New York Yankees rally in ninth to defeat the Chicago Cubs

The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon.  The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 3-2.  Michael Pineda started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen was good.  The Yankees offense threatened all day but couldn’t get anything going until the ninth inning.  Aaron Judge had two hits and Aaron Hicks had three hits. 

Pineda pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Jonathan Holder earned his first win of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he had a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman earned his seventh save of the season pitching an inning and striking out two. 

Kyle Hendricks started for the Cubs and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out five.  Brian Duensing pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Pedro Strop pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Hector Rondon pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Rondon blew his first save of the season and took his first loss of the season. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk, Hicks had three hits and Starlin Castro had two hits.  Judge had two hits, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Chase Headley had a hit.  Chris Carter drew a walk, Pineda had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury drew a pinch-hit walk.  Hicks and Judge each hit a double and Gardner hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.   Hicks had a stolen base and Judge and Headley each committed an error.  Pineda had a pickoff. 

Kyle Schwarber had a hit and an RBI, Kris Bryant had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit.  Ben Zobrist had a hit, Matt Szczur drew a walk and Bryant and Schwarber each hit a homerun.  The Cubs were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Heyward had two outfield assists. 

In the first Bryant hit a solo homerun giving the Cubs a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Schwarber hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0.  In the ninth Gardner hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.