New York Yankees double up the Cleveland Guardians to take commanding lead in ALCS

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of the ALCS.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he grinded it out.  The bullpen pitched great and the offense was led by Gleyber Torres who had three hits.  Aaron Judge also had three RBI including a two-run homerun. 

Cole pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with four walks and four strikeouts.  Clay Holmes picked up his second win of the postseason pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Tim Hill pitched 1 2/3 innings with a strikeout and Tommy Khanle pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Luke Weaver pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Tanner Bibee started for the Guardians and he pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two and took his first loss of the postseason.  Cade Smith pitched 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts, Tim Herrin pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Eli Morgan pitched a perfect inning.  Erik Sabrowski pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and an unearned run with a walk, Pedro Avila pitched to one batter and got him out and Hunter Gaddis pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.  Ben Lively pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts. 

Torres had three hits, Juan Soto had a hit and drew a walk and Judge had a hit and three RBI.  Jazz Chisholm had a hit, Anthony Volpe had two hits and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had two hits.  Alex Verdugo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Torres, Verdugo, Chisholm Jr. and Rizzo each hit a double.  Judge hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Chisholm Jr. was caught stealing. 

Steven Kwan had a hit and drew a walk, Kyle Manzardo had a hit and Jose Ramirez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Josh Naylor had two hits and an RBI, Lane Thomas had a hit and drew two walks.  Will Brennan had an RBI, Andres Gimenez drew two walks and Brayan Rocchio had two hits.  Ramirez hit a homerun and the Guardians were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Ramirez had a stolen base and Rocchio and Brennan each committed an error.  Sabrowski had a pickoff. 

In the bottom of the first Judge reached on an error and a run scored giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Verdugo hit an RBI double and the lead was extended to 2-0.  Judge hit a sac fly and it was 3-0 Yankees.  In the top of the fifth Naylor hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 3-1.  Brennan grounded out making it 3-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Rizzo hit an RBI double pushing the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the seventh Judge hit a two-run homerun extending the lead to 6-2.  In the top of the ninth Ramirez hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-3 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees take a commanding 2-0 series lead and will head to Cleveland for Game 3 on Thursday afternoon. 

New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the ALCS

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the ALCS on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Carlos Rodon got the start for the Yankees, and he pitched well.  The bullpen did their job, and the offense was led by Juan Soto who had two hits. 

Rodon pitched six innings giving up one run on three hits.  He walked none and struck out nine and earned his first win of the postseason.  Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Tim Hill pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run and Luke Weaver pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out four.  Weaver earned his fourth save of the postseason. 

Alex Cobb started for the Guardians, and he pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Cobb took his second loss of the postseason.  Joey Cantillo pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a run and three walks with a strikeout, Pedro Avila pitched 2 2/3 innings with a strikeout and Erik Sabrowski pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts.  Andrew Walters pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk, Soto had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Aaron Judge had an RBI and drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Anthony Volpe drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and drew a walk.  Alex Verdugo had a hit and drew a walk, Soto and Stanton each hit a homerun, and the Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Hill committed an error, and Wells had a passed ball. 

Steven Kwan had a hit and an RBI, David Fry had a hit and Lane Thomas drew a walk.  Jhonkensy Noel had a hit, Andres Gimenez had a hit and Brayan Rocchio had two hits and an RBI.  Rocchio hit a homerun and the Guardians were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the bottom of the third Soto hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Two wild pitches pushed the lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Judge hit a sac fly and it was 4-0 Yankees.  In the top of the sixth Rocchio hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Stanton hit a solo homerun extending the Yankees lead to 5-1 and in the top of the eighth Kwan hit an RBI single making it a 5-2 game.  5-2 would be the final score and the Yankees have a 1-0 series lead with Game 2 on Tuesday night in the Bronx. 

New York Yankees lose to the Kansas City Royals to even series at one

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Rodon started and pitched great for the first three innings and then got into trouble in the fourth and didn’t even pitch out of it.  The bullpen was great and the offense struggled again. 

Rodon pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up four runs on seven hits and he struck out seven.  Rodon took the loss.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three, Jake Cousins pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Tim Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning.  Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Luke Weaver faced one batter and retired him. 

