New York Yankees are shutout by the Arizona Diamondbacks

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona and the final score was 7-0.  Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees and had a horrible first inning but then settled down.  The bullpen wasn’t great and the offense did pretty much nothing. 

Cortes took his first loss of the season pitching five innings giving up eight hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Victor Gonzalez pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Jake Cousins pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with one being earned and he walked one and struck out four. 

Zac Gallen started for the Diamondbacks, and he earned his second victory of the season.  He pitched six innings giving up three hits and no runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Scott McGough pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Ryan Thompson pitched a perfect inning and Bryce Jarvis pitched a perfect inning. 

Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Juan Soto had a hit and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Anthony Volpe had a hit, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and drew a walk and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Cabrera committed an error and Soto had an outfield assist.  Gonzalez had a pickoff and Wells had a passed ball. 

Ketel Marte had two hits, Blaze Alexander had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jace Peterson drew a walk.  Christian Walker had two hits and three RBI, Eugenio Suarez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Gabriel Moreno had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jake McCarthy had two hits and Geraldo Perdomo had two hits.  Marte hit a double, Walker hit a homerun and the Diamondbacks were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Alexander had a stolen base, McCarthy was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the first Alexander hit an RBI single, Suarez hit an RBI single and Moreno hit an
RBI single to give the Dbacks a 3-0 lead.  In the bottom of the seventh Walker hit a three-run homerun pushing the lead to 6-0 and in the bottom of the eighth a wild pitch made it 7-0 which would be the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game on Wednesday afternoon. 

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.