New York Yankees complete the sweep of the Cincinnati Reds

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday morning.  The game took place at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio and the final score was 4-1.  Luis Severino returning from injury made his season debut for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The bullpen was great and the offense did just enough with homeruns by Gleyber Torres and Harrison Bader. 

Severino pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Albert Abreu picked up his second win of the season pitching 1 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout, Jimmy Cordero pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Wandy Peralta pitched a perfect inning.  Clay Holmes earned his fifth save of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout. 

Hunter Greene started for the Reds and he pitched seven innings giving up four hits and four runs with three walks and ten strikeouts.  Greene took his fourth loss of the season, Kevin Herget pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Torres had a hit and an RBI, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and Willie Calhoun had a hit and drew a walk.  Bader had a hit and two RBI, Jake Bauers drew a walk and Greg Allen had a hit.  Anthony Volpe had a hit and an RBI, Isiah Kiner-Falefa drew a walk and Volpe hit a double.  Allen hit a triple and Bader and Torres each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Allen had a stolen base and Kiner-Falefa was caught stealing.  Severio had a pickoff. 

Jonathan India drew a walk, Jake Fraley had a hit and Spencer Steer had two hits and an RBI.  Stuart Fairchild had a hit and drew a walk, Kevin Newman had a hit and Luke Maile had a hit.  Steer hit a double and the Reds were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Maile had a stolen base and Fairchild had a pickoff. 

In the bottom of the first Steer hit an RBI double giving the Reds a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the fifth Bader hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the sixth Torres hit a solo homerun pushing the Yankees lead to 3-1.  In the top of the seventh Volpe hit an RBI double making it a 4-1 game and that was the final score.  The Yankees secured the series sweep and will be off on Monday.  They will begin a three-game series at home with the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.