The New York Yankees can't complete the sweep of the Cleveland Indians

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio and the final score was 7-3.  Jameson Taillon started and he pitched well in the beginning but had one bad inning.  The bullpen wasn’t good and the offense only produced six hits, with no one having more than a hit. 

Taillon pitched four innings giving up five hits and four runs with six strikeouts.  He took his second loss of the season.  Nick Nelson pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Luis Cessa pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts. 

Triston McKenzie started for the Indians and he pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with four walks and five strikeouts.  Sam Hentges pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and he won his first game of the season.  Cal Quantrill pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk, James Karinchak pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and Emmanuel Clase pitched a perfect inning. 

Clint Frazier drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Roughned Odor drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Gio Urshela had a hit and two RBI.  Mike Ford had a  hit and an RBI, Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Mike Tauchman had a hit and drew a walk.  Tauchman hit a double and Urshela and Ford each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Cesar Hernandez had two hits, Jose Ramirez had a hit and an RBI and Eddie Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Franmil Reyes had three hits and three RBI, Jordan Luplow had a hit and an RBI and Austin Hedges had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Luplow hit a double and F. Reyes hit a triple and a homerun.  The Indians were 5-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  F. Reyes had a stolen base and Naylor committed an error. 

In the fourth Urshela hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Ford hit a solo homerun to go back-to-back and make it 3-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Rosario hit an RBI single, Reyes hit a three-run homerun and the Indians grabbed a 4-3 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Ramirez hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 5-3.  In the bottom of the sixth Luplow hit an RBI double and Hedges an RBI single making it a 7-3 game and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees took three of four in the series and will head to Baltimore to begin a four-game series on Monday night.