New York Yankees win fifth straight with victory over the Minnesota Twins

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and was a little better but still struggled.  The bullpen pitched well and Didi Gregorius led the offense with three hits. 

Gray pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with five walks and four strikeouts.  Chad Green picked up his second win of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts, Chasen Shreve pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman saved his fourth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Lance Lynn pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with three walks and three strikeouts and took his second loss of the season.  Trevor Hildenberger pitched to one batter and retired him, Ryan Pressly pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two and Zach Duke pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and he struck out two.  Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Taylor Rogers pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with three walks. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Gregorius had three hits, two RBI and drew two walks.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI, Gary Sanchez drew two walks and Tyler Austin had two hits and three RBI.  Miguel Andujar had a hit, Austin Romine drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had two hits.  Torres, Andujar and Austin each hit a double.  Gregorius and Austin each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

Brian Dozier drew a walk, Joe Mauer had two hits and drew a walk and Miguel Sano had two hits, two RBI and drew two walks.  Max Kepler had three hits and an RBI, Eduardo Escobar had two hits and drew a walk and Logan Morrison had a hit.  Robbie Grossman had an RBI and drew a walk, Mauer hit a double and Sano hit a homerun.  The Twins were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Dozier was caught stealing. 

In the first Sano hit a two-run homerun to give the Twins a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Gregorius hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the third Gregorius hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  Austin hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 5-2 lead.  In the fourth Grossman grounded into a force out and a run scored to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the fourth Judge hit a sac fly to make it a 6-3 game.  In the seventh Kepler hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-4.  In the eighth Stanton hit a sac fly to push the lead to 7-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have taken the first three games of the series and will look for the four game sweep on Thursday afternoon.