New York Yankees defeat the Houston Astros in back and forth game

The New York Yankees defeated the Houston Astros on Saturday.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium and the final score was 7-5.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with a couple of hits and four RBI. 

Tanaka pitched six innings giving up eight hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Jonathan Holder won his fifth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up three hits and three runs, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning with two walks and two strikeouts and Zach Britton saved his third game of the season pitching an inning and walking three. 

Wade Miley pitched five innings giving up two hits and four runs with four walks and seven strikeouts.  Will Harris pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Ryan Pressly pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two of them being earned and he struck out two and Reymin Guduan pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew two walks, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Luke Voit had a hit.  Stanton had two hits and four RBI, Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk and Gio Urshela had a hit and two RBI.  Austin Romine had a hit and an RBI.  Urshela and Romine each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Judge had an outfield assist. 

Jose Altuve had a hit, Alex Bregman had two hits and Michael Brantley had three hits and drew a walk.  Yordan Alvarez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk, Josh Reddick had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Robinson Chirinos drew a walk.  Tyler White drew a walk, Max Stassi had two hits and Tony Kemp drew a walk.  Altuve hit a double, Reddick and Alvarez each hit a homerun and the Astros were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Marisnick, Reddick and Stassi each committed an error. 

In the fifth Urshela hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Reddick hit a two-run homerun to tie the game.  In the bottom of the sixth Stanton hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  In the seventh Alvarez hit a three-run homerun to give the Astros a 5-4 lead and in the bottom of the seventh Romine hit a solo homerun and Stanton hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 7-5 lead which was the final score.  The Yankees have taken the first three games of the series and will try and sweep the four game series on Sunday afternoon.