New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians and complete three-game sweep

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and pitched great in his first start.  Dellin Betances had a rough outing and Aaron Hicks had two hits and Gleyber Torres a walk-off homerun to lead the offense. 

German pitched six innings giving up no hits or runs and walked two and struck out nine.  Betances pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two strikeouts, Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run and Chasen Shreve won his second game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Mike Clevinger pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with four walks and ten strikeouts.  Cody Allen lost his first game of the season and blew his first save of the season.  Allen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and Dan Otero pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius drew a walk.  Hicks had two hits, Neil Walker had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Tyler Austin drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk, Torres had a hit and three RBI.  Judge, Hicks and Walker each hit a double and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Judge was picked off and Sanchez had a passed ball.  Francisco Lindor had a hit and an RBI, Jason Kipnis had an RBI and Jose Ramirez drew a walk.  Edwin Encarnacion drew a walk, Yonder Alonso had a hit and Yan Gomes had a hit.  Tyler Naquin had a hit and an RBI, Lindor hit a double and the Indians were 2-3 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Davis had a stolen base, Alonso committed an error and Clevinger had a pickoff. 

In the eighth Naquin hit an RBI single, Lindor hit an RBI double, a passed ball scored a run and Kipnis hit a sac fly to make it 4-0 Indians.  In the bottom of the eighth Gardner hit an RBI single and Judge hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the ninth Walker hit an RBI double to tie the game at four and Torres hit a walk-off three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 7-4 win. 

The Yankees swept the three-game series and will have a day off on Monday.  They will begin a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.