New York Yankees lose a nail biter in game one of doubleheader to the Chicago White Sox

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and wasn’t good.  Willie Calhoun, Jake Bauers and Kyle Higashioka each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Severino pitched five innings giving up six hits and four run with two walks and six strikeouts.  Jimmy Cordero pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, Wandy Peralta pitched to one batter and got him out and Michael King lost his second game of the season pitching two innings and giving up two hit and two runs with two strikeouts.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a strikeout. 

Lance Lynn started for the White Sox and he pitched five innings giving up eight hits and five runs with three walks and four strikeouts.  Gregory Santos pitched an inning and got his second win of the season, Joe Kelly pitched a perfect inning and Reynaldo Lopez pitched an inning and he struck out two.  Kendall Graveman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one. 

Calhoun had two hits and three RBI, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit and Gleyber Torres drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk, Bauers had two hits and DJ LeMahieu drew a walk.  Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and an RBI, Billy McKinney had a hit and Higashioka had two hits and an RBI.  Josh Donaldson drew a walk, Higashioka hit a double and Bauers hit two doubles.  McKinney hit a triple and Calhoun hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Cabrera committed an error. 

Tim Anderson had a hit, Luis Robert Jr. had three hits and an RBI and Eloy Jimenez had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Yoan Moncada had a hit and an RBI, Andrew Vaughn drew a walk and Jake Burger had two hits and two RBI.  Romy Gonzalez drew a walk, Burger and Robert Jr. each hit a double and Burger, Robert Jr. Moncada and Jimenez each hit a homerun.  The White Sox were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Robert Jr. had a stolen base and Gonzalez had two stolen bases. 

In the second Burger hit a two-run homerun giving the White Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second HIgashioka hit an RBI double and Calhoun hit an RBI single tying the game at two.  In the third Robert Jr. hit a solo homerun and Moncada hit a solo homerun giving the White Sox a 4-2 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Calhoun hit a two-run homerun tying the game at four.  In the bottom of the fifth Cabrera hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead.  In the seventh Jimenez hit a two-run homerun giving the White Sox a 6-5 lead and that would be the final score.