New York Yankees finish long road trip with a victory in Seattle

The New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington and the final score was 6-4.  Caleb Smith started for the Yankees in his major league starting debut and didn’t pitch very well.  The Yankees bullpen was great and Brett Gardner, Didi Gregorius and Chase Headley each had two hits. 

Smith pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs.  He walked one and struck out two.  Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 perfect inning with three strikeouts and earned his first win of the season, Delllin Betances pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and David Robertson pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and earned his 11^th save of the season.   

Yovani Gallardo pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  James Pazos pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two walks, Tony Zych pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Emilio Pagan pitched three innings giving up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts. 

Gardner had two hits and two RBI, C. Frazier had a hit and two RBI and Aaron Judge drew two walks.  Matt Holliday drew a walk, Gregorius had two hits and two RBI and Chase Headley had two hits and drew two walks.  T. Frazier had a hit and drew a walk, Tyler Wade had a hit and drew a walk and Ronald Torreyes had a hit.  Wade, C. Frazier each hit a double and Headley hit two doubles.  Gardner hti a homerun and Gregorius hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Sanchez had a passed ball and Chapman had a pickoff. 

Danny Valencia had a hit, Robinson Cano had a hit and Nelson Cruz had a hit and drew a walk.  Kyle Seager had two hits, Ben Gamel had a hit and two RBI and Guillermo Heredia had a hit and two RBI.  Seager hit two doubles and Heredia hit a double.  The Mariners were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Motter was caught stealing and Ruiz had a passed ball.  Haniger had an outfield assist. 

In the first Gardner led off the game with a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Gregorius hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0.  In the fourth Gregorius hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 3-0.  In the fourth Gamel hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 3-2 and Heredia hit a two-run double to give Seattle a 4-3 lead.  In the sixth Gardner hit an RBI single to tie the game at four.  Frazier hit a two-run double to give the Yankees a 6-4 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three and finished their road trip 6-5 and will have Monday off.  They will begin a brief two game series with the Cincinnatti Reds at home on Tuesday night in the Bronx.