The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night. The game took place at
Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-1. Jameson Taillon started and
pitched well but Michael King dominated out of the pen. Aaron Judge led the offense with two
homeruns.
Taillon pitched five innings giving up seven hits and a run. He walked none and struck out five and
earned his first win of the season. King pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out eight.
Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two earning his fourth save of the
season.
Eli Morgan started for the Guardians and he pitched three innings giving up a hit and two runs with
two walks and five strikeouts. Morgan lost his first game of the season. Logan Allen pitched an inning
giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts, Tanner Tully pitched two innings giving up
two hits and a run with a walk and Konnor Pilkington pitched two innings giving up two hits and he
struck out two.
DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Judge had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Anthony
Rizzo had a hit. Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Josh Donaldson drew two walks and Gleyber Torres had a
hit. Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit and an RBI, Judge hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 1-5 with
runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Judge had an outfield assist.
Steven Kwan had two hits, Franmil Reyes had a hit and an RBI and Josh Naylor had two hits.
Amed Rosario had two hits, Bryan Lavastida had a hit and Andres Gimenez had a hit. Kwan and
Naylor each hit a double and Reyes hit a homerun. The Guardians were 0-8 with runners in scoring
position and left seven men on base.
In the bottom of the third Judge hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. In the fourth
Reyes hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 2-1. In the bottom of the fourth Kiner-Falefa hit an
RBI single extending the Yankees lead to 3-1. In the bottom of the fifth Judge hit a solo homerun
making it a 4-1 game and that would be the final score. The two teams will play game two of three on
Saturday afternoon.
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