What Happened in Baseball Yesterday?

Get yesterday’s baseball scores, news, and more from around the league.

Games

The Baltimore Orioles played the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game was a pitcher’s duel, with both teams scoring a run in the first inning. The Rays took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning and held on to win 2-1. The Orioles are now 1-5 on the season.

Yankees vs. Red Sox

In yesterday’s game, the Yankees played the Red Sox. The Yankees won by a score of 9 to 3. The Yankees’ starting pitcher, J.A. Happ, pitched seven innings and gave up three earned runs. The Yankees’ closer, Aroldis Chapman, pitched a scoreless ninth inning to seal the victory.

Cubs vs. Brewers

In yesterday’s game, the Cubs faced off against the Brewers. The Cubs were leading by two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Brewers were able to rally and score three runs to win the game.

Scores

The San Francisco Giants won their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday with a score of 4-3. The Seattle Mariners also won, with a score of 5-2 against the Texas Rangers.

Yankees 3, Red Sox 2

In a hotly contested game that featured plenty of offense, the Yankees came out on top against their rivals, the Red Sox. The Yankees started the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, when catcher Gary Sanchez hit a solo home run to left field. The Red Sox answered back in the top of the second inning, when left fielder Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run home run to right field.

The score remained 2-1 until the bottom of the fifth inning, when Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar hit a solo home run to left field to tie the game. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with the score still tied 2-2, Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius hit a walk-off home run to left field to give the Yankees a 3-2 victory.

Cubs 5, Brewers 4

The Chicago Cubs won a seesaw battle against the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday, 5-4. The two teams were tied at four in the bottom of the ninth inning when Cubs second baseman Javier Baez hit a game-winning home run.

It was a back-and-forth affair, with the lead changing hands several times. The Brewers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but the Cubs battled back with a run in the bottom of the frame and another in the second. Milwaukee regained the lead with a run in the top of the third, but Chicago tied it again in the bottom of the inning.

The game remained deadlocked until Baez’s dramatics in the bottom of the ninth. It was a much-needed win for the Cubs, who are now just two games behind Milwaukee in the National League Central Division race.

Highlights

The Boston Red Sox won their game against the Baltimore Orioles with a score of 5-4. The game was close, but the Red Sox were able to pull ahead in the end. This win gives the Red Sox a record of 4-1 so far this season. In other news, the New York Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays with a score of 3-1. The Yankees are now 3-2 for the season.

Gleyber Torres hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth to give the Yankees a 3-2 win over the Red Sox.

In a back-and-forth game, the Yankees and the Red Sox traded leads multiple times. The Yankees finally pulled ahead in the bottom of the ninth inning, when Gleyber Torres hit a walk-off home run to give his team a 3-2 victory.

Javier Baez hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning to lead the Cubs to a 5-4 win over the Brewers.

The Cubs had taken a one-run lead in the top of the inning on a two-out RBI double by Kris Bryant, but Milwaukee quickly tied it in the bottom half on a solo homer by Yasmani Grandal. That set the stage for Baez, who got ahead in the count against Brewers reliever Matt Albers before hitting a long fly ball to right-center field.