New York Yankees double up the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched pretty well and the bullpen was good.  Luke Voit and Cameron Maybin each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched five innings giving up seven hits and two runs with three strikeouts.  Happ won his seventh game of the season.  Adam Ottavino pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Aroldis Chapman saved his 19^th game of the season pitching an inning and striking out the side. 

Ryne Stanek served as the opener and pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  Ryan Yarbrough pitched three innings giving up a hit and struck out two, Chaz Roe pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up five hits and three runs with two strikeouts and Roe lost his third game of the season.  Oliver Drake pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Andrew Kittredge pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits and an RBI, Voit had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit and two RBI.  Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Maybin had three hits and an RBI.  Voit hit a double and Maybin and Encarnacion each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Travis d’Arnaud had two hits and an RBI, Tommy Pham had two hits and Avisail Garcia had a hit and an RBI.  Willy Adames had a hit, Keven Kiermaier had a hit and Guillermo Heredia had a hit and drew a walk.  Mike Zunino had a hit and an RBI, Joey Wendle drew a walk and Pham and d’Arnaud each hit a double.  The Rays were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Sanchez hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Zunino hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the third Garcia hit an RBI single to give the Rays a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth LeMahieu hit an RBI single to tie the game at two, Voit hit an RBI single and Sanchez hit an RBI single to make it a 4-2 game.  In the seventh d’Arnaud hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Maybin hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 5-3.  In the eighth Encarnacion hit a solo homerun making it a 6-3 game and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees have taken the first two games of the series and will try and sweep the series on Wednesday afternoon.