Sunday, August 16, 2020

New York Yankees pound the Boston Red Sox

 The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee

Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-3.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and 

he pitched great.  Gleyber Torres had four hits and Mike Tauchman had three hits to lead the offense.  

Cole pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with no walks and eight strikeouts.  Cole won 

his fourth game of the season.  Jonathan Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs 

with a walk, Adam Ottavino pitched to two batters and struck them both out and Ben Heller pitched an 

inning giving up a hit with two strikeouts.  

Colten Brewer pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and two 

strikeouts.  Austin Brice pitched 1 1/3 innings with a walk and three strikeouts, Ryan Brasier pitched

three innings giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout and Dylan Covey pitched two innings

giving up four hits and three runs with two strikeouts.  Brandon Workman pitched 2/3 of an inning

giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Marcus Walden pitched to one batter and got him 

out.  

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, Luke Voit had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew a walk.  Gio 

Urshela had a hit and drew a walk, Torres had four hits and two RBI and Tyler Wade had a hit.  

Tauchman had three hits and four RBI, Gary Sanchez had a hit and two RBI and Clint Frazier had a hit

and two RBI and Brett Gardner drew two walks.  Torres, Tauchman and Frazier each hit a double.  

Sanchez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 8-18 with runners in scoring position and left nine men

on base.  Gardner had a stolen base.  

Alex Verdugo had a hit and two RBI, Rafael Devers had a hit and an RBI and Mitch Moreland had a hit.

Christian Vasquez had a hit, Kevin Pillar had a hit and drew a walk and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and 

drew a walk.  Jonathan Arauz had a hit, Bradley Jr. hit a double and Verdugo hit a homerun.  The Red 

Sox were 2-6 with five runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Pillar was caught stealing

and Verdugo committed an error.  

In the third Torres hit a two-run double to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Verdugo hit a solo

homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fifth Tauchman hit an RBI double and Sanchez hit a two-run 

double and the lead was 5-1.  In the seventh Tauchman hit an RBI single and Frazier hit a two-run 

double to extend the lead to 8-1.  In the eighth Verdugo hit an RBI groundout cutting the lead 8-2.  

Devers hit an RBI single and it was 8-3.  In the eighth Tauchman hit a two-run single making it 10-3.  

The final score was 10-3, the two teams will play game two of four on Saturday night.  

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