The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets on Sunday. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-7 in extra innings in game one of the doubleheader. Mike King started for the Yankees and he pitched well. Luke Voit led the offense with two hits and two RBI.
King pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts. Brooks Kriske pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and five runs with three walks and four strikeouts, Ben Heller pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts and Chad Green picked up his third win of the season pitching an inning with a walk and three strikeouts.
Rick Porcello pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Justin Wilson pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Jared Hughes pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and four unearned runs with a walk and Edwin Diaz lost his first game of the season and blew his fourth save of the season. He pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned. He walked one and struck out none.
DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Voit had two hits and two RBI and Aaron Hicks had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Mike Tauchman had an RBI and drew a walk, Mike Ford had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Gio Urshela had a hit and an RBI. Tyler Wade had a hit and drew a walk, Voit and Ford each hit a double and Hicks hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.
Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Michael Conforto had two hits and two RBI and J.D. Davis had a hit. Dom Smith had a hit and drew a walk, Robinson Cano had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Pete Alonso had a hit and two RBI. Jeff McNeil had a hit, Wilson Ramos had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Andres Gimenez drew two walks. Smith and Conforto each hit a double and Cano hit a homerun. The Mets were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base. Gimenez committed an error.
In the first Tauchman hit an RBI ground out to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fourth Alonso hit an RBI single to tie the game at one. Ramos hit an RBI single and it was 2-1 Mets. In the fourth Ford hit an RBI double to tie the game at two. In the fifth Cano hit a two-run homerun to give the Mets a 4-2 lead. In the sixth Conforto hit a two-run double to extend the Mets lead to 6-2. Alonso was hit by a pitch and it was 7-2 Mets. In the bottom of the seventh Voit hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 7-4. A wild pitch made it 7-5 and Hicks hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at seven. In the eighth Urshela hit a walk-off single to give the Yankees a 8-7 victory.