The Yankees rode a quality start from Jameson Taillon and timely hitting by Josh Donaldson and Andrew Benintendi to defeat the Seattle Mariners, 9-4, on Monday night.
Takeaways
- The Yankees offense got started early against Logan Gilbert. DJ LeMahieu led the game off with a single and Aaron Judge followed with a ground-rule double. Josh Donaldson plated both of them with a one-out single.
Donaldson launched a no-doubter over the left field wall in the third inning to put the Yankees up 3-1. Donaldson finished 4-for-5 with two doubles and now has eight RBI in his last six games. It was his first four-hit game as a Yankee.
- Andrew Benintendi got his first Yankees RBI by doubling home Gleyber Torres in the third. He followed that up with a two-run double in the fifth inning. a He finished the night 2-for-4 with the three RBI.
In the seven games since joining the Yankees, Benintendi is 5-for-24.
- Matt Carpenter, who has been crucial to the Yankees' success this season, left the game after fouling a pitch off his left foot in the first inning. Tim Locastro pinch-hit for him in the third and the team announced he suffered a foot fracture.
-Jameson Taillon gutted his way through seven innings. After giving up a solo shot to Mitch Haniger in the first inning, Taillon cruised until the fourth. where the Mariners worked the bases loaded with two outs. Taillon walked JP Crawford after an 11-pitch at-bat to give up another run, but escaped further damage.
Taillon's final line would be: 7 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO.
- And in case you were wondering, Judge went 2-for-4 while smashing his 44th home run of the season to dead center. It was his first home run since August 1.
- Aroldis Chapman pitched a clean eighth inning, but the same could not be said for Clay Holmes. The All-Star closer gave up one run on two hits while striking out one.