New York Yankees double up the Los Angeles Dodgers behind some Bauers Power

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 6-3.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen was good.  Jake Bauers led the offense with two hits and four RBI. 

Cole pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and five strikeouts.  Cole won his seventh game of the season.  Wandy Peralta pitched giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and didn’t record an out, Michael King pitched two innings giving up one hit and he struck out three and Clay Holmes picked up his sixth save of the season pitching an inning with a walk. 

Michael Grove started for the Dodgers and pitched five innings giving up four hits and four runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  Grove lost his second game of the season.  Shelby Miller pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, Alex Vesia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Taylor Scott pitched 1 2/3 innings with a walk and two strikeouts.  Victor Gonzalez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and DJ LeMahieu had a hit.  Bauers had two hits and four RBI, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and an RBI and LeMahieu hit a triple.  Bauers hit two homeruns and Judge and Cabrera each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-1 with runners in scoring position and left one man on base.  Trevino had a passed ball. 

Mookie Betts drew a walk, Freddie Freeman had a hit and Will Smith had a hit.  Max Muncy drew two walks, Chris Taylor had a hit and David Peralta had a hit and an RBI.  Miguel Vargas had a hit and an RBI, Trayce Thompson drew a walk and Miguel Rojas had two hits and an RBI.  Vargas hit a triple and the Dodgers were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Rojas was caught stealing. 

In the second Bauers hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Peralta hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Bauers hit a two-run homerun pushing the lead to 4-1.  In the top of the sixth Judge hit a solo homerun and it was 5-1 Yankees.  In the bottom of the seventh Vargas hit an RBI triple to cut the lead to 5-2.  Rojas hit an RBI single making it 5-3.  In the top of the ninth Cabrera hit a solo homerun making it 6-3 and that was the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Sunday night.