New York Yankees double up the Cleveland Guardians to even series

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he had to grind it out.  The bullpen pitched well and Anthony Volpe and Anthony Rizzo led the offense with two hits each. 

Cole pitched six innings giving up five hits and two runs with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Ron Marinaccio pitched 2/3 of an inning and walked one, Wandy Peralta won his second game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up one hit and Michael King saved his second game of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up a walk and he struck out three. 

Tanner Bibee started for the Guardians and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  James Karinchak pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a  walk and a strikeout and he lost his fourth game of the season and Eli Morgan pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run. 

Volpe had two hits and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Rizzo had two hits and an RBI.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Harrison Bader had a hit and Willie Calhoun had a hit and an RBI.  Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit, Jose Trevino drew a walk and Torres hit a double and Volpe and Calhoun each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Volpe had two stolen bases and Rizzo was caught stealing.  Cole committed an error. 

Steven Kwan drew a walk, Amed Rosario had a hit and drew a walk and Jose Ramirez had two hits and drew a walk.  Josh Naylor had a hit and an RBI, Josh Bell had a hit and drew two walks and Andres Gimenez had an RBI.  Will Brennan had a hit, Naylor hit a double and the Guardians were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Kwan had a stolen base and Bibee committed an error. 

In the third Naylor hit an RBI double and Gimenez hit an RBI groundout giving the Guardians a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the sixth Volpe hit a solo homerun and Rizzo hit an RBI single tying the game at two.  In the bottom of the seventh Calhoun hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead and in the bottom of the eighth LeMahieu hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game on Wednesday night.