New York Yankees double up the Kansas City Royals

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Rodon started for the Yankees, and he pitched well and Alex Verdugo and Jose Trevino led the offense with a couple of hits each. 

Rodon pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Rodon picked up his ninth win of the season.  Ian Hamilton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts, Michael Tonkin pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Seth Lugo started for the Royals, and he pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Lugo lost his second game of the season.  Dan Altavilla pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Sam Long pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Juan Soto had a hit and drew a walk; Gleyber Torres had a hit and Verdugo had two hits and an RBI.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI; Jahmai Jones had a hit and Trevino had two hits and two RBI.  Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit.   The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Jones was caught stealing. 

Bobby Witt Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Salvador Perez had a hit and Nelson Velazquez had a hit.  Nick Loftin had two hits and drew a walk, Freddy Fermin had a hit and an RBI and Dairon Blanco had a hit.  Witt Jr. hit a double and the Royals were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Blanco had a stolen base. 

In the first Verdugo hit an RBI single and LeMahieu had a sac bunt scoring a run and giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Trevino hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the seventh Fermin hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Witt Jr. hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of four on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees lose a tough fought extra inning game to the Los Angeles Dodgers

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-1 in 11 innings.  Cody Poteet started, and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched well also.  Aaron Judge led the offense with two hits. 

Poteet pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs.  He walked three and struck out one.  Victor Gonzalez pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Michael Tonkin pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Caleb Ferguson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Clay Holmes pitched perfect innings; Ian Hamilton took the loss his first of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up a hit and two runs with one being earned.  He walked two and struck out one.  Dennis Santana pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Yoshinobu Yamamoto started for the Dodgers, and he pitched seven innings giving up two hits and no runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Anthony Banda pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Blake Treinen pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Daniel Hudson pitched an inning with a strikeout.  Michael Grove pitched a perfect inning and earned his fourth win of the season and Yohan Ramirez pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with two strikeouts and picked up his first save of the season. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit, Alex Verdugo had a hit and Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks.  Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Trent Grisham had a hit and Judge hit a double.  The Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Torres committed an error and Poteet had a pickoff. 

Mookie Betts had a hit and drew two walks, Freddie Freeman drew two walks and Teoscar Hernandez had two hits and two RBI.  Andy Pages drew a walk, Enrique Hernandez had a hit and drew a walk.  K. Hernandez hit a double and T. Hernandez also hit a double.  The Dodgers were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

There was no scoring in the game until the 11^th innings.  In the top of the inning T. Hernandez hit a two-run double giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the 11^th Judge hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.