The New York Yankees defeated the
San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon.
The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final
score was 6-3. Chad Green made the spot
start so the Yankees could push back CC Sabathia and not have him have to hit
in the NL park. Green pitched great and
Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller both pitched well. Mark Teixeira led the offense with two
homeruns and Aaron Hicks had three hits.
Green pitched six innings giving up
one run on three hits. He walked none
and struck out eight and earned his first major league win. Betances pitched an inning giving up two hits
and he struck out two, Miller pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with
a strikeout and Anthony Swarzak gave up two hits and two runs. Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with a
strikeout. He earned his 16th save of
the season.
Andrew Cashner lost his sixth game
of the season. He pitched six innings
giving up six hits and two runs with one of them being earned. He walked two and struck out six. Carlos Vaillanueva pitched two innings giving
up a hit and a run with a walk, Kevin Quackenbush pitched 1/3 of an inning
giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and Jose Dominguez pitched 2/3
of an inning.
Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and
drew a walk, Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Teixeira had
two hits and three RBI. Brian McCann had
a hit and drew a walk, Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI and Hicks had three
hits and drew a walk. Hicks hit a double
and Gregorius hit a homerun. Teixeira
hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and
left nine men on base. Gardner and
Ellsbury each had a stolen base.
Wil Myers had a hit and drew a
walk, Matt Kemp had a hit and Yangervis Solarte had four hits and an RBI. Alex Dickerson had a hit and two RBI,
Christian Bethancourt had a hit and Solarte hit a double. Solarte and Dickerson each hit a homerun and
the Padres were 1-6 with runners in
scoring position and left five men on base.
Dickerson had a stolen base and Ramirez committed an error.
In the second Torreyes grounded
into a double play and a run scored to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the second Solarte hit a
solo homerun to tie the game at one.
Gregorius hit a solo homerun in the fourth to give the Yankees back the
lead at 2-1. In the eighth Teixeria hit
a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-1.
In the ninth Gardner hit an RBI single and Teixeira hit a two run
homerun to push the Yankees lead to 6-1.
In the bottom of the ninth Dickerson hit a two run homerun to cut the
lead to 6-3 which would be the final score.
The Yankees lost the first two
games of the series and salvaged this final game to avoid the sweep. They will head to Chicago to start a three
game series on Monday afternoon.
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