New York Yankees defeat the Kansas City Royals

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-2.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The Yankees bullpen did their job and Tyler Wade had two hits and Brett Gardner had two RBI to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched five innings giving up three hits and an unearned run.  He walked four and struck out five and won his first game of the season.  Luis Cessa pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Tommy Kahnle pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout.  Zack Britton pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Jakob Junis pitched 5 1/3 in3nings giving up six hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  walked two and struck out two and lost his second game of the season.  Jake Diekman pitched 2/3 of an inning, Brad Boxberger pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with three walks and Jake Newberry pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Gardner had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Luke Voit had a hit and drew two walks.  Gleyber Torres had a hit, DJ LeMahieu had an RBI and Clint Frazier drew a walk.  Mike Tauchman had a hit and an RBI, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and Wade had two hits.  Higashioka and Judge each hit a double and Tauchman and Gardner each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Sabathia, Torres and Voit each committed an error.  Frazier had an outfield assist. 

Billy Hamilton drew two walks, Adalberto Mondesi had a hit and an RBI and Hunter had a hit and drew a walk.  Alex Gordon had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jorge Soler had a hit and Martin Maldonado drew a walk.  Terrance Gore had a hit and drew a walk.  Gordon and Dozier each hit a double and the Royals were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Mondesi had a stolen base and Hamilton had two stolen bases and was caught stealing once.  Merrifield and Dozier each committed an error and Maldonado had a passed ball. 

In the third Mondesi hit an RBI single to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.  In the third Gardner hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth Tauchman hit a solo homerun to push their lead to 3-1.   In the sixth Gordon hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2 and in the bottom of the sixth LeMahieu hit a sac fly to extend the Yankees lead to 4-2.  Frazier had an RBI walk and it was 5-2 Yankees.  In the seventh Wade hit an RBI bunt single and it was 6-2 Yankees and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday afternoon.