Thursday, August 13, 2020

New York Yankees earn sweep over the Atlanta Braves

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-3.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched ok and the bullpen was very good.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with four hits and Clint Frazier added three hits. 

Tanaka pitched four innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Jonathan Loaisiga won his second game of the season pitching two innings and giving up three hits and he struck out three, Chad Green pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Luis Avilan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Adam Ottavino pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jonathan Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Zack Britton saved his seventh game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning with a walk. 

Huascar Ynoa started for the Braves and he pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs with three walks.  Tyler Matzek lost his first game of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Josh Tomlin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Darren O’Day pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Will Smith pitched a perfect inning, A.J. Minter pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Shane Greene pitched an inning with a walk. 

LeMahieu had four hits and an RBI, Luke Voit had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI with two walks.  Gio Urshela drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Gary Sanchez had a hit and an RBI.  Frazier had three hits and an RBI, Brett Gardner drew a walk and Voit, Hicks and Frazier each hit a double.  LeMahieu hit a triple and Sanchez and Frazier each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base. 

Dansby Swanson had three hits, Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and an RBI and Freddie Freeman drew two walks.  Marcell Ozuna drew a walk, Adam Duvall had a hit and Nick Markakis had two hits.  Johan Camargo had two hits and two RBI, Austin Riley had a hit and Ender Inciarte had a hit.  Markakis and Swanson each hit a double and Camargo hit a homerun.  The Braves were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Inciarte committed an error and d’Arnaud had a passed ball. 

In the second Camargo hit a two-run homerun giving the Braves a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Sanchez and Frazier hit back-to-back homeruns to tie the game at two.  In the fourth Hicks hit an RBI double and Torres hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth LeMahieu hit an RBI single and Voit hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-2.  In the ninth d’Arnaud hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-3 but that would be the final score.  The Yankees swept the brief two-game series and will be off on Thursday.  They will begin a four-game series with their rival Boston Red Sox on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.   

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