New York Yankees offense erupts as they defeat the Cleveland Indians

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and the final score was 8-1.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Didi Gregorius had three hits but Jacoby Ellsbury had a huge three-run triple and Aaron Judge a three-run homerun. 

Severino pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and nine strikeouts.  Severino won his ninth game of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched to one batter and retired him, Adam Warren pitched a perfect inning and Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Carlos Carrasco pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs.  He walked two and struck out six and lost his fifth game of the season.  Bryan Shaw pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up a hit and he struck out one, Mike Clevinger pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout and Cody Allen pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Dan Otero pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Clint Frazier had a hit and drew a walk and Gregorius had three hits.  Judge had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI and Todd Frazier had a hit and drew a walk.  Ellsbury had two hits and three RBI, Ronald Torreyes had two hits and an RBI and C. frazier hit a double, Ellsbury hit a triple and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Francisco Lindor drew a walk, Michael Brantley had a hit and an RBI and Edwin Encarnacion had a hit.  Brantley hit a homerun and the Indians were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. 

In the first Brantley hit a solo homerun to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Headley hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  Ellsbury hit a three-run triple to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead and Torreyes hit an RBI single to push the lead to 5-1.  In the seventh Judge hit a three-run homerun to extend the lead to 8-1 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams split the four-game series and the Yankees have won two in a row after losing the first two of the series.  The Yankees will be off on Monday before beginning a three game set in Toronto on Tuesday night.