BRONX BOMBERS BEAT BREWERS

- April Claudio, Contributor

The Bronx Bombers continue to roll as they took on The Milwaukee Brwers over the weekend. The Brewers took game one of the series with a score of 7-6. Luis Gil started the game vs Colin Rea. Gil gave up 5 earned runs in 5 innings, and Rea also gave up 5 earned runs but in 6 innings. Juan Soto started off strong with a solo HR in the first inning. Alex Verdugo followed that up with his own solo HR in the second inning. The Brewers responded in the second inning with a two run HR by Joey Ortiz, which tied the game. Blake Perkins hit a two run HR in the bottom of the 3rd putting the Brewers ahead 4-2. The Yankees took the lead in the 4th inning with a three run HR by Trent Grisham but the Brewers tied the game for the second time in the bottom of the 6th inning with a sacrifice fly by Joey Ortiz.

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The Yankees and Brewers bullpens kept the game tied going into the 10th inning. Jose Trevino scored on a Giancarlo Stanton double putting the Yankees ahead but the Brewers responded quickly with William Contreras scoring on a Willy Adames single. The Yankees couldn’t get anything going in the 11th inning and the Brewers pulled out the win with a run scoring single by Joey Ortiz. 

Carlos Rodon and the Yankees starting lineup had a strong outing in Game two. The Yankees won 15-3. Rodon faced off against Joe Ross on the mound. Rodon pitched 6 innings, striking out 8, and only giving up two hits and one run. Rodon’s only run was a HR by Rhys Hoskins in the first inning. Alex Verdugo hit a three run HR in the first inning. The Yankees had the bases loaded in the third inning with Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton walking and an infield single by Anthony Rizzo. Gleyber Torres doubled to center and drove in all three putting the Yankees ahead 6-1. The Yankees scored an additional run in the 7th inning on a single by Oswaldo Cabrera. In the 6th inning Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo, both had two run homeruns putting the Yankees ahead 11-1. The Yankees finished the game scoring an additional four runs in the top of the 9th by a sacrifice fly by Alex Verdugo and a three run HR by Giancarlo Stanton. The Yankees, confident in their lead, brought in Jose Trevino to pitch the 9th inning.  He gave up two hits and two earned runs. 

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The Yankees stayed hot in Game three with a matchup of Marcus Stroman vs. Tobias Myers on the mound. The Yankees bats were strong with Aaron Judge starting the game off with a 441 ft. solo HR in the 1st inning. They scored 3 more runs in the 5th inning on a three run HR by Anthony Volpe. The Brewers tied the game (4-4) in the bottom of the 5th with a run scoring on a Willy Adames double and a three run HR by Jake Bauers. The Yankees scored seven runs in the 6th inning with two outs, off of singles by Gleyber Torres, Jose Trevino, Juan Soto and Aaron Judge and a wild pitch. This put the Yankees ahead 11-4. The Brewers were only able to get one more run in the bottom of the 6th inning. The Yankees finished strong scoring two more runs in the 7th inning off a single and a sacrifice fly and two more runs in the 8th inning on a two run HR by Anthony Rizzo. 

This weekend’s milestones: Anthony Rizzo hit his 300th career homerun and the Yankees had back-to-back 15 run games for the first time since 2007. 

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The Yankees now have a one game lead in the AL East over the Baltimore Orioles who they will have a four game series against starting April 29th.