Wednesday, May 30, 2018

New York Yankees win a thrilling game over the Astros


The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Tuesday night in ten innings.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he was shaky, the bullpen pitched well and the offense was led by Brett Gardner who had four hits. 

Sabathia pitched five innings giving up eight hits and five runs with three being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Jonathan Holder pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Dellin Betances pitched an inning with two walks and two strikeouts.  Aroldis Chapman earned his second win of the season pitching an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Charlie Morton pitched six innings giving up eight hits and three runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Tony Sipp pitched to one batter and gave up a hit, Joe Smith pitched an inning with a strikeout and Hector Rondon pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  Chris Devenski pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Brad Peacock lost his first game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Gardner had four hits and three RBI, Aaron Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Greg Bird had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and Miguel Andujar had two hits and drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres had two hits and two RBI, Bird and Judge each hit a double and Andujar hit two doubles.  Gardner hit two homeruns and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Torres committed two errors, Andujar, Sabathia and Sanchez each committed an error.  Judge had an outfield assist. 

George Springer had a hit, Alex Bregman had a hit and drew a walk and Jose Altuve had two hits and drew a walk.  Yuli Gurriel had a hit and an RBI, Evan Gattis had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and J.D. Davis had a hit.  Marwin Gonzalez had two hits and two RBI, Max Stassi had a hit and Tony Kemp drew two walks.  Gonzalez and Stassi each hit a double and Gattis hit a homerun.  The Astros were 3-17 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Gurriel and Bregman each had a stolen base and Stassi had a passed ball. 

In the first Garder hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Gattis hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the second Torres hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Gonzalez hit a two-run double to give the Astros a 3-2 lead.  In the fifth Gurriel hti an RBI single to push the Astros lead to 4-2.  Gattis hit a sac fly and it was 5-2 Astros.  In the bottom of the fifth Judge hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the ninth Gardner hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at five and in the tenth Torres hit a walk-off RBI single to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory. 

The two teams will play the third and final game, the rubber game of the series on Wednesday night.   

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