New York Yankees win rubber game against the San Diego Padres

The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-0.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and pitched well and the bullpen was good.  Luke Voit, Gleyber Torres and Cameron Maybin each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched four innings giving up two walks and he struck out seven.  Chad Green pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder won his fourth game of the season pitching two innings and giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Nestor Cortes Jr. pitched an inning giving up two hits and he walked one.   

Chris Paddack pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and six strikeouts and he lost his third game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two being earned.  He struck out one and Luis Perdomo pitched 1 2/3 innings with a walk and two strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Voit had two hits and an RBI and Torres had two hits and two RBI.  Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Gio Urshela had a hit and an RBI and Maybin had two hits.  Austin Romine had a hit, Voit hit a triple and LeMahieu, Urshela, Torres and Voit each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Maybin had two stolen bases and Torres committed an error. 

Wil Myers had a hit, Manny Machado drew two walks and Eric Hosmer had a hit.  Hunter Renfroe had a hit, Austin Allen had a hit and Manuel Margot drew a walk.  Allen hit a double and the Padres were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Myers had a stolen base and Hedges committed an error. 

In the first LeMahieu and Voit went back-to-back with homeruns to lead off the game and give them a quick 2-0 lead.  In the second Urshela hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 3-0.  In the fifth Gardner hit a sac fly to make it a 4-0 game and in the sixth a stolen base by Maybin and a throwing error allowed a run to score and make it a 5-0 game.  In the seventh Torres hit a two-run homerun and the lead was 7-0 and that was the final score. 

The Yankees won two out of three in the series and took their eighth straight series for the first time since 1998.  They will now face the Red Sox in a four-game series at home beginning on Thursday night.