Yanks hold on to take two of three in Colorado

DENVER — It was a long day for the Yankees in Denver, but when the final out was recorded, they emerged victorious, somehow.

The Yankees got the scoring started in the first with an RBI groundout by Bellinger. The Rockies would answer right back by loading the bases with no outs against Warren, getting two runs on a Wild Pitch and an RBI groundout. Volpe mad a tremendous play to end the inning (call overturned upon replay):

Volpe would follow by leading off the top of the second with a triple off the wall, scoring on an Escarra RBI double:

Warren settled into the game nicely, looking like the dominant force he has been for his past four starts, going on to retire 12 of the next 13 batters he faced, striking out 6 in the process before the near-two hour rain delay:

The Yankees would add two runs, a Judge RBI double and a Dominguez Sac Fly (would have been a Grand Slam in 21/30 park, including Yankee Stadium)

The game would go into rain delay during the Volpe at-bat (which was a really good at-bat, resulting in a fly out, that lasted two hours).

The Yankee bullpen gave up two runs today. One was an RBI double off Loáisiga (that should have been caught by Dominguez in left) and the other was a Solo Homer off Luke Weaver in the ninth.

The Yankees added a run in the eight inning by playing my favorite kind of ball, Small Ball. A one-out walk to Dominguez lead to a stolen base and an Escarra single, his third hit of the game, drove him in, giving the Yankees a big insurance run that loomed large in the ninth inning.

I can’t get on Weaver because he has been flawless for 90% of the season, but today was a rough outing. As I mentioned, he allowed a leadoff Homer, then got and out, then allowed back-to-back singles. The Yankees wisely used a mound visit to settle Weaver down, who proceeded to get a flyout and a groundout to end the game. Manager Aaron Boone attributed the way Weaver looked to the altitude, but the main point is that Weaver was able to get out of the jam he created.

The Yankees will head to Anaheim for three games against the Angles, who have been hot over the past two weeks and should be an interesting series to say the least.