New York Yankees rout the Baltimore Orioles

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-2.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he was dominant.  Aaron Judge led the Yankees offense with three hits and four RBI and Giancarlo Stanton added two hits. 

Cole pitched seven innings giving up four runs and no runs.  He walked none and struck out thirteen.  Cole picked up his first win of the season.  Chad Green pitched a perfect inning and Lucas Luetge pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout. 

Dean Kremer pitched three innings giving up five hits and three runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  He lost his first game of the season.  Adam Plutko pitched three innings giving up two hits and no runs, Tyler Wells pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Wade LeBlanc pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Judge had three hits and four RBI and Brett Gardner had a hit and drew two walks.  Stanton had two hits and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Jay Bruce had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Gio Urshela had a hit and drew a walk, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and drew a walk and Gardner, Stanton and Higashioka each hit a double.  Bruce and Judge each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Cedric Mullins had a hit,Trey Mancini had a hit and Ryan Mountcastle had two hits.  Rio Ruiz had a hit and two RBI, Maikel Franco had two hits and Mancini and Franco each hit a double.  Ruiz hit a homerun and the Orioles were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Mullins had a stolen base. 

In the second Bruce hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth LeMahieu grounded into a double play and a run scored to push the Yankees lead to 2-0.  Judge hit an RBI single and it was a 3-0 game.  In the bottom of the seventh Stanton hit an RBI double to increase the Yankees lead to 4-0.  In the eighth Judge hit a three-run homerun to break the game open and make it 7-0 Yankees.  In the ninth Ruiz hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 7-2 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees record improved to 3-2 on the season and they will go for the three-game sweep on Wednesday night.  The Orioles are now 3-2 also and will try and avoid the sweep.