Thursday, August 2, 2018

New York Yankees double up the Baltimore Orioles


The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched well and Didi Gregorius had two hits and Miguel Andujar hit a three-run homerun to lead the offense. 

Tanaka won his ninth game of the season pitching six shutout innings.  He gave up three hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.  A.J. Cole pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with two being earned.  He walked one and struck out two, Dellin Betances pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Aroldis Chapman saved his 29th game of the season pitching a perfect inning and striking out the side. 

Yefry Ramirez pitched five innings giving up six hits and six runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  Ramirez lost his fourth game of the season.  Miguel Castro pitched an inning with a walk, Jhan Marinez pitched an inning with a walk and Tanner Scott pitched an inning with three stirkeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Gregorius had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew two walks.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Greg Bird had an RBI and Andujar had a hit and three RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit and drew a walk, Andujar hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Andujar committed an error.  Higashioka had a passed ball. 

Tim Beckham drew two walks, Jace Peterson had a hit and two RBI and Adam Jones had a hit and drew a walk.  Mark Trumbo had a hit, Nunez had a hit and Austin Wynns had two hits.  Wynss and Peterson each hit a double.  The Orioles were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Beckham committed an error. 

In the first Torres hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Gregorius hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Bird hit a sac fly to increase the Yankees lead to 3-0 and Andujar hit a three-run homerun to make it 6-0.  In the eighth Peterson hit a two-run double and a passed ball made it 6-3 but that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon. 

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