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Spring Training Game 1: Judge goes deep

New York Yankees 5 — Philadelphia Phillies 5

 

Adam Warren got the start to start Spring Training games for the Yankees and was effective and efficient. In two scoreless innings, Warren gave up just one hit without striking out or walking a batter.

The Yankees offense got going in the first inning with two outs. After Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner grounded out, Chris Young, Garrett Jones and Jose Pirela hit three consecutive singles with the Pirela single scoring Young for the first run of the game.
After a sparkling first inning by top pitching prospect Luis Severino, that featured two strikeouts, one on a breaking ball and one on a fastball, the young right-hander struggled in his second inning of work. A few singles found their way onto shallow outfield grass and just by gloves. Three singles later, the Phillies tied the game and after getting the first out of the fourth inning, a bloop single by Domonic Brown ended Severino’s day. A sacrifice fly with the bases loaded would give the Phillies the lead before the inning ended.
In 1 1/3 innings, Luis Severino allowed two runs on four hits while striking out two.
Diego Moreno, who took over for Severino in the fourth inning, would balk in the Phillies’ third run of the game. After a scoreless inning of work by Nick Goody, another talked about young talent in the farm took the mound.
Left-handed reliever Jacob Lindgren came in for the seventh inning with the Yankees trailing by two. After giving up a single, Lindgren struck out Koyie Hill but a wild pitch allowed the baserunner to reach second base. A ground ball to second baseman Rob Refsnyder would be thrown away and this allowed a run to score on the error. A two-out single would score the fifth run for the Phillies and Lindgren’s short appearance ended.
In 2/3 of an inning, Lindgren allowed two hits and two unearned runs while striking out one.
In the eighth inning, Slade Heathcott hit a one-out double before Aaron Judge walked and Greg Bird hit a single to right field. With the bases loaded, Rob Refsnyder popped out to an infield fly rule and John Ryan Murphy grounded out to waste a prime opportunity to chip away at the four-run deficit.
In the ninth inning, Mason Williams led off with a double before the Yankees got the next two outs. With one out left, Jake Cave hit a run-scoring single to pull the Yankees within three. Slade Heathcott would hit a single to bring up the tying run in Aaron Judge.

The power-hitting right fielder would take a 3-2 pitch deep to left field, just over the wall for the Yankees first home run of the spring, tying the game at five.

And in Spring Training, games can end in a tie.

Notables

Yankees

*Aaron Judge – 1 for 2, R, BB, Three-Run Home Run (1) in the 9th, 3 RBI (3)

*Slade Heathcott – 2 for 2, R, 2B

Phillies

*Ryan Howard – 2 for 2, RBI (1)