Sunday, July 26, 2020

New York Yankees battle back to take rubber game in Washington

The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took

place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 3-2.  Jonathan Loaisiga started

for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The Yankees bullpen also pitched well and Gleyber Torres

led the offense with three hits and two RBI. 

Loaisiga pitched three innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts. 

David Hale pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving

up a hit and Chad Green picked up the win pitching two innings and giving up a walk and two

strikeouts.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts and

Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and picked up his first save of the season.

Patrick Corbin pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with eight strikeouts.  Will Harris

pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Sean Doolittle pitched

2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Tanner Rainey pitched

1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out one.  Daniel Hudson pitched an inning with a

strikeout. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Torres had three hits and two RBI and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk. 

Luke Voit had a hit and an RBI, Gio Urshela drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew a walk. 

Torres and Voit each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left

five men on base.  Torres committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Trea Turner had two hits and an RBI, Adam Eaton had two hits and Starlin Castro had a hit.  Howie

Kendrick drew two walks, Eric Thames had a hit and an RBI and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit. 

Victor Robles drew two walks, Castro and Eaton each hit a double and Turner hit a homerun. 

The Nationals were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Robles and

Bonifacio each were caught stealing. 

In the third Turner hit a solo homerun to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Thames hit an

RBI single to push the Nationals lead to 2-0.  In the seventh Torres hit a solo homerun cutting the

lead to 2-1.  Voit hit a solo homerun and the game was tied at two.  In the eighth Torres hit an RBI

single and the Yankees grabbed a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees are now 2-1 and will head to Philadelphia for a two-game series beginning on

Monday night. 

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