New York Yankees bust out of their slump with victory over the Chicago White Sox

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 7-1.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen was great, mainly Michael King.  The offense broke out of their slump with Harrison Bader leading the way with three hits. 

Schmidt pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Schmidt won his eighth game of the season.  King pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out five and Jonathan Loaisiga made his first appearance since April and he pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Touki Toussaint started for the White Sox and he pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with five walks and nine strikeouts.  Toussaint lost his fifth game of the season.  Declan Cronin pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with five strikeouts and Tanner Banks pitched two innings giving up five hits and three runs with three strikeouts. 

Jake Bauers had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew three walks and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Billy McKinney had two hits and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits and two RBI.  Bader had three hits and an RBI, Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk and Ben Rortvedt drew a walk.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit and two RBI.  Kiner Falefa hit a double and Higashioka and Judge each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Bader had a stolen base and Bauers and Volpe were each caught stealing.   

Andrew Benintendi had a hit, Luis Robert Jr. had a hit and an RBI and Eloy Jimenez had two hits.  Yoan Moncada had a hit and drew a walk, Zach Remillard had a hit and Benintendi hit a double.  Robert Jr. hit a homerun and the White Sox were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Toussaint had a pickoff. 

In the top of the fourth Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run double giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Bader hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 3-0 and Bauers hit a sac fly making it 4-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Robert Jr. hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the eighth Higashioka hit a two-run pinch hit homerun making it 6-1 and Judge hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 7-1 which would be the final score. 

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