Cole Ragans started for the Royals and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with four walks and five strikeouts.  Angel Zerpa pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and earned his second win of the postseason.  John Schreiber pitched a perfect inning, Kris Bubic pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out two and Lucas Erceg pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  He picked up his third save of the postseason. 

Gleyber Torres drew two walks, Juan Soto drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBIK, Jazz Chisholm had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk.  Alex Verdugo had a hit and Jon Berti had a hit.  Chisholm Jr. hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Volpe had a stolen base and Chisholm Jr. committed an error.  Soto had an outfield assist. 

Maikel Garcia had four hits and an RBI, Salvador Perez had a hit and an RBI and Yuli Gurriel had a hit.  Michael Massey had a hit and drew two walks, Tommy Pham had a hit and an RBI and Garrett Hampson had two hits and an RBI.  Kyle Isbel had a hit, Perez hit a homerun and the Royals were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Pham had a stolen base and Garcia had a stolen base.  Isbel was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the third Stanton hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the fourth Perez hit a solo homerun tying the game at one.  Pham hit an RBI single, Hampson hit an RBI single and Garcia hit an RBI single giving the Royals a 4-1 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Chisholm Jr. hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2 but that would be the final score.  The series is tied 1-1 going to Kansas City for Game 3 on Wednesday night. 

Yankees top the Royals in ALDS Game 1 back and forth

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 of the ALDS on Saturday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Gerrit Cole started, and he didn’t pitch well, the bullpen did a good job.  Juan Soto led the offense with three hits and Alex Verdugo had the game winning hit. 

Cole pitched five innings giving up seven hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Tim Hill pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run, Clay Holmes picked up the win pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up a hit and Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk.  Luke Weaver picked up the save pitching 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. 

Michael Wacha started for the Royals, and he pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Angel Zerpa pitched giving up a hit and a run with two walks and didn’t record an out, John Schreiber pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Sam Long pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, a run, a walk and a strikeout.  Michael Lorenzen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts and he took the loss.  Lucas Erceg pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out three. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Soto had three hits and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm had a hit.  Anthony Volpe had an RBI and drew a walk, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and Verdugo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Soto and Cabrera each hit a double and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Chisholm had a stolen base and Volpe committed an error.  Soto had an outfield assist. 

Michael Massey had two hits, Salvador Perez had a hit and Yuli Gurriel had a hit and drew two walks and MJ Melendez had two hits and two RBI.  Tommy Pham had a hit and an RBI, Garrett Hampson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Maikel Garcia had a hit.  Melendez hit a homerun, and the Royals were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the top of the second Pham hit a sac fly giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Torres hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the fourth Melendez hit a two-run homerun giving the Royals back a one run lead at 3-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Wells drew an RBI walk and Volpe drew an RBI walk giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  In the top of the sixth Hampson hit a two-run single giving the Royals back the lead at 5-4.  In the bottom of the sixth Wells hit an RBI single tying the game at five and in the bottom of the seventh Verdugo hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 6-5 lead which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two Monday night in the Bronx. 

New York Yankees have late dramatic comeback to down the Boston Red Sox

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched well.  The offense was led by Aaron Judge who had two hits including a grand slam. 

Schmidt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with one walk and five strikeouts.  Mark Leiter Jr. won his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts and Luke Weaver picked up his second save of the season pitching two innings and giving up one hit with five strikeouts. 

Richard Fitts started for the Red Sox pitching five innings and giving up two hits and no runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Justin Slaten pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Zack Kelly pitched giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and Cam Booser pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season.  Greg Weissert pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Luis Guerrero pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Juan Soto drew a walk and Judge had two hits, four RBI and drew a walk.  Austin Wells drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm had a hit.  Anthony Rizzo had two hits, Anthony Volpe drew a walk and Alex Verdugo drew a walk.  Rizzo hit a double and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Chisholm was caught stealing. 

Jarren Duran had three hits, Rafael Devers had a hit and drew a walk and Masataka Yoshida had two hits and two RBI.  Triston Casas had a hit, Trevor Story had two hits, and two RBI and Duran hit a double.  Yoshida and Story each hit a homerun, and the Red Sox were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Duran was caught stealing. 

In the top of the sixth Yoshida hit a two-run homerun giving the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the top of the seventh Story hit a two-run homerun pushing the Red Sox lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the seventh Torres hit an RBI single and Judge hit a grand-slam giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday night.