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Recap - New York Defeats Cleveland 5-2

Didi Gregorius swatted 2 round trippers and drove in 3 runs as his Yankees defeated Cleveland 5-2 at Progressive Field.

New York won as a +164 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played PUSH the total of 7 were rewarded at the payout window.

D Robertson earned the victory for the Yankees, throwing 2.2 innings of work, striking out 2, walking 1, and allowing 0 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 3 RBIs from Didi Gregorius in the win.

Cleveland's starting pitcher C Kluber worked 3.2 innings, giving up 3 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 6 in the loss. They got 1 hits from Austin Jackson in a losing cause.

The battle of the bats favored New York as they had 8 hits, while Cleveland only had 5.

The game was closed out by A Chapman who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 1 walks and fanned 4 batters to earn the save.