Thursday, April 5, 2018

New York Yankees power their way to victory over the Tampa Bay Rays


The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-2.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and pitched great and the big three each hit a homerun. 

Severino pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Severino won his second game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Blake Snell lost his first game of the season pitching 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits and five runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Matt Andriese pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with three strikeouts, Chaz Roe pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Jose Alvarado pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and two RBI.  Gary Sanchez had a hit and two RBI, Brandon Drury drew a walk and Tyler Austin drew a walk.  Austin Romine had two hits, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and an RBI and Stanton, Judge and Sanchez each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Austin had a stolen base and Severino committed an error. 

Denard Span had an RBI, Kevin Kiermaier had a hit and C.J. Cron had a hit and an RBI.  Brad Miller had a hit, Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit and Mallex Smith had a hit.  Daniel Robertson had a hit and drew a walk.  Cron hit a double and the Rays were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the first Cron hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Stanton hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the third Sanchez hit a two-run homerun making it 4-1 Yankees.  In the fourth Torreyes hit an RBI single and Judge hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 7-1.  In the eighth Span hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 7-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees swept the brief two game series and will now stay home and play the Orioles for four beginning on Thursday night.   

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