New York Yankees blow lead and then Judge hits long homerun in ninth for win

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.  The game took place at

Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 8-6.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees

and he wasn't very good.  The bullpen was pretty good and Giancarlo Stanton had three hits to lead

the offense and Luke Voit hit a grand-slam and Judge the eventual game winning three-run

homerun. 

Happ pitched four innings giving up four hits and four runs with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit, Jonathan Loaisiga won his first game of the season
and he pitched three innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Zack

Britton pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

John Means pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and five runs with a walk and he struck out

two.  Travis Lakins Sr. pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out three, Miguel

Castro pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Richard Bleier pitched 1 1/3

innings with two strikeouts.  Mychal Givens pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with

two strikeouts and Cole Sulser pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Judge had a hit and three RBI and Stanton had three hits, an RBI and drew

a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk,Gio Urshela drew a walk and Miguel Andujar had a

hit.  Stanton and Hicks each hit a double and Voit and Judge each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were

3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Austin Hays had a hit and drew a walk, Hanser Alberto had two hits and two RBI and Pedro

Severino had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Dwight Smith Jr. drew a walk, Pat Valaika drew a

walk and Rio Ruiz had two hits and two RBI.  Alberto, Ruiz and Severino each hit a homerun and

the Orioles were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Hays had a stolen

base. 

In the first Stanton hit an RBI single and Voit hit a grand-slam to give the Yankees a 5-0 lead.  In the

bottom of the first Alberto hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 5-2.  In the second Ruiz hit a

two-run homerun to cut the lead to 5-4.  In the eighth Severino hit a two-run homerun to give the

Orioles a 6-5 lead.  In the ninth Judge hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 8-6 lead and

that would be the final score.  The Yankees will head home for their home opener with the Boston

Red Sox on Friday night.