The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at
George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida and the final score was 7-4. Gerrit Cole started for the
Yankees and struggled a little bit. Judge led the offense with three hits and three RBI.
Cole pitched two innings giving up four hits and four runs with three being earned. He walked one and
struck out five. Barrett Loseke pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Jordan Montgomery
pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out five. Montgomery picked up the win, Alex
Mauricio pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning with a
strikeout and Albert Abreu pitched a perfect inning. Zach Greene pitched a perfect inning striking
out one and picking up the save.
Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits and three RBI and Anthony Rizzo
had a hit. Michael Beltre had a hit, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit. David Freitas had
a hit, Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI and Kyle Higashioka had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.
Donaldson, Higashioka and Gonzalez each hit a homerun and Judge hit two homeruns. The Yankees left
4 men on base. Beltre was caught stealing and Gonzalez and Rizzo each committed an error.
In the first Donaldson hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the top of the second former
Yankee farmhand Diego Castillo hit a two-run homerun giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead. In the top of the
third Cole Tucker hit a solo homerun pushing the Pirates lead to 3-1. Roberto Perez hit an RBI single
making it a 4-1 game. In the bottom of the third Higashioka hit a solo homerun and then Judge hit a solo
homer cutting the lead to 4-3. In the bottom of the fourth Gonzalez hit a two-run homer giving the
Yankees a 5-4 lead. In the bottom of the fifth Judge hit his second homerun of the game a two run shot
pushing the Yankees lead to 7-4. 7-4 would be the final score and the Yankees will head to Lakeland to
take on the Detroit Tigers on Monday.
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