The Yankees’ offense erupted for 13 runs and a season-high 21 hits, thanks to a 10-run fifth inning, in their 13-1 rout of the Rockies in Colorado on Saturday afternoon.
Saturday’s game was the second time this season the Yankees have had a 10-plus run inning (May 6). It’s the first time that’s happened multiple times in one season since 2009.
Here are the takeaways…
-After homering in his first game at Coors Field, Aaron Judge gave the Denver crowd an encore with a solo shot in the first inning on Saturday. Judge went the other way 405 feet off of Kyle Freeland for his 18th homer of the season.
Aside from the Judge blast, the Yankees’ offense just couldn’t get much going. Leaving runners on base and grounding into double plays. But that changed in the fifth. Austin Wells hit a leadoff single, which was followed by Oswald Peraza‘s double that scored the Yankees catcher. Trent Grisham then hit a chopper at the plate and Freeland made a poor throw that got by the first baseman, which allowed Peraza to score. Cody Bellinger drove in the third run of the inning with a sacrifice fly after Judge was intentionally walked to load the bases. Anthony Volpe singled up the middle that hit second base and bounced off the second baseman’s glove. Jasson Dominguez hit a sacrifice fly that scored Judge, Wells doubled to score two, Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI single and Grisham capped off the 10-run inning with a two-run double.
After 10 runs on seven hits, three walks, and one error, the inning mercifully ended on a Judge strikeout swinging. The Yanks sent up 14 batters in the fifth.
-After scoring just two runs on five hits in Friday’s loss, the Yankees’ offense came to play. Every starter had at least one hit, with Goldschmidt, Bellinger, Volpe and DJ LeMahieu picking up three knocks on the day. Even J.C. Escarra and Pablo Reyes picked up hits in mop-up duty.
Bellinger got the series opener off after his 15-game hitting streak was snapped on Thursday. Back in the lineup, the veteran outfielder hit a double in his first at-bat and finished going 2-for-4. Judge went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout and his batting average has dipped to .395 on the year.
-The run support was more than enough for Max Fried. The southpaw got through the Rockies’ lineup with relative ease, scattering six hits and a walk while allowing just one run. Fried was very economical, throwing just 77 pitches entering the eighth inning. After a strikeout on six pitches to start the inning, manager Aaron Boone pulled his ace.
Fried allowed just one run on six hits, one walk across 7.1 innings (83 pitches/57 strikes) while striking out seven batters. An impressive line considering he was pitching at Coors Field and the number of long innings he had to sit on the bench for. He’s lowered his MLB-low ERA to 1.29.
He also picked off two runners at first base, increasing his AL lead to six pickoffs this season.
–Ian Hamilton, who allowed eight runs over his last six appearances, was brought in to finish off the game. The right-hander allowed two hits and struck out three batters over the 1.2 innings pitched.
Game MVP: Max Fried
The entire Yankees offense could have been the MVP, but Fried not only mowed down the Rockies and got the team their first win in the series, he gave the bullpen a breather.
Highlights
Aaron Judge gets the Yankees on the board with his 18th homer of the year!
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A Peraza RBI double brings in Wells and the Yankees retake the lead! pic.twitter.com/HYuxO3x0Qj
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Yankees are piling it on in the 5th inning 🔥
Seven runs including this 2-RBI double from Austin Wells!
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Every Yankees starter now has a hit today against the Rockies 👏 pic.twitter.com/p4NHM1W7Je
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What’s next
The Yankees finish off their three-game set at Coors Field on Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 3:10 p.m.
RHP Will Warren (3-2, 4.05 ERA) gets the start for New York and will be opposed by the Rockies’ RHP Antonio Senzatela (1-8, 6.34 ERA).
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