Sunday, June 23, 2019

New York Yankees defeat the Houston Astros


The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-1.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and pitched well although his control wasn’t great.  The Yankees bullpen was good and Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Paxton won his fifth game of the season.  Adam Ottavino pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two, Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up two walks.  Aroldis Chapman saved his 21st game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out two. 

Brad Peacock lost his fifth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and two runs.  He walked none and struck out 11.  Hector Rondon pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs and Chris Devenski pitched an inning and struck out one. 

Sanchez had two hits and two RBI, Gregorius had two hits and Brett Gardner had a hit.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and two RBI, Gio Urshela had a hit and Cameron Maybin had a hit.  Sanchez and Gardner each hit a double and Sanchez and Torres each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Jose Altuve had three hits and drew a walk, Yordan Alvarez drew a walk and Yuli Gurriel had a hit and drew a walk.  Robinson Chirinos drew a walk, Tyler White had a hit and drew two walks and Jake Marisnick had a hit and an RBI.  Myles Straw had a hit and drew a walk, Straw hit a double and White, Marisnick and Gurriel each hit a double.  The Astros were 1-13 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Bregman committed an error. 

In the third Sanchez hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Marisnick hi an RBI double to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the seventh Torres hit a two-run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 4-1 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have taken the first two games of their series and will try to make it three in a row in the series and eight in a row on Saturday night.   

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