New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles on Opening Day

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-2.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Aaron Judge had two hits and two walks and Luke Voit had four RBI to lead the offense. 

Tanaka pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked none and struck out five and earned his first victory of the season.  Adam Ottavino pitched 1 1/3 innings and struck out three, Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Andrew Cashner started for the Orioles and he pitched four innings giving up six hits and six runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  Mike Wright pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, David Hess pitched two innings giving up a hit and two walks with two strikeouts and Paul Fry pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Judge had two hits and drew two walks and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew two walks.  Voit had a hit, four RBI and drew two walks, Miguel Andujar had a hit and an RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Greg Bird had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Troy Tulowitzki had a hit.  Tulowitzki hit a double and Bird and Voit each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Andujar committed an error. 

Cedric Mullins drew a walk, Dwight Smith Jr. had a hit and Jonathan Villar had two hits.  Trey Mancini had three hits and an RBI, Rio Ruiz had a hit and an RBI and Hanser Alberto had a hit.  Mancini hit a double and the Orioles were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Sucre had a passed ball.

In the first Voit hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the third Andujar hit into a double play and a run scored to push the Yankees lead to 4-0.  In the fourth Ruiz hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Voit was hit by a pitch and a run scored, Andujar hit a sac fly and the Yankees lead was 6-1.  In the sixth Mancini hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 6-2.  In the eighth Bird hit a solo homerun to make it a 7-2 game and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees and Orioles will play game two of their three game series in Saturday afternoon.