New York Yankees get shutout in Tampa

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 9-0.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen did not.  The Yankees offense only managed five hits. 

German pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out one and took his third loss of the season.  Greg Weissert pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two strikeouts, Anthony Banda pitched giving up two hits and three runs with three walks and Marwin Gonzalez pitched to one batter getting him out. 

Jeffrey Springs started for the Rays and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four h its and no runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Springs won his seventh game of the season.  JT Chargois pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Colin Poche pitched to one batter and struck him out and Jason Adam pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Calvin Faucher pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Andrew Benintendi had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk, Jose Trevino had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit, Benintendi and Kiner-Falefa each hit a double and the Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Donaldson committed two errors and Weissert committed an error.  Cabrera had an outfield assist. 

Yandy Diaz had an RBI and drew two walks, Manuel Margot had three hits and two RBI and Harold Ramirez had two hits.  Randy Arozarena had a hit.  David Peralta had a hit and an RBI, Yu Chang had a hit and an RBI and Isaac Paredes drew a walk.  Jose Siri drew a walk, Christian Bethancourt had two hits and two RBI and Tyler Walls had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ramirez hit a double and Bethancourt hit a homerun.  The Rays were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Bethancourt committed an error. 

In the fourth Peralta hit an RBI single to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Bethancourt hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the eighth Chang hit a two-run single, Walls drew an RBI walk, Diaz drew an RBI walk and Margot hit a two-run single to make it 9-0 Rays and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night. 

New York Yankees roughed up the Boston Red Sox

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 12-5.  Nestor Cortes Jr. started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The bullpen did pitch well and the offense was led by Gleyber Torres who had three hits. 

Cortes pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Miguel Castro won his fifth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Albert Abreu pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Lucas Luetge pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and he struck out six.  Luetge saved his first game of the season. 

Connor Seabold started for the Red Sox and he pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and seven runs.  He walked two and struck out two and took his second loss of the season.  Michael Feliz pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned and he walked two and struck out four, Austin Davis pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs and he struck out one and Jackie Bradley Jr. pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with three walks and a strikeout. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits and drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Matt Carpenter had three hits and two RBI.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had an RBI and drew a walk, Torres had three hits and two RBI and Josh Donaldson had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had two hits and drew two walks, Jose Trevino had two hits and Marwin Gonzalez had had an RBI and drew a walk.  Joey Gallo had a hit and two RBI, Hicks, Carpenter, Trevino and Torres each hit a double and Gallo hit a triple.  Donaldson and Carpenter each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-16 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Donaldson and Gonzalez each had a stolen base. 

Rob Refsnyder had four hits, J.D. Martinez had three hits and a walk and Xander Bogaerts had an RBI.  Christian Vazquez had three hits and two RBI, Alex Verdugo drew a walk and Trevor Story had a hit and an RBI.  Christian Arroyo had a hit, Bobby Dalbec had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Vazquez and Refsnyder each hit a double.  Story and Dalbec each hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Vazquez committed an error. 

In the first Torres hit an RBI single and Donaldson a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Vazquez hit a two-run double cutting the lead to 4-2.  In the second Carpenter hit an RBI double pushing the Yankees lead to 5-2.  In the third Gallo hit a two-run triple extending the lead to 7-2.  Carpenter hit a solo homerun in the fourth making it 8-2 and Donaldson stole a base and scored on a throwing error making it 9-2.  In the bottom of the fourth Story hit a solo homerun and Dalbec hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 9-4.  In the bottom of the sixth Bogaerts hit an RBI groundout making it a 9-5 game.  In the seventh Gonzalez hit a sac bunt and a run scored, in the eighth Torres hit an RBI double and in the ninth IKF had an RBI walk making it 12-5 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have taken the first two games and will play game three of four on Saturday night.  The series will conclude on Sunday night. 

New York Yankees pummel the Pittsburgh Pirates

 The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.  The game took place at 

PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the final score was 16-0.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees

And he pitched great and the bullpen was good.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa led the offense with four hits and 

DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge each had three hits.  

Severino pitched six innings giving up four hits and no runs with three strikeouts.  Severino won his fifth 

Game of the season.  Wandy Peralta pitched an inning and he struck out one, Aroldis Chapman pitched

An inning with a strikeout and Albert Abreu pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two.  

Mitch Keller started for the Pirates and he pitched six innings giving up ten hits and four runs with a walk

And seven strikeouts.  Keller lost his sixth game of the season.  Tyler Beede pitched an inning giving up 

A hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts, Manny Banuelos pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up 

Three hits and five runs with two walks and a strikeout and Chris Stratton pitched 2/3 of an inning with

Two walks.  Josh VanMeter pitched an inning giving up eight hits and six runs with a walk, he is a 

Position player.  

