Shane Greene earns his first major league win as the New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.  The game took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and the final score was 5-3.  Greene made his major league debut and pitched well for the Yankees.  Brett Gardner, Brian McCann and Ichiro Suzuki each had three hits. 

Greene pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out two to earn his first win of the season.  David Huff pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Dellin Betances pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Justin Masterson lost his sixth game of the season pitching two innings and giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked three and struck out one.  Kyle Crockett pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Carlos Carrasco pitched three innings giving up three hits and striking out three and Marc Rzepczynski pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.  Vinnie Pestano pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and John Axford pitched an inning with a strikeout. 

Gardner had three hits and an RBI, Derek Jeter had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Mark Teixeira drew a walk.  McCann had three hits, Brian Roberts had two hits and an RBI and Suzuki had three hits and an RBI.  Kelly Johnson drew a walk, Francisco Cervelli had an RBI and McCann and Roberts each hit a double.  The Yankees were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gardner was caught stealing and Roberts committed an error. 

Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI, Michael Brantley had two hits and Nick Swisher had a hit and an RBI.  Yan Gomes had a hit and an RBI, Chris Dickerson had a hit and Swisher and Gomes each hit a homerun.  The Indians were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Cabrera was caught stealing and Dickerson had an outfield assist. 

In the second inning Roberts hit an RBI double, Gardner hit an RBI single and Jeter had an RBI walk to make it 3-0 Yankees.  In the third Suzuki had an RBI single and Cervelli grounded into a forceout for another run to make it 5-0.  Swisher hit a solo homerun in the fifth to cut the lead to 5-1 and that was the Indians first hit.  Cabrera hit an RBI single in the sixth to get the Indians closer at 5-2.  Gomes hit a solo homerun in the eighth to make it 5-3 and that was the final run of the game. 

The Yankees have now won four of their first five games on this long 11 game road trip before the All Star Break.  The two teams will play game two of four on Tuesday night.