Thursday, June 28, 2018

New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies for second straight win


The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 6-0.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and pitched great and Aaron Hicks, Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton each had two hits. 

Severino pitched seven innings giving up six hits and no runs with no walks and nine strikeouts.  Severino earned his 12th win of the season.  Adam Warren pitched an inning with a strikeout and Chasen Shreve pitched an inning with a walk. 

Jake Arrieta lost his sixth game of the season pitching five innings and giving up nine hits and six runs with three being earned.  He walked one and struck out five.  Zac Curtis pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Victor Arano pitched a perfect inning and Hector Neris pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

 Hicks had two hits and two RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI.  Stanton had two hits, Torres had two hits and two RBI and Greg Bird had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Austin Romine had a hit, Romine and Torres each hit a double and Hicks and Gregorius each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Cesar Hernandez had two hits, Carlos Santana drew a walk and Scott Kingery had two hits.  Andrew Knapp had a hit, Maikel Franco had a hit and Franco hit a double.  The Phillies were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Hernandez committed an error and Nick Williams had an outfield assist. 

In the first Hicks hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Torres hit a two-run single to push the lead to 3-0.  Bird hit an RBI single and it was 4-0.  In the fourth Hicks hit a sac fly to make it 5-0 and in the fifth Gregorius hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 6-0 which was the final score. 

The Yankees will go for the three-game sweep on Wednesday night. 

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