Sunday, June 30, 2019

The New York Yankees sweep the Boston Red Sox in London


The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday morning/afternoon.  The game took place in London, England and the final score was 12-8.  Stephen Tarpley started for the Yankees as the opener and he didn’t pitch well.  Luis Cessa out of the bullpen pitched great.  DJ LeMahieu had three hits to lead the offense, Aaron Hicks, Didi Gregorius and Brett Gardner each had two hits. 

Tarpley pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs.  Cessa pitched four innings giving up four  hits and he struck out two, Adam Ottavino won his third game pitching a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Chance Adams pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five hit snad four runs, Zach Britton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out the side. 

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Colten Brewer pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two, Marcus Walden pitched giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and he lost his first game of the season.  Matt Barnes pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout, Josh Taylor pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one being earned.  Taylor gave up two walks, Ryan Brasier pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Steven Wright pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

LeMahieu had three hits and two RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew three walks and Hicks had two hits and two RBI.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Edwin Encarnacion drew two walks and Gregorius had two hits and an RBI.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew two walks, Gio Urshela had a hit and three RBI and Brett Gardner had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  LeMahiue had two doubles and Hicks had a double.  Gregorius hit a homerun to make it at least one homerun in 31 straight games for the Yankees.  The Yankees were 6-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Torres and Sanchez each committed an error. 

Mookie Betts had a hit and drew a walk, Rafael Devers had a hit and Xander Bogaerts had a hit and two RBI.  Marco Hernandez had two hits, J.D. Martinez had three hits and an RBI and Christian Vasquez had two hits and three RBI.  Jackie Bradley Jr. had two hits, Eduardo Nunez had a hit and an RBI and Sam Travis had two hits and an RBI.  Martinez, Nunez and Hernandez each hit a double.  Bogaerts, Martinez and Vasquez each hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left 7 men on base.  Chavis committed two errors. 

In the first Bogaerts hit a two-run homerun, Martiez hit a solo homerun and Vasquez hit a solo homerun to give the Red Sox a 4-0 lead.  IN the second Urshela hit an RBI ground out and Gardner hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-2.  In the seventh Hicks hit an RBI double, Sanchez hit a two-run single and urshela hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 7-4 lead.  The inning continued and LeMahieu hit a two-run double, Hicks hit a sac fly and Sanchez reached on a fielding error to allow a run to score and make it a 11-4 game.  The Yankees plated nine runs in the inning to take the lead.  In the eighth Gregorius hit a solo homerun and it was 12-4 Yankees.  In the bottom of the eighth Vazquez hit a two-run single, Nunez hit an RBI double and Travis hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 12-8 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees swept the two-game London Series and will return to New York to take on the Mets on Tuesday night.  The game will take place at Citi Field. 


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