Wednesday, May 15, 2019

New York Yankees take game 1 of the doubleheader over the Baltimore Orioles


The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of a doubleheader.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.   J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen was great and Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with three strikeouts.  Happ picked up his third win of the season.  Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Tommy Khanle pitched to two batters and struck them both out and Zack Britton pitched a perfect inning with a  strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman earned his 10th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

David Hess pitched six innings giving up six hits and five runs with four being earned.  He walked one and struck out six and lost his fifth game of the season.  Branden Kline pitched two innings giving up a hit. 

Sanchez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Clint Frazier had a hit and Torres had two hits and two RBI.  Cameron Maybin had a hit and an RBI, Mike Tauchman had a hit and an RBI and Sanchez and Maybin each hit a homerun.  Torres hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Trey Mancini had a hit and an RBI, Renato Nunez had a hit and an RBI and Joey Rickard had two hits.  Hanser Alberto had a hit, Austin Wynns had two hits and an RBI and Rickard and Wynns each hit a double.  Mancini and Nunez each hit a homerun and the Orioles were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Rickard had a stolen base and Mancini committed an error. 

In the first Mancini hit a solo homerun to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Sanchez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the second Wynns hit an RBI double to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the second Torres hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two and Maybin hit his first homerun as a Yankee to give them a 3-2 lead.  In the fourth Nunez hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the bottom of the fourth Torres hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead and Tauchman hit an RBI single to push their lead to 5-3 and that would be the final score of the game. 

The two teams will play game two of the doubleheader and then the Yankees are off on Thursday. 

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