New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of double header

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-5.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Gio Urshela had three hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched six innings giving up three runs on five hits.  He walked two and struck out seven and earned his eighth win of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning, Luis Cessa pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and Zack Britton pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk and a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman earned his 32^nd save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Gabriel Ynoa pitched six innings giving up seven hits and seven runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  He took his seventh loss of the season.  Branden Kline pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Jimmy Yacabonis pitched an inning with a walk. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew two walks, Urshela had three hits and two RBI and Didi Gregorius had a hit and four RBI.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Cameron Maybin had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Breyvic Valera had a hit.  Gardner and Urshela each hit a double.  Gregorius, Torres, Urshela and Maybin each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Hanser Alberto had two hits, Trey Mancini had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Santander had three hits and an RBI.  Renato Nunez had two RBI, Jonathan Villar drew three walks and Jace Peterson had an RBI and drew a walk.  Richie Martin had a hit, Mancini and Santander each hit a homerun and the Orioles were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Santander had an outfield assist. 

In the first Nunez hit a sac fly to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Gregorius hit a three-run homerun and Torres hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  In the second Urshela hit an RBI double to push the lead to 5-1.  In the third Mancini hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 5-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Urshela hit a solo homerun to extend the Yankee lead to 6-2.  In the sixth Santander hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-3.  In the bottom of the sixth Maybin hit a solo homerun and in the bottom of the seventh Gregorius hit a sac fly to make it 8-3.  In the eighth Nunez hit an RBI ground out and Peterson drew an RBI walk to cut the lead to 8-5 but that would be the final score.