The New York Yankees defeat the San Diego Padres

The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Chad Green was the opener and he pitched one great inning and the bullpen was excellent in this game.  Clint Frazier had two hits to lead the offense. 

Green pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts, David Hale picked up his first win of the season pitching four innings and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Zack Britton pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman picked up his 15^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Matt Strahm pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and ten strikeouts.  Strahm  lost his fourth game of the season.  Trey Wingenter pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two, Craig Stammen pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with one being earned and Phil Maton pitched to two batters and got them both out. 

DJ LeMahieu had ah it, Luke Voit drew two walks and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Gleyber Torres had a hit, Frazier had two hits and an RBI and Cameron Maybin had a hit.  Gio Urshela drew a walk, Brett Gardner had a hit and two RBI and Frazier and Torres each hit a double.  Sanchez, Frazier and Gardner each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Franmil Reyes had a hit, Manny Machado had a hit and Eric Hosmer had a hit.  Hunter Renfroe had a hit, Wil Myers drew a walk and Josh Naylor had a hit and an RBI.  Austin Hedges had a hit and an RBI, Naylor, Hedges and Machado each hit a double and the Padres were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Reyes and Wingenter each committed an error. 

In the second Naylor hit an RBI double and Hedges hit an RBI double to give the Padres a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Frazier hit a solo homerun and Gardner hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Sanchez hit a solo homerun and Maybin hit an RBI single to push the lead to 5-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.