One win in the books

On the left, Dellin Betances matched Duane Below's performance from a night ago. Betances was very solid in the outing, striking out 7.

FLYING TIGERS 1, YANKEES 2
at Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, FL
Friday, April 10

Flying Tigers at the plate: The Flying Tigers were not able to muster much of anything in the way of offense in this game, with a combined 5 hits and 2 walks. There were no extra base hits for the Tigers and just one run. The speedy center fielder Kyle Peter caused the most havoc in the quiet offensive night. Peter stole second and third before scoring on a hit by Andy Dirks. Dirks and Kody Kaiser would also steal bases in the game. Montero was really burned on stolen bases in the game.

Yankees at the plate: Like the Flying Tigers, the T-Yanks could not get their offense in gear. No one in the lineup recorded an extra base hit and the team drew only one base on balls (Romine). Eric Fryer was the catalyst tonight, reaching base 3 times on 3 hits, while swiping a bag off of the Lakeland catcher Adrian Casanova. Damon Sublett made a tremendous grab in the top of the first, leaping to snare a grounder between 1st and 2nd and firing off a throw from his knees to nail the runer at first. Sublett would then later make the lone Yankee error in the fourth on a ball hit by Kody Kaiser.

Flying Tigers on the mound: Tigers pitching did quite well tonight. The starter Thad Weber went 5 strong innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 earned runs. Relievers Patrick Stanley and Lester Oliveros pitched three scorless innings behind Weber's solid start. Weber was given the loss.

Yankees on the mound: The star of tonight's game was certainly the Yankee starter Dellin Betances. Betances showed great stuff in this one, striking out 7 Flying Tigers on route to his first win of the season. He struggled with his command early on, throwing a few pitches off line and allowing a pair of walks. After he settled in, he was dominant. Throughout the ball game, there were many swings and misses, even if the at bat wouldn't end in a strike out. He had a great curve ball working which made a few batters look silly at the plate. Amaury Sanit came in to pitch the 7th and 8th innings, both scorless. Jonathan Ortiz came out in the ninth to pick up the save while recording one strike out.

Up next: The Yankees are going back to Lakeland to to face the Flying Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium. Game time is set for 6:00 P.M. EST. Jeremy Bleich will most likely be the starter for the Tampa Yankees.