Tuesday, April 4, 2023

New York Yankees slug the way to victory over the Philadelphia Phillies

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-1.  Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The bullpen pitched very well and Gleyber Torres led the offense with a couple of hits and three walks. 

Cortes pitched five innings giving up seven hits and a run with no walks and three strikeouts.  Cortes won his first game of the season.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out two, Jonathan Loaisiga pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings and Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Taijuan Walker started for the Phillies and he pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Walker took his first loss of the season.  Yunior Marte pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with three walks and a strikeout, Andrew Vasquez pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two walks and Seranthony Dominguez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

DJ LeMahieu had two hits, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton had an RBI and drew a walk, Torres had two hits, two RBI and drew three walks.  Franchy Cordero had a hit and two RBI, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Jose Trevino had two hits and an RBI.  Anthony Volpe drew two walks.  Cordero hit a double, LeMahieu hit a triple and Torres and Rizzo each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Torres had a stolen base and Cordero had an outfield assist. 

Trea Turner had two hits, JT Realmuto had a hit and Alec Bohm had three hits.  Darick Hall had a hit, Edmundo Sosa had a hit and an RBI and Bryson Stott had a hit.  Brandon Marsh had two hits, Bohm and Marsh each hit a double and the Phillies were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the bottom of the first Stanton hit an RBI groundout and Torres hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Torres hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 3-0.  In the top of the fourth Sosa hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the fifth Rizzo hit a two-run homerun extending the Yankees lead to 5-1.  Cordero hit a two-run double making it a 7-1 game.  Trevino hit an RBI single and it was 8-1 which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play on Tuesday night in game two of the three-game series. 

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