New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 12-4.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and he pitched well just didn’t go deep into the game.  Adam Warren also pitched well out of the bullpen and Brett Gardner hit two homeruns and Aaron Judge hit a homerun to lead the offense. 

Pineda pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with none of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out eight.  Pineda won his third game of the season.  Warren pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a hit and no runs with a walk and a strikeout and Tommy Layne pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Ubaldo Jimenez lost his first game of the season pitching 3 1/3 innings and giving up five hits and seven runs with six of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out four.  Vidal Nuno pitched two innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts, Jayson Aquino pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Donnie Hart pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Gardner had two hits and four RBI, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI and Judge had two hits, two RBI and drew two walks.  Greg Bird drew three walks, Austin Romine had two hits and five RBI and Gregorius hit a double and Gardner hit two homeruns.  Judge also hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Judge had a stolen base and Headley committed an error. 

Craig Gentry had a hit, Adam Jones had two hits and Manny Machado had a hit and drew a walk.  Mark Trumbo drew a walk, Hyun Soo Kim had a hit and drew a walk and Jonathan Schoop had a hit.  Ryan Flaherty had a hit, Caleb Joseph had two hits and two RBI and Machado hit a double and Joseph a homerun.  The Orioles were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Joseph committed an error. 

In the first Gardner hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Romine hit a sac fly and it was 2-0 Yankees.  Gardner hit a three-run homerun to extend the lead to 5-0.  In the fourth Romine hit a two-run single to push the lead to 7-0.  In the sixth Trumbo reached on an error and a wild pitch scored a run to make it 7-2 Yankees.  Romine hit a two-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth to extend the lead to 9-2.  In the seventh Gregorius hit an RBI double to push the lead to 10-2 and Judge hit a two-run homerun to make it a 12-2 game.  In the ninth Joseph hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 12-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will go for the three game sweep on Sunday afternoon.