New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles behind the long ball

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Saturday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 6-4.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, Jonathan Holder struggled but the rest of the pen was good.  Aaron Judge hit two homeruns and DJ LeMahieu had three hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Holder pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Adam Ottavino pitched 1 2/3 innings with a walk and a strike out and he won his first game of the season and Chad Green pitched to one batter and got him out.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and picked up his second save of the season.

Dylan Bundy pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  John Means pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts, Nate Karns pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and Paul Fry pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and striking out one.  Miguel Castro pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Judge had two hits and three RBI and Luke Voit had a hit and drew a walk.  Greg Bird had a hit, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew two walks and LeMahieu had three hits.  Mike Tauchman had a hit, Clint Frazier had a hit and three RBI and Tauchman and Gardner each hit a double.  Frazier hit a homerun and Judge hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Sanchez was picked off and LeMahieu and Happ each committed an error. 

Jonathan Villar had a hit, Joey Rickard drew a walk and Chris Davis had an RBI.  Trey Mancini had two hits and an RBI, Renato Nunez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Rio Ruiz had an RBI.  Jesus Sucre had a hit, Dwight Smith Jr. had a hit and Hanser Alberto had a hit and drew a walk.  Cedric Mullins had a hit, Alberto hit a double and Mancini hit a double.  Mancini hit a homerun and the Orioles were 1-14 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Villar had a stolen base and Smith Jr. had an outfield assist. 

In the first Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Mancini hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the third Judge hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  In the fifth Nunez hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 3-2.  In the seventh Davis reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to tie the game at three.  Ruiz hit a sac fly and the Orioles grabbed a 4-3 lead.  In the eighth Frazier hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 6-4 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game on Sunday afternoon.