New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies

The New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium and the final score was 11-5.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  The bullpen pitched well and DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Tanaka pitched six innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Tanaka won his seventh game of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and David Hale pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout. 

Antonio Senzatela pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up seven hits giving up a hit  and six runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Senzatela lost his seventh game of the season.  Chad Bettis pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout, Carlos Estevez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and Bryan Shaw pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Jairo Diaz pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three. 

LeMahieu had three hits and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Mike Tauchman had an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and three RBI and Luke Voit drew a walk.  Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI, Torres had three hits and two RBI and Austin Romine had two hits and an RBI.  Brett Gardner drew a walk, Judge, Gregorius and Encarnacion each hit a double.  The Yankees were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Romine had a stolen base. 

Charlie Blackmon had a hit, Trevor Story had two hits and an RBI and David Dahl drew a walk.  Nolan Arenado had a hit and three RBI, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Ian Desmond had a hit and an RBI.  Tony Wolters had a hit, Story and Murphy each hit a double and Arenado hit a homerun.  The Rockies were 2-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Senzatela and Bettis each committed an error. 

In the first Judge hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Torres hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  Romine hit an RBI single, Hicks hit an RBI single and Encarnacion hit a two-run double to make it 6-0.  In the fourth Gregorius hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 7-0.  Torres hit a two-run single making it 9-0.  In the sixth Story hit an RBI double and Arenado hit a three-run homerun to cut the lead to 9-4.  Desmond hit an RBI single to make it 9-5.  In the seventh Tauchman hit into an RBI ground out making it a 10-5 game and Encarnacion hit an RBI single to make it 11-5.  That was the final score and the Yankees will look to sweep the series on Sunday afternoon.