New York Yankees pummel the Pittsburgh Pirates

 The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.  The game took place at 

PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the final score was 16-0.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees

And he pitched great and the bullpen was good.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa led the offense with four hits and 

DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge each had three hits.  

Severino pitched six innings giving up four hits and no runs with three strikeouts.  Severino won his fifth 

Game of the season.  Wandy Peralta pitched an inning and he struck out one, Aroldis Chapman pitched

An inning with a strikeout and Albert Abreu pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two.  

Mitch Keller started for the Pirates and he pitched six innings giving up ten hits and four runs with a walk

And seven strikeouts.  Keller lost his sixth game of the season.  Tyler Beede pitched an inning giving up 

A hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts, Manny Banuelos pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up 

Three hits and five runs with two walks and a strikeout and Chris Stratton pitched 2/3 of an inning with

Two walks.  Josh VanMeter pitched an inning giving up eight hits and six runs with a walk, he is a 

Position player.  

LeMahieu had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Judge had three hits, four RBI and drew a walk and 

Marwin Gonzalez had a hit.  Matt Carpenter had a hit, Aaron Hicks had two hits and four RBI and

Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Gleyber Torres had two hits and drew two walks,

Josh Donaldson had two hits and two RBI and Joey Gallo had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  

Kiner-Falefa had four hits and Kyle Higashioka had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Carpenter, 

Torres, Judge and Hicks each hit a double and Donaldson, Gallo, Higashioka, Judge, Hicks and Stanton

Each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 7-18 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  

Kiner-Falefa, LeMahieu and Judge each had a stolen base.  

Ke’Bryan Hayes had a hit, Bryan Reynolds had two hits and Bligh Madrid drew a walk.  

Oneil Cruz had a hit, Reynolds hit a double and the Pirates were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and

Left five men on base.  Tsutsugo committed an error and Gamel had an outfield assist.  

In the fifth LeMahieu hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Donaldson hit a solo

Homerun pushing the lead to 3-0 and Gallo hit a solo homerun making it 4-0.  In the seventh Higashioka

Hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 5-0.  In the eighth Judge hit a grand-slam pushing the lead to 

9-0 and a Donaldson sac fly made it 10-0.  In the ninth Hicks hit a grand-slam making it 14-0 and Stanton

Hit a solo homerun and Higashioka had an RBI single to finish the scoring at 16-0.  

The two teams split the brief two game series and the Yankees will head to Boston to begin a four-game

Series with the Red Sox on Thursday night.  

New York Yankees lose in Pittsburgh

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.  The game took place 

At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the final score was 5-2.  Jameson Taillon started for the 

Yankees and he didn’t pitch very well.  The bullpen did pitch well and the offense was led by Isiah Kiner-

Falefa who had three hits.  Gleyber Torres and Matt Carpenter each had two hits.  

Jameson Taillon pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  

Taillon lost just his second game of the season, Lucas Luetge pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits

And he struck out one and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning.  

Jose Quintana started for the Pirates and won his second game of the season.  He pitched five innings

Giving up six hits and a run with seven strikeouts.  Wil Crowe pitched two innings giving up two hits

And he walked one and Duane Underwood Jr. pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk

And a strikeout.  David Bednar pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and saved his 

13th game of the season.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI and Torres had two hits and 

Drew a walk.  Carpenter had two hits and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Kiner-Falefa had three

Hits.  Hicks, Torres and Kiner-Falefa each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring

Position and left nine men on base.  Stanton committed an error.  

Bryan Reynolds had two hits, Jack Suwinski had two hits and two RBI and Daniel Vogelbach had a hit

And an RBI.  Yoshi Tsutsugo had two hits, Oneil Cruz had an RBI and Ben Gamel had two hits and 

An RBI.  Reynolds and Gamel each hit a double and Vogelbach and Suwinski each hit a homerun.  

The Pirates were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  

In the second Vogelbach hit a solo homerun giving the Pirates a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Suwinski hit a 

Two-run homerun pushing the lead to 3-0.  Gamel hit an RBI double extending the lead to 4-0.  In the 

Fifth Judge hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1 and in the bottom of the sixth Cruz hit a sac fly

Pushing the lead to 5-1.  In the top of the eighth Carpenter hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 5-2 and

That would be the final score of the game.  

The two teams will play the second and final game of the series on Wednesday night.