New York Yankees bounce back to even series with the Atlanta Braves

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-3.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees, and he pitched well, the bullpen did a good job and Oswaldo Cabrera lead the team with two hits and two RBI. 

Stroman pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Stroman won his seventh game of the season.  Michael Tonkin pitched to one batter and struck him out, Luke Weaver pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Phil Bickford pitched a perfect inning. 

Charlie Morton started for the Braves, and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with five walks and four strikeouts.  Morton lost his fourth game of the season.  Aaron Bummer pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and Jesse Chavez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk, Juan Soto had a hit and drew three walks and Aaron Judge had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Alex Verdugo drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and Trent Grisham had a hit and an RBI.  Ben Rice had a hit and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI and Austin Wells drew a walk.  Cabrera had two hits and two RBI, Stanton, Torres and Volpe each hit a double and Judge and Grisham each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Soto committed an error. 

Jarred Kelenic had a hit and drew a walk, Marcell Ozuna had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Austin Riley had a hit.  Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and two RBI and Kelenic hit a double.  Ozuna and d’Arnaud each hit a homerun and the Braves were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. 

In the top of the first Ozuna hit a solo homerun giving the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Judge hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the third Judge grounded into a double play and a run scored making it 3-1 Yankees.  In the bottom of the fourth Torres hit an RBI double pushing the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Cabrera hit a two-run single making it 6-1.  Judge drew an RBI walk and the lead was 7-1.  In the top of the seventh d’Arnaud hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 7-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Grisham hit a solo homerun making it 8-3 and that would be the final score.