Thursday, June 14, 2018

New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays behind good pitching and Gleyber Torres big homerun


The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and pitched well and the bullpen was great.  Aaron Judge had two hits and Gleyber Torres the big hit to lead the offense. 

German won his first game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and ten strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and Aroldis Chapman saved his 19th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  

Blake Snell pitched five innings giving up five hits and four runs with four walks and eight strikeouts and he lost his fourth game of the season.  Vidal Nuno pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out three. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI, Judge had two hits and Gary Sanchez drew two walks.  Torres had a hit and three RBI, Miguel Andujar had a hit and Tyler Austin had a hit and drew a walk.  Ronald Torreyes drew a walk, Andujar hit a double and Hicks and Torres each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Sanchez committed an error and Stanton had an outfield assist. 

Matt Duffy had two hits and an RBI, Jake Bauers drew a walk and Wilson Ramos had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Joey Wendle had a hit and an RBI, Willy Adames had a hit and Carlos Gomez had a hit.  Johnny Field drew a walk, Gomez hit a double and Duffy hit a homerun.  The Rays were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Wendle had a stolen base and Gomez was caught stealing. 

In the first Duffy hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the third Ramos hit an RBI single to make it 2-0.  In the fifth Hicks hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  Torres hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  In the sixth Wendle hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-3 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night.  Jonathan Loaisiga will make his MLB debut coming up from AA Trenton for the Yankees. 

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