After beginning their west coast road trip by being swept by the Athletics, the New York Yankees won a series with the Los Angeles Dodgers and swept the Seattle Mariners to head home on a high note.
Starting pitching was problematic against the Athletics, but was great against the Dodgers and the Mariners.
JA Happ and James Paxton had solid starts at each end of the Mariners series, with Masahiro Tanaka pitching a gem in the middle game. He went seven innings and gave up just three hits.
Aaron Judge got hot out west, hitting home runs in six of the nine games away from New York. One of the home runs was the 100th of his career, and teammate Gary Sanchez also hit his 100th career home run. The two hit their 100th home runs in the quickest amount of games in AL history.
Gleyber Torres also played really well on the trip, collecting twelve hits and hitting three dingers.
Baby Bomber Mike Ford played great over the nine games, hitting five home runs. Though he has gotten hot, Luke Voit is just about ready to return to the team and it will place Ford into a back-up role for the remainder of the season.
But in discouraging news, Gio Urshela left the final game of the series against the Mariners with groin tightness. He says that he is okay and wants to play Friday, but we don’t know all the details yet.
All in all, it was a successful road trip for the Yankees. They finished 5-4 and beat the best team in the MLB. Now, they can head home and get revenge against the Oakland Athletics.