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. 

New York Yankees leave a village on the bases as they fall to the Chicago White Sox

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.  The game took place at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 5-1.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well although his final line didn’t indicate it.  Aaron Judge led the offense with two hits. 

Cole pitched seven innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Cole took his third loss of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with two strikeouts. 

Dylan Cease started for the White Sox and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up a hit and no runs.  He walked seven and struck out six.  Cease picked up his fifth win of the season.  Brent Honeywell pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Lane Ramsey pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Bryan Shaw pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out four.  Shaw picked up his first save of the season. 

Judge had two hits and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk.  Billy McKinney had an RBI and drew two walks, DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk and Harrison Bader had a hit and drew a walk.  Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk, Judge hit a double and the Yankees were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Kahnle committed an error. 

Andrew Benintendi had an RBI, Luis Robert Jr. had a hit and two RBI and Eloy Jimenez had a hit.  Yoan Moncada drew a walk, Andrew Vaughn had two hits and two RBI and Yasmani Grandal drew a walk.  Gavin Sheets had a hit, Elvis Andrus had a hit and Robert Jr. hit a double.  Vaughn hit a homerun and the White Sox were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

In the bottom of the second Vaughn hit a two-run homerun to give the White Sox a 2-0 lead.  IN the seventh McKinney hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Benintendi hit a sac fly to push the lead to 3-1.  Robert Jr. hit a two-run double and it was 5-1 White Sox which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.