New York Yankees outslug the Milwaukee Brewers as Judge nears 60

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 12-8.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good.  Aaron Judge led the offense with four hits and four RBI. 

Cole pitched five innings giving up four hits and four runs with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Cole won his 12^th game of the season.  Clarke Schmidt pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with four strikeouts, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Wandy Peralta didn’t record an out and gave up three hits and two runs.  Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Jason Alexander pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Hoby Milner pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and he took his third loss of the season.  Justin Topa pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two unearned runs and he walked one, Brent Suter pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Luis Perdomo pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Trevor Kelley pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts. 

Judge had four hits, four RBI and drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo had three hits and an RBI and Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk.  Josh Donaldson had a hit and drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had an RBI and Oswaldo Cabrera had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and three RBI and Aaron Hicks had two hits and an RBI.  Cabrera and Judge each hit a double and Cabrera, Rizzo and Hicks each hit a homerun.  Judge hit two homeruns, the Yankees were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Torres was caught stealing. 

Christian Yelich had a hit and drew a walk, Willy Adames had two hits and drew a walk and Rowdy Tellez had a hit and two RBI.  Jace Peterson had a hit and two RBI, Hunter Renfroe drew a walk and Kolten Wong had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Luis Urias had a hit, Tyrone Taylor had three hits and an RBI.  Wong, Taylor, Adames and Peterson each hit a double.  Wong, Taylor and Tellez each hit a homerun.  The Brewers were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Adames had a stolen base and Wong committed an error. 

In the bottom of the first Wong hit a three-run homerun giving the Brewers a 3-0 lead.  In the second Cabrera hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the second Taylor hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 4-1.  In the third Judge hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2.  Rizzo hit a solo homerun going back-to-back and making it a 4-3 game.  In the fifth Stanton reached on a fielder’s choice and the game was tied at four.  Cabrera hit an RBI single, Higashioka hit a two-run single and it was 7-4 Yankees.  In the seventh Higashioka hit an RBI groundout to push the lead to 8-4.  Hicks hit a solo homerun and it was 9-4 Yankees.  Judge hit a solo homerun, his second of the game and 59^th of the season to make it 10-4.  In the bottom of the eighth Tellez hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 10-6.  In the ninth Judge hit a two-run double making it 12-6 and in the bottom of the ninth Peterson hit a two-run double making it 12-8 which would be the final score. 

The Yankees will be off on Monday and then begin a two-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.