New York Yankees even up series with Baltimore Orioles in convincing fashion

 

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 13-1.  Luis Gil started for the Yankees and pitched great in his major league debut.  There were six players that had two hits and Giancarlo Stanton had four RBI to lead the offense. 

Gil pitched six innings giving up four hits and no runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  He earned his first win of the season and his career.  Stephen Ridings also made his major league debut and pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out the side and Brody Koerner making his major league debut pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk. 

Alexander Wells started for the Orioles and he pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a couple of strikeouts.  Wells took his second loss of the season.  Adam Plutko pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with a couple of strikeouts, Keegan Akin pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Shaun Anderson pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits and an RBI, Tyler Wade had a hit and two RBI and Anthony Rizzo had two hits and an RBI.  Aaron Judge had two hits and an RBI, Stanton had two hits and four RBI and Gary Sanchez had two hits and an RBI.  Gleyber Torres had two hits and two RBI, Roughned Odor had a hit and Greg Allen had a hit.  Torres, Sanchez and Wade each hit a double and LeMahieu hit two doubles.  Stanton and Judge each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 7-13 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Cedric Mullins had a hit, Ramon Urias had a hit and Ryan Mountcastle had two hits and an RBI.  Anthony Santander had a hit and drew a walk, Ryan McKenna drew a walk and Austin Hays had a hit.  Maikel Franco had a hit which was a double and Mountcastle hit a double.  The Orioles were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Mullins committed an error. 

In the bottom of the second Torres hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third LeMahieu hit an RBI double, Rizzo hit an RBI single and Stanton hit a two-run single giving the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  Sanchez hit an RBI double and Torres hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 6-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Stanton hit a three-run homerun extending the lead to 9-0.  In the eighth inning Mountcastle hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 9-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Wade hit a two-run double pushing the lead to 11-1, Rizzo hit an RBI groundout and Judge hit a solo homerun making it a 13-1 game which would be the final score.  

The two teams have split the first two games of the series and will play the rubber game on Wednesday night.