New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins with some good offense

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the final score was 10-4.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well, the bullpen was great.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with three hits and three other players had two hits. 

Taillon pitched four innings giving up nine hits and four runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Lucas Luetge picked up his second win of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up a hit, Wandy Peralta pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Ron Marinaccio pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out three. 

Cole Sands started for the Twins and he pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Sands also lost his second game of the season.  Juan Minaya pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with three walks and three strikeouts, Yennier Cano pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two walks and he struck out one and Tyler Duffey pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Trevor Megill pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

LeMahieu had three hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and three RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Josh Donaldson had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had two hits and drew two walks and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit.  Jose Trevino had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Joey Gallo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Judge, Stanton and Rizzo each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Rizzo, Donaldson and Luetge each committed an error. 

Luis Arraez had two hits, Byron Buxton had a hit and Jorge Polanco had four hits and two RBI.  Max Kepler had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Gio Urshela had two hits and Gilberto Celestino had a hit.  Jermaine Palacios  had a hit and an RBI, Buxton and Polanco each hit a double and Polanco hit a homerun.  The Twins were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first Judge hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Stanton hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the first Kepler hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the third Polanco hit an RBI double making it 3-2.  In the fourth Judge hit an RBI single pushing the Yankees lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the fourth Palacios hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 4-3.  In the fifth LeMahieu drew an RBI walk making it a 5-3 game.  In the bottom of the fifth Polanco hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 5-4.  In the seventh Rizzo hit a three-run homerun extending the Yankees lead to 8-4.  In the eighth Trevino hit an RBI single and Gallo hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 10-4 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers in extra innings to sweep the series

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Sunday morning.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen had a little bit of trouble.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with one walk and five strikeouts.  Clarke Schmidt pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Miguel Castro pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Wandy Peralta pitched a perfect inning.  Michael King won his third game of the season pitching a perfect inning, striking out the side. 

Rony Garcia started for the Tigers and he pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Alex Lange pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout, Michael Fulmer pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Gregory Soto pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and he took his third loss of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had an RBI and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and Anthony Rizzo had a hit.  Josh Donaldson had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI and Kiner-Falefa had two hits.  Matt Carpenter drew a walk, Joey Gallo had a hit and two RBI and Donaldson hit a double.  Gallo hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Kiner-Falefa and Rizzo had a stolen base and Gallo had an outfield assist. 

Willi Castro had a hit, Miguel Cabrera had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Javier Baez had two hits and two RBI.  Daz Cameron had two hits and an RBI, Eric Haase drew a walk and Cameron, Baez and Castro each hit a double.  The Tigers were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Schoop and Castro each committed an error and Castro had an outfield assist. 

In the fourth Baez hit an RBI double to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.  Cameron hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 2-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Gallo hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the seventh LeMahieu drew an RBI walk to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Cabrera hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  Baez hit an RBI single to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Torres reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the tenth Donaldson hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 5-4 walk-off win. 

The Yankees swept the three-game series and the six game homestand.  They will have a day off on Monday and head to Minnesota to take on the Twins on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees shutout the Detroit Tigers

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-0.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched brilliantly.  The offense only managed four hits but that would be good enough. 

Severino pitched seven innings giving up one hit and no runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Severino earned his fourth win of the season.  Michael King pitched an inning with a strikeout and Clay Holmes pitched an inning with a strikeout and picked up his eighth save of the season. 

Beau Brieske started for the Tigers and he pitched six innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  He took his fifth loss of the season.  Jason Foley pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Joe Jimenez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks.  Andrew Chafin pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout. 

Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Josh Donaldson had an RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and an RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Gleyber Torres drew a walk and Kyle Higashioka drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit, Stanton hit a double and Judge and Rizzo each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Miguel Cabrera had a hit, Derek Hill drew a walk and the Tigers left one man on base. 

In the bottom of the first Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the sixth Rizzo hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 2-0 and in the bottom of the eighth Donaldson hit a sac fly to make it 3-0 which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday morning.   

New York Yankees blowout the Detroit Tigers

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 13-0.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched great and the offense was led by Aaron Judge who had four hits.  There were four other players who had two hits. 

Cole pitched seven innings giving up two hits and no runs.  He walked none and struck out nine and earned his fifth win of the season.  Manny Banuelos pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Elvin Rodriguez started for the Tigers and he pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up 11 hits and ten runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  He lost his first game of the season.  Jacob Barnes pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout, Will Vest pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts and Harold Castro pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Judge had four hits and two RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and three RBI.  Josh Donaldson drew two walks, Miguel Andujar had a hit and Matt Carpenter had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits, Jose Trevino had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI.  Kiner-Falefa hit two doubles and LeMahieu hit a double.  Trevino hit a triple and Trevino, Judge, Rizzo and Carpenter each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 5-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Jonathan Schoop had a hit, Miguel Cabrera had a hit and Tucker Barnhart had a hit.  The Tigers were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Castro and Clemens each had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the third Trevino hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Judge hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 2-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Trevino hit a two-run triple extending the lead to 4-0.  Hicks hit an RBI single and it was 5-0 Yankees.  In the bottom of the fifth Rizzo hit a three-run homerun pushing the lead to 8-0.  Carpenter hit a two-run homerun and it was 10-0 Yankees.  LeMahieu hit a two-run single making it 12-0 and in the bottom of the eighth Judge hit an RBI single extending the lead to 13-0 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday.