Yankees do just enough to escape with series win over woeful Rockies after lengthy rain delay
Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.DENVER — It was not always a given, despite what the records said, but the Yankees did indeed escape Coors Field on Sunday without a dubious distinction following them to California.By winning their sixth straight series, the Yankees also avoided becoming the victim of what could have been the first series victory of the season in tries for the historically bad Rockies.They made sure of that by taking the rubber game with just enough timely hitting and pitching around a lengthy rain delay to squeak past the Rockies 5-4.J.C.
Escarra led the Yankees (32-20) with the first three-hit game of his career, driving in a pair of runs, and Aaron Judge broke a 2-2 stalemate in the fifth inning with an RBI double just as the skies opened up and led to a delay of 1 hour, 46 minutes.Another solid start from Will Warren — it began rocky before he found cruise control — was cut short because of the long delay, but the Yankees pieced together the final five innings with Jonathan Loáisiga (1 ²/₃ innings), Mark Leiter Jr.(1 ¹/₃ innings), Devin Williams and Luke Weaver to fend off the Rockies (9-44)Escarra, who had four hits in his past 24 at-bats (spanning 12 games) before Sunday, picked a good time to break out while getting the start to give Austin Wells a breather.
The backup catcher’s third hit was an RBI single in the eighth inning that scored Jasson Domínguez to make it 5-3.That proved key in the bottom of the ninth, when Weaver gave up his first home run of the year, a leadoff shot to Mickey Moniak, and then allowed a pair of singles with one out.But he escaped by getting the next two batters in order for his eighth save.For the third time in three games here, the Yankees jumped ahead 1-0 in the first inning.
Paul Goldschmidt led off with a single up the middle off righty Antonio Senzatela and then went first to third o...