New York Yankees lose in Anaheim after a lousy eighth

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim on Monday night.  The game took place at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 4-1.  David Phelps started and pitched well.  Shawn Kelley had all kinds of trouble in the eighth with control and the offense didn't do much once again.  The offense had the bases loaded and no outs in the eighth and couldn't score.

Phelps pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up one run on three hits.  He walked one and struck out three.  Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and struck out one, Kelly lost his second game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up three runs on four walks.  Matt Thornton walked the only batter he faced and Preston Claiborne pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked a batter. 

Jered Weaver won his third game of the season pitching eight innings and giving up six hits and a run.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Ernesto Frieri earned his third save of the season by pitching an inning.  He struck out two batters. 

Derek Jeter had two hits, Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Kelly Johnson had a hit.  Brian Roberts had a hit, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and Jeter hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Teixeira committed an error. 

Mike Trout drew a walk, Albert Pujols had two hits and drew an intentional walk and Raul Ibanez drew a pinch hit walk.  Howie Kendrick had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Ian Stewart had an RBI and John McDonald drew an RBI walk.  Chris Iannetta had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Colin Cowgill drew a walk and Kendrick hit a triple.  The Angels were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the fifth Stewart hit an RBI groundout giving the Angels a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Teixeira hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the eight Kendrick drew an RBI walk, McDonald drew an RBI walk and Iannetta drew an RBI walk.  The Angels took a 4-1 lead and that is how the game ended. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.  The Yankees have lost five of their last six games and are one game over 500. 

The New York Yankees offense comes to life with win in Kansas City

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals by the score of 11-6 on Friday night. The game took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good. The Yankees bullpen especially Shawn Kelley was excellent. Lyle Overbay led the offense with five RBI. 
Hughes pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs. He earned his second win of the season and walked two and struck out three. Kelley pitched 2 1/3 innings striking out six batters and Boone Logan pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Brett Gardner had two hits and an RBI, Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI and Travis Hafner drew a walk. Ichiro Suzuki had three hits and two RBI, Jayson Nix had two hits and drew a walk and Overbay had four hits and five RBI. Chris Nelson had two hits and two RBI, Chris Stewart had a hit and Nix, Gardner and Suzuki each hit a double. Overbay hit two doubles and a homerun, Suzuki hit a homerun and Gardner hit a triple. The Yankees were 6-17 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Cano and Suzuki each had a stolen base.

Wade Davis took his third loss of the season pitching five innings and giving up seven hits and seven runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Bruce Chen pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a strikeout and J.C. Gutierrez pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with three strikeouts.

Alcides Escobar had a hit, Lorenzo Cain had a hit and Alex Gordon had two hits and two RBI. Eric Hosmer drew a walk, Salvador Perez had a hit and Mike Moustakas had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Jarrod Dyson had a hit and three RBI, Gordon hit a double and Dyson and Moustakas each hit a homerun. The Royals were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.

In the second Suzuki and Overbay each hit two run homeruns to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead. Dyson hit a three run homerun in the second to make it a 4-3 game. In the fourth Overbay hit an RBI double to make it a 5-3 game. The Royals tied the game in the fifth on a Gordon two run double. In the sixth Overbay hit an RBI double and Nelson hit a two run single to make it 8-5 Yankees. Gardner hit an RBI triple and Cano hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 10-5. Moustakas hit a homerun in the sixth to make it 10-6. The Yankees added a run in the ninth on an RBI single by Overbay and the final score was 11-6.

The Yankees record improved to 21-13 and they are 3-1 so far on this road trip. The Royals record fell to 18-14. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday night.