Tuesday, July 30, 2019

New York Yankees salvage final game of series in Boston


The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 9-6.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Edwin Encarnacion, Gio Urshela and Cameron Maybin each had two hits to lead the offense. 

German pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and nine strikeouts.  German won his 13th game of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, Adam Ottavino pitched 2/3 of an inning givin gup two hits and Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two. 

Chris Sale pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and six runs with three walks and seven strikeouts and he took his tenth loss of the season.  Colten Brewer pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Darwinzon Hernandez pitched an inning giving up a hit and two unearned runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Marcus Walden pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  Heath Hembree pitched an inning. 

Aaron Hicks drew two walks, Encarnacion had two hits and Luke Voit drew two walks.  Didi Gregorius had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Urshela had two hits and an RBI and Maybin had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Austin Romine had a hit and two RBI, Urshela hit two doubles and Encarnacion and Maybin each hit a double.  Romine and Gregorius each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Maybin was picked off and Torres and Gregorius each committed an error.  Romine had a passed ball. 

Mookie Betts had an RBI and drew a walk, Rafael Devers had a hit and drew a walk and Xander Bogaerts had three hits.  J.D. Martinez had an RBI and drew a walk, Andrew Benintendi had three hits and four RBI and Mitch Moreland had a hit.  Sam Travis drew a walk, Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and Christian Vasquez had a hit.  Bogaerts and Devers each hit a double and Benintendi hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Devers, Bradley Jr. and Holt each committed an error.  Brewer had a pickoff. 

In the third Romine hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Gregorius hit a two-run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Benintendi hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 4-2.  In the sixth Urshela hit an RBI double to push the lead to 5-2 and Maybin hit an RBI single making it 6-2.  In the sixth Martinez hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 6-3.  In the seventh Gregorius hit a sac fly and a run scored on an error to make it 8-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Betts hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 8-4.  In the eighth a wild pitch made it 9-4 and Benintendi hit a two-run single in the ninth to cut the lead to 9-6 but that would be the final score. 
The Yankees were able to salvage one of the four games and will be off on Monday before beginning a brief two-game set at home with the Arizona Dia

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