Yanks Drop Game Three In Extras 6-3
Pulaski, VA - The Pulaski Yankees dropped an extra innings contest to the Johnson City Cardinals on Monday night 6-3 after the Yankees tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with two outs.
Pulaski, VA - The Pulaski Yankees dropped an extra innings contest to the Johnson City Cardinals on Monday night 6-3 after the Yankees tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with two outs.
After a four-pitch walk to lead off the game for Pulaski,
Pestana continued to dazzle as he kept the Cardinals off the board in the fifth and sixth innings while racking up another three strikeouts to give him seven on the night. Pestana's previous high in innings pitched on the year was five innings, which was in his previous appearance on August 13. He surpassed that by a whole inning tonight and looked to be even more until he threw his second and third pitch in the seventh inning.
Aaron Antonini jumped on a 1-0 fastball and ripped it over the right-center field wall to cut the Yanks lead in half at 2-1. The Cardinals eighth ranked prospect,
The Yanks couldn't capitalize on a lead off double by
The Cardinals broke the tie in the top of the ninth after a leadoff single came around to score with two outs on an error by Martinez at third and Johnson City had a 3-2 lead.
The Cardinals dropped a bunt towards third base and Nelson L Alvarez tried to spin and throw the runner out at third but the throw sailed and the Cardinals scored their first of three runs in the extra frame to go ahead 6-3. The Yankees put themselves in a corner once again after the first two batters went down in order and pushed them down to their last out.
The two teams will conclude their four game series with some day baseball tomorrow. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. and Calfee Park will play host to nearly 2,000 local middle schoolers who will ditch their pencils and notebooks for a couple hours or so and head out to the ballpark for 'Field Trip Day' courtesy of Food Lion and Walmart.
The Pulaski Yankees are the Advanced Rookie level affiliate of the New York Yankees playing in the Appalachian League. Pulaski is celebrating its 54th season in the Appalachian League in 2019. Calfee Park has won league championships in 1948, 1969, 1986, 1991 and 2013. Motor Mile Field at Calfee Park opened in 1935 and was renovated for the team's first season as a Yankees affiliate in 2015. For more information, please visit www.pulaskiyankees.net or follow the Pulaski Yankees on social media, @PulaskiYanks (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram). This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.