Miami bats stay hot, Johnston goes the distance as Palms thump Yankees 8–2

 The Miami Palms needed only three innings of offense on Saturday to put away the Yankees, and Blake Johnston did the rest.

Miami pounded out 18 hits and scored all eight of their runs in the first three frames, cruising to an 8–2 win in the Bronx. The victory pushed the Palms to 20–15, their fifth win in six games, while the Yankees fell to 2–7 against the Palms.

Nick Markakis set the tone with a leadoff single and scored in the first. In the second, Miami strung together five hits, capped by Pat Grant’s RBI single and Chris Korb’s one-run knock. An inning later, the Palms broke the game wide open. Greg Garcia doubled home two runs, Yairo Munoz singled in another, and Korb added his third RBI of the night. By the end of the third inning, it was already 8–0 Miami.

That was plenty for Johnston, who turned in a vintage performance. The right-hander went the distance, allowing just two runs on nine hits with four strikeouts and no walks. He retired 14 of the last 17 batters he faced, needing only 86 pitches to finish the game.

“Blake was efficient, aggressive, and never gave them a chance to get back in it,” manager Scott Hatteberg said. “That’s the kind of outing that saves your bullpen and sets you up for the series.”

For the Palms, Markakis, Munoz, Grant, and Korb all had three hits apiece, while Garcia reached base four times and drove in two. Every Miami starter, save Edwin Encarnacion had at least one hit.

The Yankees’ offense was limited to a pair of runs in the sixth on Gleyber Torres’ homer, but they couldn’t solve Johnston otherwise. Starter J.A. Happ was tagged for 15 hits and eight runs in less than three innings, watching his ERA balloon to 31.91 against Miami.

The Palms will go for a sweep of the four-game set on Sunday before an off day Monday.

 Miami Palms 8, New York Yankees 2

 Saturday, May 2, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (20-15)                                      New York Yankees (2-7)                                  

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Markakis cf     5  2  3  0  1  1  3  0  0  2   .300      Tauchman cf     4  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  1   .243

 Munoz ss        6  1  4  1  0  0  2  3  0  0   .308      LeMahieu 2b     4  0  1  0  0  0  1  3  0  0   .317

 Grant rf        6  0  3  2  0  1  3  0  0  3   .282      Torres ss       4  1  2  2  0  0  1  1  0  0   .200

 Korb 3b         6  0  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0   .304      Stanton lf      4  0  1  0  0  1  6  0  0  0   .350

 Encarnacion dh  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  5   .270      Ford dh         4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  1   .250

 Holt lf         4  1  1  0  1  0  4  0  0  4   .268      Judge rf        4  0  1  0  0  1  3  0  0  2   .217

 Castillo c      5  1  1  0  0  1  4  1  0  0   .239      Voit 1b         4  0  1  0  0  0  7  0  0  1   .324

 Koch 2b         5  1  1  0  0  2  1  4  0  0   .171      Urshela 3b      4  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  1   .250

 Garcia 1b       3  2  2  2  2  1  9  1  0  0   .375      Kratz c         3  1  1  0  0  0  6  1  0  0   .300

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          45 8  18 8  4  6  27 10 0  14            Totals          35 2  9  2  0  4  27 7  0  6  

 

 

                          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E

                          -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms              1  2  5  0  0  0  0  0  0         8  18 0  

 New York Yankees         0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0         2  9  0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 14, New York Yankees 6; 2B- Garcia(3), Voit(6); 3B- Torres(1); HR- Torres(2);

 RBI- Garcia 2(5), Korb 3(23), Munoz(11), Grant 2(10), Torres 2(7); GIDP- Torres(2);

 RLSP- Encarnacion 3, Holt 2, Markakis, Grant 2, Urshela, Ford, Judge;  

 

 DP- Miami Palms 1;  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                 IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Johnston(W 4-2)             9.0  9  2  2  0  4    3.18  

 

 New York Yankees            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Happ(L 0-1)                 2.2  15 8  8  0  2   31.91 

 Strickland                  1.1  1  0  0  2  1    0.00  

 Britton                     2.0  0  0  0  0  1    2.57  

 Green                       2.0  2  0  0  2  2    3.86  

 Chapman                     1.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Strickland 2-0; Pitches-strikes- Johnston 86-64, Happ 67-46,

 Strickland 22-10, Britton 25-16, Green 35-18, Chapman 9-5; Batters faced- Johnston 35,

 Happ 23, Strickland 7, Britton 6, Green 10, Chapman 3; 

  

 Temp - 68, Sky - Mostly Cloudy, Wind - NW 15MPH 

 

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