The Yankees blew an early three-run lead and lost to the Twins by the score of 7-3 this afternoon. Jacoby Ellsbury (double), Brian Roberts (double), and Mark Teixeira (single) start the games off with hits, then Minnesota’s staff retired 26 of the final 29 batters they faced. The only exceptions were walks to Teixeira (one) and Ramon Flores (two). The final eleven Yankees to bat made outs.
David Phelps was alright, allowed two runs on five hits and one walk in four innings. He struck out four and was both up in the zone and running deep counts a little too much. Not the most efficient outing. Manny Banuelos was all over the place, walking two and allowing two (bloop) hits in one-third of an inning. He was charged with four runs to raise his spring ERA to 63.00. Dellin Betances was excellent again, inheriting a bases loaded, one-out jam and escaping with a strikeout and ground out. He then tacked on another scoreless inning and retired all five batters he faced. Here’s the box score and the video highlights, and here’s the rest from camp.
- The Yankees contingent in Panama took a tour of the Panama Canal today. George King has a story on the tour with a bunch of photos. The Yankees will play a pair of exhibition games against the Marlins at Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City this weekend, though I still have no idea of those games will be on television anywhere.
- Hiroki Kuroda and Shawn Kelley threw their scheduled bullpen sessions. Tyler Austin (wrist) took regular batting practice for the first time and Brendan Ryan (oblique) both hit and fielded grounders. [Chad Jennings]
- Eduardo Nunez got spiked on a take-out slide but told Jack Curry he is fine during an in-game interview. He said he should be able to play tomorrow.
This is your nightly open thread. This afternoon’s game will be replayed at 7pm ET on YES, plus MLB Network will air some different games later tonight. All three of the local hockey clubs are playing as well. Talk about anything you like right here.
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