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. 

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. 

New York Yankees doubled up by the Los Angeles Dodgers

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  The game took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California and the final score was 8-4.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched terribly.  The Yankees bullpen kept them in the game and Josh Donaldson led the offense with two homeruns. 

Severino pitched four innings giving up nine hits and seven runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Severino took his first loss of the season.  Tommy Kahnle making his season debut coming off an injury pitched an ining giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Ryan Weber pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Albert Abreu pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Clayton Kershaw started for the Dodgers and he pitched seven innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and nine strikeouts.  Kershaw won his seventh game of the season.  Yency Almonte pitched an inning with a walk and Phil Bickford pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Donaldson had two hits and three RBI.  Jose Trevino had a hit, Jake Bauers drew a walk and Greg Allen drew a walk.  Donaldson hit two homeruns and Stanton hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Trevino committed an error and Trevino had a pickoff. 

Mookie Betts had four hits and three RBI with a walk, Will Smith had two hits and Max Muncy had a hit and two RBI.  J.D. Martinez had two hits and an RBI, Jayson Heyward had two hits and Miguel Vargas had a hit and drew a walk.  James Outman had a hit and an RBI, Miguel Rojas had an RBI and Heyward hit a double.  Betts hit two homeruns and Muncy and Martinez each hit a homerun.  The Dodgers were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Betts had a stolen base and Outman was picked off. 

In the bottom of the first Betts hit a solo homerun, Muncy hit a two-run homerun and the Dodgers had a 3-0 lead.  Outman hit an RBI single, Rojas hit a sac fly and Betts hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 6-0.  In the top of the second Donaldson hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-1.  In the bottom of the third Martinez hit a solo homerun and the lead was 7-1.  In the top of the fourth Stanton hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 7-2.  Betts hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the eighth making it 8-2.  In the top of the ninth Donaldson hit a two-run homer and it was 8-4 which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.