the series. However, a Brett Gardner go-ahead grand slam in the bottom seventh, which was his 100th career home run, gave the Yanks the definitive lead, 5–3. Tommy Kahnle was credited with his first win of the season and Aroldis Chapman made his third save. Yankees won the series 2–0 (13–3 runs) April 18–21, vs. Kansas City Royals The Yankees won the four-game series against Kansas City to reclaim an over .500 winning percentage, although star outfielder Aaron Judge got injured in the third game. Yankees won the series 3–1 (23–16 runs) April 22–25, at Los Angeles Angels The Yankees started their road trip to the West Coast at Angel Stadium, where they won their third series in a row. Yankees won the series 3–1 (22–24 runs) April 26–28, at San Francisco Giants New York got the sweep against San Francisco in a three-game series at Oracle Park. Yankees won the series 3–0 (24–12 runs) April 30 – May 1, at Arizona Diamondbacks The Diamondbacks swept the Yankees in a two-game series at their home stadium. CC Sabathia became the 17th pitcher to collect 3,000 or more strikeouts in a career in the first game. Yankees lost the series 0–2 (3–6 runs) May May 3–5, vs. Minnesota Twins Back in The Bronx, the Yankees won two out of three games in a series against the Minnesota Twins. Yankees won the series 2–1 (13–10 runs) May 6–9, vs. Seattle Mariners New York got their seventh series win of the season, and second in a row, against the Mariners. Yankees won the series 3–1 (16–18 runs) May 10–12, at Tampa Bay Rays The Yankees went to Tropicana Field with the opportunity to claim division leadership by sweeping the Rays, which were leading the AL East themselves. Although the Yanks did not get the sweep, they moved up to half a game behind Tampa Bay with the series win. Yankees won the series 2–1 (13–11 runs) May 13–15, vs. Baltimore Orioles The games against the Orioles intended for May 13 and May 14 got both postponed, one of them to May 15 and the other to August 12th, due to inclement weather. Therefore, the series itself consisted of a doubleheader on May 15, the first in the season for the Yankees, who claimed the sweep over the O's. Yankees won the series 2–0 (8–4 runs) May 17–19, vs. Tampa Bay Rays With AL