Yankees win third straight over the New York Mets

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Jaime Garcia started for the Yankees and he pitched ok and the bullpen was good.  Aaron Judge, Chase Headley and Ronald Torreyes each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Garcia pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs.  He walked three and struck out three.  Tommy Khanle won his second game of the season pitching to two batters and retiring them both, Adam Warren pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and David Robertson saved his 14^th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Robert Gsellman pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out two.  Paul Sewald lost his fifth game of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks, Chasen Bradford pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he had a strikeout and Josh Smoker pitched to two batters and retired them both.  Erik Goeddel pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Judge had two hits and an RBI.  Didi Gregorius had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Headley had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Garett Cooper had an RBI, Torreyes had two hits and Headley, Torreyes and Gregorius each hit a double and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Ellsbury had a stolen base. 

Juan Lagares had two hits, Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and Yoenis Cespedes had an RBI and drew a walk.  Michael Conforto had a hit, Travis d’Arnaud had an RBI and Amed Rosario drew a walk.  Rene Rivera had a hit and an RBI, Gsellman had a hit and drew a walk and Lagares and Conforto each hit a double.  Rivera hit a homerun and the Mets were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Rivera had a passed ball. 

In the first Cespedes hit a sac fly to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Cooper hit an RBI ground out to tie the game at one.  In the fourth Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth Rivera hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the sixth Headley hit a sac fly giving the Yankees back the lead at 3-2.  d’Arnaud hit a sac fly in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at three.  In the seventh Gregorius hit a two-run double to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead.  The final score was 5-3 as the Yankees have taken the first three games of the four game Subway Series.  The final game will be on Thursday night.