New York Yankees continue their hot start in the desert

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.  The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and the final score was 5-2.  Luis Gil started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen also pitched well.  Anthony Volpe led the offense with four hits. 

Gil pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with three walks and six strikeouts.  Luke Weaver earned his second win of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk, Nick Burdi pitched an inning with a strikeout and Victor Gonzalez picked up his first save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Ryne Nelson started for the Diamondbacks, and he pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out two.  Nelson took the loss which was the first of the season for him.  Kyle Nelson pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Miguel Castro pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and Joe Mantiply pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Luis Frias pitched an inning with a walk. 

Gleyber Torres had two hits and an RBI, Juan Soto drew two walks and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Anthony Rizzo drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk and Alex Verdugo drew a walk.  Volpe had four hits and an RBI, Austin Wells had an RBI and Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and an RBI.  Volpe hit two doubles and Cabrera hit a double, the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Rizzo committed an error. 

Ketel Marte had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Joc Pederson drew two walks and Gabriel Moreno had a hit.  Jake McCarthy had a hit, Jorge Barrosa had a hit and Geraldo Perdomo drew a walk.  Barrosa hit a double, Moreno hit a triple and the Diamondbacks were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gurriel Jr. and R. Nelson each committed an error. 

In the top of the second Cabrera hit an RBI single, Torres hit an RBI double and the Yankees had a 2-0 lead.  In the top of the third Volpe hit an RBI single and Wells hit a sac fly and an extra run scored on a couple of errors making it 5-0 Yankees.  In the bottom of the third Marte hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 5-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Marte hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 5-2 and that would be the final score.