New York Yankees defeat the Washington Nationals in 11 innings

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3 in 11 innings.  Corey Kluber started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen did it’s job and the offense was led by Gleyber Torres who had two hits and two RBI. 

Kluber pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Lucas Luetge pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Justin Wilson picked up his first win of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Max Scherzer started for the Nationals and he pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and 14 strikeouts.  Daniel Hudson pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Brad Hand pitched an inning giving up three hits and two earned runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Kyle Finnegan pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Tanner Rainey pitched giving up a hit and a run with two walks and he took his second loss of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk.  Torres had two hits and two RBI, Clint Frazier drew a walk and Mike Ford had a hit and an RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit and an RBI, Higashioka hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Trea Turner had a hit and an RBI, Juan Soto had an RBI and Ryan Zimmerman had a hit.  Kyle Shwarber had a hit, Starlin Castro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Alex Avila had a hit and drew a walk.  Victor Robles had three hits, Schwarber hit a double and the Nationals were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Robles had a stolen base. 

In the third Soto drew an RBI walk to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Higashioka hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Castro hit an RBI single to give the Nationals a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Torres hit an RBI single to tie the game at two and in the tenth Turner hit a sac fly to give the Nationals back the lead at 3-2.  The Yankees tied the game in the bottom of the tenth on a Ford RBI single.  In the 11^th Torres hit an RBI walk-off single to give the Yankees a 4-3 victory.