New York Yankees lose a close one to the Angels

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 4-3.  Nestor Cortes Jr. started for the Yankees, and he pitched well and the bullpen pitched well, Luke Weaver had a little hiccup.  The offense was led by Anthony Volpe and Juan Soto who each had two hits. 

Cortes Jr. pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with no walks and four strikeouts.  Tommy Khanle pitched to two batters and retired them both, Weaver pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season.  Clay Holmes blew his third save of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up two hits. 

Griffin Canning started for the Angels, and he pitched five innings giving up nine this and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Hunter Strickland pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Luis Garcia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Matt Moore pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and earned his first win of the season.  Carlos Estevez pitched a perfect inning and earned his eighth save of the season. 

Volpe had two hits, Soto had two hits and two RBI and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Alex Verdugo had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit and an RBI, DJ LeMahieu drew a walk.  Wells hit a double and Soto hit a homerun, the Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Cortes had a pickoff. 

Luis Rengifo had three hits, Taylor Ward had a hit and two RBI and Kevin Pillar had three hits and two RBI.  Zach Neto had a hit, Willie Calhoun had a hit and Ward hit a double and Pillar hit a homerun.  The Angels were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Neto was picked off and Adell had an outfield assist. 

In the first Soto hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Pillar hit a two-run homerun giving the Angels a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Soto hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In the fifth Wells hit an RBI double giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Ward hit a two-run double giving the Angels a 4-3 lead and they would keep that lead and win the game.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night. 

New York Yankees win second straight in San Diego

 

The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 4-1.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched well and the offense was led by Anthony Volpe, Aaron Judge and Alex Verdugo each had two hits. 

Stroman won his fourth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up three hits and no runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Luke Weaver pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout and Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and he earned his 15^th save of the season. 

Dylan Cease started for the Padres and he pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with no walks and nine strikeouts.  Cease lost his fourth game of the season.  Yuki Matsui pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with two strikeouts and Enyel De Los Santos pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts. 

Volpe had two hits, Judge had two hits and two RBI and Verdugo had two hits.  Anthony Rizzo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI and Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit.  Judge hit a double and a homerun and the Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Luis Arraez had a hit, Fernando Tatis Jr. had a hit and an RBI and Jurikson Profar drew a walk.  Jake Cronenworth had a hit, Manny Machado had a hit and Luis Campusano drew two walks.  Cronenworth hit a triple and Tatis Jr. hit a homerun and the Padres were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Judge hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Rizzo hit an RBI single extending the lead to 3-0 and Torres hit a sac fly making it 4-0.  In the bottom of the eight Tatis Jr. hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1 and that was the final score.  The Yankees will look for the three game sweep on Sunday afternoon.   

Yankees slug their way to a shutout victory over the San Diego Padres

 

The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres on Friday night.  The game took place at Petco Park in San Diego, California and the final score was 8-0.  Carlos Rodon started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen also pitched well and the offense was led by Juan Soto who had two hits and two RBI. 

Rodon pitched six innings giving up three hits and no runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Rodon picked up his sixth win of the season.  Dennis Santana pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout and Yoendrys Gomez pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Yu Darvish started for the Padres, and he didn’t pitch well going 5 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and seven runs.  He walked one and struck out five and took his second loss of the season.  Stephen Kolek pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout and Jhonny Brito pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk, Soto had two hits and two RBI and Aaron Judge had a hit and two RBI.  Alex Verdugo had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and two RBI and Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI.  Austin Wells had two hits, Jon Berti had a hit and Soto hit a double, Volpe hit a triple and Soto, Judge and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Berti had a stolen base. 

Fernando Tatis Jr. drew a walk, Manny Machado had a hit and drew a walk and Jake Cronenworth had a hit and drew a walk.  Jackson Merrill had a hit, and the Padres were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the first Judge hit a sac fly to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Soto hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 3-0.  Judge hit a solo homerun and Stanton hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 6-0.  In the fourth Torres hit a solo homerun making it a 7-0 game and in the ninth a wild pitch made it 8-0, which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.