Yankees take down Diamondbacks to run record to 5-0

Anthony Volpe went 4-for-4 with two runs and one RBI and the New York Yankees have started 5-0 for the first time in 32 years after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Monday night at Phoenix.Volpe’s first career four-hit game accounted for half of New York’s eight hits.Gleyber Torres and Oswaldo Cabrera also had run-scoring hits to help New York achieve its best start since the 1992 squad started 6-0.Ketel Marte hit two sacrifice flies for Arizona, which had just four hits and was hitless in seven at-bats with runners in scoring position.New York’s Luis Gil gave up one run and one hit in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked three.Luke Weaver (2-0) replaced Gil and gave up one run and two hits in 2 1/3 innings. Nick Burdi pitched a hitless eighth and Victor Gonzalez allowed one hit in the ninth while recording his first save.Arizona’s Ryne Nelson (0-1) struggled while throwing 76 pitches in just 2 2/3 innings. He gave up five runs (four earned), five hits, four walks and struck out two.The Yankees left the bases loaded in the first inning before scoring twice in the second and three times in the third against Nelson.

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