Thursday, July 20, 2017

New York Yankees even series in Minnesota with a comeback win


The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the final score was 6-3.  Luis Cessa started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The Yankees bullpen was outstanding and the offense was led by Didi Gregorius and Ronald Torreyes who each had three hits. 

Cessa pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with four walks and two strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve won his third game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out two, Adam Warren pitched two innings giving up two strikeouts and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with a walk and he saved his 10th game of the season. 

Bartolo Colon lost his ninth game of the season pitching four innings and giving up eight hits and four runs.  He walked none and struck out three.  Ryan Pressly pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout, Craig Breslow pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and Trevor Hildenberger pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout.  Matt Belisle pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Gary Sanchez had two hits and two RBI and Aaron Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Gregorius had three hits and two RBI, Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI and Torreyes had three hits.  Gardner hit two doubles and Sanchez hit a double.  Gregorius hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Brian Dozier had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Zack Granite drew a walk and Joe Mauer drew a walk.  Miguel Sano had two hits and an RBI, Max Kepler had two hits and Robbie Grossman had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Jorge Polanco drew a walk, Jason Castro had a hit and Kepler, Castro, Sano and Grossman each hit a double.  Dozier hit a triple and Sano hit a homerun.  The Twins were 2-18 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base. 

In the first Grossman drew an RBI walk to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  In the third Sano hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  In the fourth Headley hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Dozier hit an RBI triple to extend the lead to 3-1.  In the fifth Sanchez hit a two-run double to tie the game at three.  Judge hit an RBI single and Gregorius hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 6-3 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.   

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