New York Yankees win second straight in Cleveland

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.  The game took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and the final score was 5-3.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well after a horrible first inning.  The bullpen pitched great and Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with two homeruns. 

Montgomery pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Lucas Luetge won his first game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out one, Darren O’Day pitched a perfect inning and Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Aroldis Chapman picked up his fourth save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Logan Allen started for the Indians and he pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Allen took his third loss of the season.  Phil Maton pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out three, Trevor Stephan pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Cal Quantrill pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout.  Emmanuel Clase pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Stanton had two hits and two RBI and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Gio Urshela drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Clint Frazier drew two walk, Roughned Odor had a hit and two RBI.  Hicks and Odor each hit a homerun and Stanton hit two homeruns.  The Yankees left four men on base. 

Jordan Luplow had a hit, Cesar Hernandez drew a walk and Jose Ramirez had two hits and drew two walks.  Franmil Reyes had a hit and an RBI, Eddie Rosario had an RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  F. Reyes and Luplow each hit a double and the Indians were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Luplow had an outfield assist. 

In the first Reyes hit an RBI double, Rosario hit an RBI ground out and Rosario hit an RBI single to give the Indians a 3-0 lead.  In the second Hicks hit a solo homerun and Odor hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at three.  In the third Stanton hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead and in the fifth Stanton hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 5-3 which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday night.