New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he struggled and only lasted three innings and then left with a knee injury.  The Yankees bullpen pitched really well and Gary Sanchez hit two homeruns to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched three innings giving up two hits and an unearned run with three walks and a strikeout.  Jonathan Holder won his second game of the season pitching two perfect innings with two strikeouts, Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and earned his sixth save of the season. 

Kyle Gibson pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five and lost his first game of the season.  Mike Morin pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run and he struck out three and Fernando Romero pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had an RBI, Luke Voit had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Sanchez had three hits and two RBI.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Mike Ford had a hit and Gio Urshela had a hit.  Cameron Maybin had a hit and drew a walk and Sanchez hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Torres committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball. 

Jorge Polanco drew a walk, Nelson Cruz had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and CJ Cron had a hit and an RBI.  Marwin Gonzalez had two hits, Jonathan Schoop drew a walk and Byron Buxton drew a walk.  Cruz hit a homerun and the Twins were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Cron and Buxton each committed an error.  Gonzalez had two outfield assists. 

In the first Torres hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Voit hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  In the third Cron hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth a wild pitch made it 3-1 Yankees and an RBI ground out by Gardner extended the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Sanchez hit a solo homerun to make the score 5-1.  In the seventh Sanchez hit his second homerun making it 6-1.  In the eighth Cruz hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 6-3 and that would be the final score. 

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