New York Yankees vs Cincinnati Reds Match Player Stats On May 08, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 8, 2017

CINCINNATI -- Brett Gardner and Matt Holliday homered, and Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven solid innings, lifting the New York Yankees to their sixth straight victory, 10-4 over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night at Great American Ball Park.

The game was the opener of a two-game interleague series.

The Yankees (21-9) arrived in Cincinnati at around 5 a.m. EST on Monday after an 18-inning victory over the Cubs on Sunday night at Wrigley Field.

It wasn't the perfect performance for the bleary-eyed Bronx Bombers, who committed two errors. However, Tanaka (5-1) gave New York what it needed with the bullpen limited coming off Sunday's marathon. He allowed four runs (three earned) and 10 hits, including a two-run home run by Joey Votto in the seventh. It was Votto's 10th home run this season. Tanaka walked one and struck out six over 112 pitches.

Gary Sanchez went 3-for-3 with two RBIs for New York.

Reds starter Rookie Davis, one of the Yankees' top pitching prospects before being traded to Cincinnati in exchange for Aroldis Chapman in December 2015, allowed five runs, four earned, and seven hits over 4 1/3 innings. Davis (1-2) struck out the side in the fourth, but the damage was done.

It was a rough night for Reds pitchers, in particular Drew Storen, who hit three batters in the seventh, including one with the bases loaded to force in a run. Storen was the first Reds pitcher to hit three batters in an inning since Raul Sanchez on May 15, 1960, versus the Philadelphia Phillies.

It was bombs-away for the Yankees in the eighth when Gardner and Holliday each hit their sixth home runs of the season off Barrett Astin.

Monday's loss snapped a five-game winning streak for Cincinnati (17-15), which was coming off a three-game sweep of the Giants by a combined score of 31-5.

Davis' first career start against his former organization got off to a rough beginning and never got much better.

His fielding error, a walk and a single loaded the bases for Sanchez, who delivered a two-run single. Didi Gregorius followed with a hit to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead in the first.

The Reds hadn't allowed a first-inning run in a span of seven days.

Cincinnati got a run back on Joey Votto's RBI single, which drove home Hamilton, who reached base and scored in the first inning for the fourth straight game.

Ronald Torreyes, playing second base in place of resting Starlin Castro, singled and later scored on Aaron Hicks' second straight single to push the Yankees' lead back to 4-1.

Tanaka worked out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the fourth to help New York maintain its lead.

NOTES: Monday was a scheduled day off for Yankees RF Aaron Judge, who entered the day tied with the Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman for the major league home run lead with 13. Aaron Hicks played right field. ... New York recalled RHP Chad Green from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to Monday's game and optioned INF Rob Refsnyder to the minors. ... Cincinnati is 7-9 all-time against the Yankees in five interleague series. ... Reds INF Arismendy Alcantara has hits in seven straight plate appearances after singling as a pinch hitter.