New York Yankees double up the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 8-4.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and after a rough start he pitched well.  The Yankees bullpen pitched great and Gleyber Torres led the offense with four hits and four RBI. 

Paxton pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two walks and nine strikeouts.  Paxton picked up his first win of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up no runs and no hits with a walk and a strikeout, Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Alex Cobb pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Mike Wright pitched giving up four hits and three runs and he took his first loss of the season, John Means pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two and Mychal Givens pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Miguel Castro pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Brett Gardner had two hits and drew a walk, Luke Voit had a hit and three RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Greg Bird had a hit and drew two walks, DJ LeMahieu had a hit and Torres had four hits and four RBI.  Clint Frazier had a hit, Tyler Wade had a hit and Torres hit a double.  Sanchez and Voit each hit a homerun and Torres hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Judge was caught stealing and Sanchez was picked off. 

Jonathan Villar had two hits and an RBI, Dwight Smith Jr. had a hit and Trey Mancini drew a walk.  Renato Nunez had two hits and an RBI, Rio Ruiz had a hit and drew a walk and Drew Jackson drew a walk.  Joey Rickard had two hits, Hanser Alberto had a hit and Jesus Sucre drew a walk.  Richie Martin had a hit, Smith hit a double and Villar hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Ruiz was picked off and Givens had a pickoff. 

In the first Villar hit a solo homerun, a balk scored a run and a wild pitch scored another run to give the Orioles a 3-0 lead.  In the third Torres hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the fifth Nunez hit an RBI single to push the Orioles lead to 4-1.  In the sixth Sanchez hit a solo homerun and Torres hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead.  In the ninth Voit hit a three-run homerun pushing the Yankees lead to 8-4 and that would be the final score. 

The teams will be off on Friday and resume their series on Saturday night.