New York Yankees end three game losing streak with win over the Chicago White Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.  The game took place at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois.  Chad Green started as the opener and pitched great, Nestor Cortes Jr. also gave them five strong innings.  DJ LeMahieu, Didi Gregorius and Gleyber Torres each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out six.  Cortes Jr. pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs, with no walks and seven strikeouts and picked up his first win, Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Reynaldo Lopez pitched six innings giving up six hits and five runs with two walks and four strikeouts and he lost his seventh game of the season.  Juan Minaya pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and a strikeout, Josh Osich pitched to one batter and got him out and Thyago Vieira pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Manny Banuelos pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two walks and he struck out one. 

LeMahieu had two hits, Luke Voit had a hit and Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks, Gregorius had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Torres had two hits and three RBI.  Cameron Maybin had a hit and an RBI, Brett Gardner drew three walks and LeMahieu and Sanchez each hit a double.  Maybin and Torres each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base and committed an error. 

Leury Garcia had a hit, Tim Anderson had a hit and Jose Abreu had two hits.  James McCann had a hit and three RBI, Eloy Jimenez had two hits and Jose Rondon had a hit.  Yolmer Sanchez had a hit, Ryan Cordell had a hit and McCann hit a homerun.  The white Sox were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the fourth Sanchez hit a two-run double to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Torres hit a two-run homerun to push their lead to 4-0.  In the sixth Torres hit a sac fly to make it a 5-0 game.  In the seventh Maybin hit a solo homerun to extend their lead to 6-0.  Sanchez hit an RBI ground out making it 7-0.  In the eighth Abreu hit an RBI single and McCann hit a three-run homerun to cut the lead to a 7-4 lead.  In the ninth Gregorius drew an RBI walk to make it 8-4 and that would be the final score of the game.  The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon.  The Yankees will try and even the series before returning home to face the Rays on Monday night.