New York Yankees crush the New York Mets

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 10-3.  Luis Cessa started for the Yankees and pitched ok, he struggled with his command a little bit.  Aaron Judge and Brett Gardner each had two hits and Giancarlo Stanton hit his first homerun as a Yankee. 

Cessa pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Cessa did pick up the win.  David Robertson pitched to two batters and struck them both out, Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Adam Warren pitched two innings giving up four hits and a run with three strikeouts, Chad Green pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and James Reeves pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Jordan Foley pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Gardner had two hits and drew a walk, Estevan Florial had a hit and Judge had two hits and drew a walk.  Shane Robinson had an RBI, Stanton had a hit and two RBI and Brandon Drury had a hit and two RBI.  Tyler Austin had an RBI, Francisco Diaz had a hit and Jace Peterson had a hit and drew a walk.  Ronald Torreyes had a hit, Abiatal Avelino had an RBI and Kyle Holder had two hits and two RBI.  Judge, Torreyes and Holder each hit a double and Stanton hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the first Drury hit an RBI single and Austin hit an RBI ground out to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the third Drury hit an RBI ground out to push the Yankees lead to 3-0.  In the fourth Travis d’Arnaud hit an RBI ground out to cut the Yankees lead to 3-1.  In the fifth Stanton hit a two-run homerun to extend the Yankees lead to 5-1.  In the sixth Jose Reyes hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Holder hit a two-run double and the Yankees lead was 7-2.  In the seventh Phillip Evans hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 7-3.  In the eighth Avelinto hit an RBI ground out and Floorial hit an RBI single to make it 9-3.  Robinson hit a sac fly and it was 10-3 Yankees which would be the final score. 

The Yankees record improved to 11-4 on the spring and they will travel to Jupiter on Sunday afternoon to take on the Miami Marlins who are led by manager Don Mattingly and owner Derek Jeter.  The last two Yankee captains.