The Yankees beat the Cardinals 4-0 today thanks to strong starting pitching by Hiroki Kuroda and a two-run home run by Kevin Youkilis – his first of Spring Training. Kuroda pitched four innings, gave up three hits, struck out six and did not walk a batter. Youkilis finished 1-2 with two RBI.
Joba Chamberlain, David Robertson, and Shawn Kelley all pitched scoreless innings and Dellin Betances pitched in – pun intended – with two scoreless innings.
Corban Joseph had two hits, Travis Hafner and Brett Gardner each had one and Derek Jeter played again, as DH, and was hitless in two at bats.
And in exciting news, the Yankees did not commit an error and as far as we know, everyone made it out pain free.
Tomorrow, they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Charlotte Sports Park. Ivan Nova is scheduled to start against Alex Cobb.
Impressive outing by all the Yankee pitchers today against the Cardinals. It was nice to see Betances go 2 innings without walking a batter, since control has been an ongoing problem for him. Maybe this outing will be the start of him turning things around. Also Youkilis looks like he is starting to get some offense going the past 2 games which is also nice. All in all the last 2 games have been good, 18 innings of shutout ball by the Yankee pitchers.
"a two-run home run by Kevin Youkilis"
Wrong again!
solo homer but he had two RBIs.
do you give partial credit?