Just like last week the Yankees took 2 out of 3 from the Rays and went down to Baltimore and swept the O's and our in first place by 2.5 games going into Memorial Day weekend.
Gleyber Torres and Gary Sanchez had monster weeks at the plate for the Yankees. Torres hit for .409 this week with 4 HRs and 6 RBIs, Sanchez in his last 4 games has 3 HRs and 9 RBIs and had the big 3 run homer to win the game for the Yanks on Monday night.
Another injury has hit the Yankees rotation today C.C. Sabathia was placed on the 10 day IL with right knee inflammation. On a positive note German and Tanaka have continued to pitch well on Tuesday German went 5 innings and allowed 2 earned runs today Tanaka went 6 innings allowing one run.
Outside of today were the Yanks bullpen gave up 4 runs in the 8th inning it has continued to pitch really well. The combination of Britton, Ottavino and Chapman have not allowed an earned run since May 9th .
The Yanks head out to Kanas City for 3 games with the Royals and then head back to the Bronx for a 3 game series with the Padres.