Dozier had two hits, Bobby Witt Jr. had a hit and Edward Olivares had two hits.  Dozier hit a double and the Royals were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Olivares had a stolen base and Lopez committed an error. 

In the second Kiner-Falefa hit into a double play and a run scored giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Torres hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 2-0 and in the fourth Kiner-Falefa hit a sac fly making it a 3-0 game which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon with the Yankees looking for the sweep and their ninth straight victory. 

New York Yankees walk-off against the Cleveland Guardians

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees and he pitched well and Isiah Kiner-Falefa led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Cortes pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Clay Holmes pitched 2/3 of an inning, Chad Green pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs and Miguel Castro pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and earned his first victory of the season. 

Cal Quantrill started for the Guardians and he pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Enyel De Los Santos pitched to two batters and struck them both out, Bryan Shaw pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Nick Sandlin pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Emmanuel Clase pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and he walked one and struck out one and lost his second game of the season and also got his first blown save of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and Josh Donaldson had a hit and an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk, Joey Gallo had a hit and drew a walk and Kiner-Falefa had two hits and two RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI and Kiner-Falefa hit a double.  Donaldson hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Myles Straw had a hit, Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBI and Austin Hedges had a hit and two RBI.  Naylor and Hedges each hit a homerun and the Guardians left one man on base.  Straw had an outfield assist. 

In the fifth Naylor hit a two-run homerun giving the Guardians a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1.  Higashioka hit into a double play but it was a sac fly tying the game at two.  In the bottom of the seventh Donaldson hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Hedges hit a two-run homerun giving the Guardians back the lead at 4-3.  In the bottom of the ninth Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI double to tie the score with two outs and Torres hit an RBI single to win the game.  It was a pinch hit and a walk-off for Torres. 

The Yankees will look for the three-game sweep on Sunday afternoon. 

New York Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers

 The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon.  The game took place at 

Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida and the final score was 6-2.  Gerrit Cole made his final

spring tuneup before Opening Day on Thursday and he pitched well.  The bullpen also pitched well and 

Anthony Rizzo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Kyle Higashioka each had two hits to lead the offense.  

Cole pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out five.  Ron 

Marinaccio pitched a perfect inning, Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts

and Chad Green picked up the win pitching an inning and giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  

Jonathan Loaisiga pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out one and Albert

Abreu pitched 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts.  

Rizzo had two hits and two RBI, Carlos Narvaez had a hit and two RBI and Gleyber Torres drew a walk.  

Kiner-Falefa had two hits, Higashioka had two hits and two RBI and Ender Inciarte drew two walks.  

Eduardo Torrealba had a hit, Narvaez hit a double and Higashioka hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 

3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Torres was caught stealing and Green had

a pickoff.  

In the bottom of the third Javier Baez reached on a fielder's choice and a run scored giving the Tigers a 1-0

lead.  In the top of the fifth Higashioka hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the 

sixth Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the seventh 

Higashioka hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  Rizzo hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a

4-2 lead and Narvaez hit a two-run double pushing the lead to 6-2.  6-2 would be the final score.  

The Yankees will take on the Atlanta Braves at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida on 

Saturday.