LeMahieu had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits, four RBI and drew a walk and 

Marwin Gonzalez had a hit.  Matt Carpenter had a hit, Aaron Hicks had two hits and four RBI and

Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres had two hits and drew two walks,

Josh Donaldson had two hits and two RBI and Joey Gallo had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  

Kiner-Falefa had four hits and Kyle Higashioka had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Carpenter, 

Torres, Judge and Hicks each hit a double and Donaldson, Gallo, Higashioka, Judge, Hicks and Stanton

Each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 7-18 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  

Kiner-Falefa, LeMahieu and Judge each had a stolen base.  

Ke’Bryan Hayes had a hit, Bryan Reynolds had two hits and Bligh Madrid drew a walk.  

Oneil Cruz had a hit, Reynolds hit a double and the Pirates were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and

Left five men on base.  Tsutsugo committed an error and Gamel had an outfield assist.  

In the fifth LeMahieu hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Donaldson hit a solo

Homerun pushing the lead to 3-0 and Gallo hit a solo homerun making it 4-0.  In the seventh Higashioka

Hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 5-0.  In the eighth Judge hit a grand-slam pushing the lead to 

9-0 and a Donaldson sac fly made it 10-0.  In the ninth Hicks hit a grand-slam making it 14-0 and Stanton

Hit a solo homerun and Higashioka had an RBI single to finish the scoring at 16-0.  

The two teams split the brief two game series and the Yankees will head to Boston to begin a four-game

Series with the Red Sox on Thursday night.  

New York Yankees lose in Pittsburgh

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.  The game took place 

At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the final score was 5-2.  Jameson Taillon started for the 

Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  The bullpen did pitch well and the offense was led by Isiah Kiner-

Falefa who had three hits.  Gleyber Torres and Matt Carpenter each had two hits.  

Jameson Taillon pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  

Taillon lost just his second game of the season, Lucas Luetge pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits

And he struck out one and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning.  

Jose Quintana started for the Pirates and won his second game of the season.  He pitched five innings

Giving up six hits and a run with seven strikeouts.  Wil Crowe pitched two innings giving up two hits

And he walked one and Duane Underwood Jr. pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk

And a strikeout.  David Bednar pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and saved his 

13th game of the season.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI and Torres had two hits and 

Drew a walk.  Carpenter had two hits and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Kiner-Falefa had three

Hits.  Hicks, Torres and Kiner-Falefa each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring

Position and left nine men on base.  Stanton committed an error.  

Bryan Reynolds had two hits, Jack Suwinski had two hits and two RBI and Daniel Vogelbach had a hit

And an RBI.  Yoshi Tsutsugo had two hits, Oneil Cruz had an RBI and Ben Gamel had two hits and 

An RBI.  Reynolds and Gamel each hit a double and Vogelbach and Suwinski each hit a homerun.  

The Pirates were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  

In the second Vogelbach hit a solo homerun giving the Pirates a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Suwinski hit a 

Two-run homerun pushing the lead to 3-0.  Gamel hit an RBI double extending the lead to 4-0.  In the 

Fifth Judge hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1 and in the bottom of the sixth Cruz hit a sac fly

Pushing the lead to 5-1.  In the top of the eighth Carpenter hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 5-2 and

That would be the final score of the game.  

The two teams will play the second and final game of the series on Wednesday night.  

New York Yankees win a nail biter over the Oakland Athletics

 The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. Night.  The game took place at 

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-1.  J.P. Sears started for the Yankees

And he pitched well, the bullpen was really good.  Marwin Gonzalez led the offense with two hits.  

Sears pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out one.  Sears

Improved to three wins and no losses on the season.  Ron Marinaccio pitched to one batter and struck him 

Out, Wandy Peralta pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Michael King

Pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Clay Holmes earned his 13th save

Of the season pitching an inning with two hits and a run which was unearned and he struck out two.  

Frankie Montas started for the Athletics and he pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs.

He walked two and struck out seven and he took his eighth loss of the season.  Domingo Acevedo

Pitched a perfect inning and Sam Selman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Josh Donaldson had a hit and Jose Trevino had a hit and an RBI.  

Aaron Hicks drew a walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit and Gonzalez had two hits and an RBI.  

Donaldson hit a double and Gonzalez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring

Position and left three men on base.  Kiner-Falefa had a stolen base and Trevino committed an error.  

Trevino had a pickoff.  

Nick Allen had a hit, Ramon Laureano drew a walk and Christian Bethancourt had a hit and drew a walk.

Stephen Vogt had a hit, Elvis Andrus had a hit and an RBI and Sheldon Neuse had a hit and drew a

Walk.  Seth Brown had a hit, Allen hit a double and the Athletics were 2-6 with runners in scoring position

And left six men on base.  Laureano and Murphy each had a stolen base.  Bethancourt was caught 

Stealing.  Neuse was picked off and Laureano had an outfield assist.  

In the bottom of the first Trevino hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of 

The second Gonzalez hit a solo homerun pushing the Yankees lead to 2-0 and in the ninth a Andrus

RBI single cut the lead to 2-1 and that would be the final score.  

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.