Monday, April 25, 2022

Gerrit Cole pitches well and the offense erupts in Yankees victory

 The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-2.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees

and pitched well.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with three hits and three RBI.  Two other players had two 

hits each.  


Cole pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and no runs with one walk and nine strikeouts.  He won his

first game of the season.  Wandy Peralta pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and Ron Marinaccio

pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  


Aaron Civale pitched three innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a walk and three strikeouts.

Civale took his second loss of the season.  Sam Hentges pitched two innings giving up two hits and he

struck out three and Kirk McCarty pitched three innings giving up four hits and four runs with two 

walks and three strikeouts.  


LeMahieu had three hits and three RBI, Marwin Gonzalez had a hit and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew

a walk.  Tim Locastro had a hit and two RBI, Anthony Rizzo had two hits and two RBI and Gleyber 

Torres had two hits and drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI, Joey Gallo had a hit and an

RBI and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit and an RBI.  Jose Trevino drew a walk, Judge, LeMahieu, Rizzo, 

Gallo and Torres each hit a double and Rizzo, LeMahieu and Locastro each hit a homer.  The Yankees 

were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Hicks had a stolen base.  


Jose Ramirez had a hit and drew a walk, Amed Rosario drew a walk and Owen Miller had a hit.  

Bobby Bradley had a hit, Andres Gimenez had two hits and two RBI and Austin Hedges had a hit and

drew a walk.  Gimenez hit a triple and the Guardians were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and 

left six men on base.  Hedges committed an error and Straw had an outfield assist.  


In the bottom of the first Rizzo hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of 

the second LeMahieu hit an RBI double pushing the Yankees lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the third 

Hicks flew into a force out and a run scored making it 4-0.  Gallo hit an RBI double and Kiner-Falefa 

hit a sac fly increasing the lead to 6-0.  In the bottom of the sixth LeMahieu hit a two-run homerun 

making it 8-0.  Locastro hit a two-run homerun in the eighth pushing the lead to 10-0.  In the ninth 

Gimenez hit a two-run triple cutting the lead to 10-2 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees 

swept the three-game series and will be off on Monday before beginning a three-game set with the 

Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.  

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