Wednesday, August 9, 2023

New York Yankees leave a village on the bases as they fall to the Chicago White Sox

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.  The game took place at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 5-1.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well although his final line didn’t indicate it.  Aaron Judge led the offense with two hits. 

Cole pitched seven innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Cole took his third loss of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with two strikeouts. 

Dylan Cease started for the White Sox and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up a hit and no runs.  He walked seven and struck out six.  Cease picked up his fifth win of the season.  Brent Honeywell pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Lane Ramsey pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Bryan Shaw pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out four.  Shaw picked up his first save of the season. 

Judge had two hits and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk.  Billy McKinney had an RBI and drew two walks, DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk and Harrison Bader had a hit and drew a walk.  Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk, Judge hit a double and the Yankees were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Kahnle committed an error. 

Andrew Benintendi had an RBI, Luis Robert Jr. had a hit and two RBI and Eloy Jimenez had a hit.  Yoan Moncada drew a walk, Andrew Vaughn had two hits and two RBI and Yasmani Grandal drew a walk.  Gavin Sheets had a hit, Elvis Andrus had a hit and Robert Jr. hit a double.  Vaughn hit a homerun and the White Sox were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the bottom of the second Vaughn hit a two-run homerun to give the White Sox a 2-0 lead.  IN the seventh McKinney hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Benintendi hit a sac fly to push the lead to 3-1.  Robert Jr. hit a two-run double and it was 5-1 White Sox which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night. 

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