Yanks Hit The Road After Detroit Sweep

 

By Andrew Rosario

 

 

It was Aaron Judge bobble head night last Friday when the New York Yankees began a 3-game series against the Detroit Tigers. Gerrit Cole took the mound and right from the start showed his best stuff of the year. Taking the mound to start the 7th, Cole had not allowed a hit or a base runner. Cole got the first two batters in the 7^th and looked like he might throw hits first perfect game or no-hitter for his career. Jonathan Schoop put an end to that attempt when he hit a clean single. Said Cole of the pitch, “I threw some pretty good changeups, but one too many off speeds to Schoop and he was on it.” 

 

Cole finished his night giving up 2 hits, striking out 9 and giving up no base on balls. The offense did the rest in the 13-0 rout. Judge celebrated his night going 4-5 driving in 2 runs including his 20^th home run. Teammate Jose Trevino went 3-4 and drove in 3 and joined Judge and newly acquired Matt Carpenter in the home run column.  Said Carpenter, “I’ve been here not very long and it seems like every night we’re flirting with a no-hitter.”

 

 

 

 

The Yankees only needed 3 runs Saturday as the pitching of Luis Severino picked up where Cole left off the night before. Severino topped Cole in the strike out department, 10 k’s in 7 innings allowing only one runner to reach first via a walk. Tigers manager A.J. Hitch was impressed with Severino’s performance. “He was very dominant. He got us to chase when he needed it. We didn’t a ton of balls hard. He pitched a great game.” Judge homered for the 21^st time which leads the majors. MVP chants rain down every time he come to the plate. If Judge stays healthy, he could eclipse the 61 home runs set by former Yankee Roger Maris. Said Yankees manager Aaron Boone, “with him, anything is possible. That’s is obviously an enormous number to get to. We’ve got as long way to go there, but l won’t put a cap on anything he could do.”

 

Sunday was get away day for the Bronx Bombers and the Yankees were looking to sweep Detroit. It was the toughest game of the weekend and New York needed an extra inning before coming away with the 5-4 win. 

 

The Tigers got on the board first against Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery (6.1 innings, 5 hits, 2-runs, 5 k’s) scoring 2-runs in the 4th. New York tied the game in the 5th went ahead by 1 before Detroit took their last lead of the game taking a 4-3 lead. New York tied the game at 4 in the bottom of the 8th. Neither team scored in the 9^th send the game into the extra fame as both teams began with a runner on second base. 

 

Tigers Derrick Hill attempted to move his mate over to third but could not execute a bunt. Yanks reliever Mike King not only struck him out but struck out the next two batters. With Judge on second, Anthony Rizzo singles, sending Judge to third. Josh Donaldson fly ball to the warning track plated Judge to complete the sweep. The Hill bunt failure was a big factor in the loss. Rizzo charging hard from first base made it difficult for Hill to lay down the bunt. Said Hinch, “with Rizzo over there it was going to be very difficult.”

 

The New York Yankees traveled to Minnesota to begin a 3-game series against the Twins Tuesday night. They come Friday to face the Chicago Cubs for 3 games.