New York Yankees defeat the Seattle Mariners

The New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-3.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen pitched well.  DJ LeMahieu, Brett Gardner and Gio Urshela each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia won his second game of the season and he pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Jonathan Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout, Zack Britton pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout and Luis Cessa pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

Felix Hernandez lost his third game of the season pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and seven runs with six being earned.  He walked one and struck out two.  Connor Sadzeck pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Chasen Bradford pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

LeMahieu had two hits and an RBI, Luke Voit had a hit and two RBI and Gardner had two hits and an RBI.  Urshela had two hits and an RBI, Thairo Estrada had a hit and two RBI and Mike Tauchman had a hit and drew a walk.  LeMahieu and Tauchman each hit a double and Gardner hit a triple.  Estrada, Voit and Gardner each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-3 with runners in scoring position and left one man on base. 

Tim Beckham had a hit, Edwin Encarnacion had a hit and drew a walk and Domingo Santana had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Ryon Healy had a hit and drew a walk, Omar Narvaez drew a walk and Dee Gordon had three hits and an RBI.  Santana and Gordon each hit a homerun and the Mariners were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Healy committed an error. 

In the first Voit hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the second Gardner hit a solo homerun, Estrada hit a two-run homerun the first of his career and LeMahieu hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  In the third Urshela hit an RBI single to make it 7-0.  Santana hit a two-run homerun in the fourth to cut the lead to 7-2.  In the fifth Gordon hit a solo homerun to make it a 7-3 game.  7-3 would be the final score. 

The teams will play game two of four on Tuesday night.   

The New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida and the final score was 4-1.  Chad Green started for the Yankees and continued the trend by pitching two scoreless innings.  Greg Bird hit two doubles and Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI.  Thairo Estrada hit a three run homerun. 

Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk, Evan Rutckyj pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Giovanny Gallegos pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out two.  Matt Marsh pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out two, Joe Mantiply pitched a perfect inning and Kyle Haynes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and he earned the save. 

Ji-Man Choi drew a walk, Austin Romine had a hit and Bird had two hits.  Judge had a hit and an RBI, Clint Frazier had a hit and Kellin Deglan had a hit.  Estrada had a hit and three RBI.  Dustin Fowler had a hit and drew a walk and Bird hit two doubles and Frazier also hit a double.  Judge hit a triple and Estrada hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Fowler had a stolen base and Judge had an outfield assist. 

In the first Judge reached on a fielder’s choice and a run scored to make it 1-0.  In the third Jonathan Schoop hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the ninth Estrada hit a three run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead and that would be the final score.