Sunday, September 22, 2013

The New York Yankees defeat the San Francisco Giants

The New York Yankees defeat the San Francisco Giants


The New York Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 6-0 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Ivan Nova started and pitched great. Alfonso Soriano and Eduardo Nunez each hit a homerun.

Nova pitched a complete game shutout. He gave up six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. Nova won his ninth game of the season.

Ichiro Suzuki had an RBI, Alex Rodriguez had an RBI and Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI. Soriano had a hit and an RBI, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Nunez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Mark Reynolds had a hit, Brendan Ryan had a hit and Chris Stewart drew two walks. Cano hit a double; Nunez and Soriano each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.

Ryan Vogelsong lost his sixth game of the season. He pitched five innings giving up five hits and five runs with a walk and a strikeout. Guillermo Moscoso pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts, Mike Kickham pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Jake Dunning faced one batter and retired him.

Angel Pagan drew a walk, Gregor Blanco had a hit and Brandon Belt had two hits. Pablo Sandoval had two hits, Noonan had a hit and Sandoval and Belt each hit a double. The Giants were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

In the third Suzuki hit a sacrifice fly, Rodriguez hit an RBI groundout and Cano hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead. Nunez hit a two run homerun in the fourth to increase the Yankees lead to 5-0. Soriano hit a solo homerun in the sixth to extend the lead to 6-0 and that was the final score.

The Yankees record improved to 82-73 and the Giants record fell to 71-84. The Yankees will go for the sweep on Sunday afternoon.

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