YANKEES WIN 6-5 OVER THE PIRATES

NY YANKEES 6, PITTSBURGH 5

WHEN: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, March 10, 2019

WHERE: George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Florida

TEMPERATURE: 77° 

UMPIRES: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Eric Cooper

ATTENDANCE: 9435

Chris Archer had success against the high-powered New York Yankees and more importantly felt great afterwards.

Archer allowed two hits and struck out four over three scoreless innings in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 6-5 loss on Sunday.

The right-hander, who underwent surgery to repair a hernia in November, faced a lineup that included Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Troy Tulowitzki, Gleyber Torres, Brett Gardner and Greg Bird.

"The biggest thing for me is health," Archer said. "Whenever I don't have to be tentative, I don't have to be passive because there's an ailment, I'm happy."

Gardner and Stanton had first-inning singles before Archer retired his final seven batters.

"Facing those guys, you get really good feedback," Archer said. "But the process of executing the pitches, that's all I was focused on."

Archer had four strikeouts over two hitless innings in his first spring training start in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

The 30-year-old will start the Pirates' home opener April 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Pittsburgh acquired Archer from Tampa Bay in a July trade that sent outfielder Austin Meadowsand pitcher Tyler Glasnow to the Rays.

Archer went 3-3 with a 4.30 ERA in 10 starts for the Pirates, including a 2-1 mark with a 2.70 ERA in September.

MORE OPENINGS

Jameson Taillon, the Pirates' opening-day starter March 28 at Cincinnati, is scheduled to make his first spring training start Tuesday against Minnesota. Pittsburgh has extensively used simulated games as part of the preparation process for pitchers. Taillon went 14-10 with a 3.20 ERA in 32 starts last season.

DIAZ UPDATE

C Elias Diaz, who had been away from the team for 2 1/2 weeks because of an undisclosed virus, is back at camp. He will not be ready for opening day. "We're happy to have him back," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "It was a perfect time for him to come back and start his road to play. We've set up a plan, we'll follow the plan. We don't have a timetable right now."

GONE QUICKLY

Jung Ho Kang and former Yankees' catcher Francisco Cervelli homered on consecutive pitches from J.A. Happ in the third inning. All four of Kang's hits in 20 at-bats have been homers. ... LHP Francisco Liriano walked all four batters he faced during the fourth.

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PITTSBURGH	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	0
NY YANKEES	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	-	6	8	0

PITTSBURGH

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Starling Marte	CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.100
Casey Hughston	CF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Jung Ho Kang	3B	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	.200
Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.381
Francisco Cervelli	C	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.150
Arden Pabst	C	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231
Josh Bell	1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.174
Lucas Tancas	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Melky Cabrera	DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261
Ryan Haug	PH-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Erik Gonzalez	SS	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.150
Cole Tucker	SS	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.412
Pablo Reyes	2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.280
Kevin Kramer	2B	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	.200
Bralin Jackson	RF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Ryan Peurifoy	RF	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500
Jason Martin	LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.304
Alfredo Reyes	LF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.118
Totals		33	5	9	5	3	12	9
Batting
3B - Cole Tucker (1)
HR - Jung Ho Kang (4), Francisco Cervelli (1)
TB - Starling Marte, Jung Ho Kang 4, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Francisco Cervelli 4, Erik Gonzalez, Cole Tucker 3, Pablo Reyes, Kevin Kramer, Ryan Peurifoy
RBI - Jung Ho Kang (4), Ke'Bryan Hayes (9), Francisco Cervelli (1), Kevin Kramer (5), Bralin Jackson (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Arden Pabst (1), Josh Bell (4)
SF - Ke'Bryan Hayes (1), Bralin Jackson (1)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
SB - Starling Marte (1, 2nd off Happ/Romine), Kevin Kramer (2, 2nd off Betances/Diaz)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Chris Archer	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0.00
Francisco Liriano	0.0	0	3	3	4	0	0	7.20
Geoff Hartlieb (BS 2)	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	1	4.70
Nick Burdi	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.38
Dovydas Neverauskas (H 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.26
Jesus Liranzo (L 0-1; BS 1)	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	3.38
Pitches-Strikes - Chris Archer 0-0, Francisco Liriano 0-0, Geoff Hartlieb 0-0, Nick Burdi 0-0, Dovydas Neverauskas 0-0, Jesus Liranzo 0-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Archer 4-0, Francisco Liriano 0-0, Geoff Hartlieb 2-1, Nick Burdi 1-1, Dovydas Neverauskas 1-0, Jesus Liranzo 1-1
Batters Faced - Chris Archer 10, Francisco Liriano 4, Geoff Hartlieb 7, Nick Burdi 4, Dovydas Neverauskas 3, Jesus Liranzo 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Geoff Hartlieb 3-2, Nick Burdi 1-0

NY YANKEES

HITTERS	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Brett Gardner	CF	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.429
Jeff Hendrix	PR-CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Aaron Judge	RF	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.316
Jhalan Jackson	RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Giancarlo Stanton	LF	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	.263
Zack Zehner	PR-LF	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.333
Greg Bird	1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	.348
Mike Ford	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Gleyber Torres	2B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.292
L.J. Mazzilli	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Troy Tulowitzki	SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.176
Diego Castillo	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.571
Clint Frazier	DH	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.160
Chris Gittens	PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Austin Romine	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267
Francisco Diaz	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gio Urshela	3B	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Angel Aguilar	3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143
Totals		29	6	8	5	5	7	8
Batting
HR - Zack Zehner (1), Gio Urshela (1)
TB - Brett Gardner 2, Jhalan Jackson, Giancarlo Stanton, Zack Zehner 4, Diego Castillo, Clint Frazier, Gio Urshela 4
RBI - Zack Zehner 2 (2), Gleyber Torres (2), Clint Frazier (2), Gio Urshela (1)
2-Out RBI - Clint Frazier (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Austin Romine (2)
GIDP - Aaron Judge 2 (3), Troy Tulowitzki (1)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
SB - Clint Frazier (3, 2nd off Hartlieb/Cervelli)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Jhalan Jackson (Haug at Home)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
J.A. Happ	4.0	5	3	3	0	6	2	7.56
Adam Ottavino	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.86
Aroldis Chapman (H 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.00
Dellin Betances (BS 1)	0.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	7.71
Jonathan Holder	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Tommy Kahnle (W 1-0)	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
WP - J.A. Happ
HBP - Ryan Haug (by Holder)
Pitches-Strikes - J.A. Happ 0-0, Adam Ottavino 0-0, Aroldis Chapman 0-0, Dellin Betances 0-0, Jonathan Holder 0-0, Tommy Kahnle 0-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.A. Happ 5-1, Adam Ottavino 0-0, Aroldis Chapman 0-1, Dellin Betances 0-0, Jonathan Holder 1-2, Tommy Kahnle 2-0
Batters Faced - J.A. Happ 17, Adam Ottavino 3, Aroldis Chapman 3, Dellin Betances 5, Jonathan Holder 6, Tommy Kahnle 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jonathan Holder 3-1, Tommy Kahnle 2-0