Yankees stay hot with 7-2 win over Orioles
- Davis Cornell
- May 1
- 4 min read
The Yankees took down the Orioles 7-2 as they keep on winning, improving to 10 games above .500. Will Warren got the starting nod for the Yankees and faced off against Cade Povich.
Warren worked a 1-2-3 top of the first inning with a pair of strikeouts. Aaron Judge also made a beautiful leaping catch in front of the right field wall to rob Taylor Ward of extra bases.
“I'm glad he's 6'7" and can jump,” Warren said of Judge. “At that count, I'm going to throw something up there and challenge him, and he put a good swing on the ball. I got a three-time MVP out there in right field to catch it for me.”
Aaron Judge worked a two-out walk in the bottom half of the inning, Cody Bellinger followed with an RBI double into the right field corner, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
Pete Alonso immediately responded, crushing a solo shot into the second deck in right field to tie the game up in the top of the second.
With one out in the bottom of the inning, José Caballero gave the Yankees right back with a solo bomb into the second deck in right field.
“I was just trying to attack, and he left a ball in the zone, and I was able to handle it,” Cabby said.
Trent Grisham just missed a home run of his own off the wall in right and trotted into second with a two-out double. Paul Goldschmidt then walked. Ben Rice followed with a three-run home run into the short porch in right, his 11th of the year, to extend the Yankees' lead to 5-1.
“I just think we're continuing to see the evolution of one of the game's really outstanding hitters, simple as that,” Aaron Boone said of Rice.
After Warren surrendered a one-out single in the top of the third, he went on to retire eight straight over the next couple of innings and was racking up the strikeouts with seven through five innings.
In the top of the sixth inning, Warren retired the Orioles in order, making it 11 straight retired, and picked up a pair of punchouts to put his total up to nine.
Warren picked up the first out of the seventh, then walked Alonso and allowed a single to Samuel Basallo; both runners moved up an extra 90 feet due to an E8 from Grisham. Fernando Cruz replaced Warren and allowed Dylan Beavers to drive in a run with an RBI groundout, cutting the Yankees' lead to 5-2.
Final line for Warren: 6.1 innings pitched, three hits allowed, two runs, only one earned due to the Grisham error, walking one, and striking out nine on 94 pitches. He threw his fastball 32% of the time, the sweeper 27%, the sinker 21%, the changeup 13%, and the curveball 7%. Warren topped out at 95.2 mph and averaged 93.1 on his heater and had 12 swings and misses.
“We're just talking about a young, talented guy that's shown really good aptitude over the years, and I think a love for the craft and an expectation to be really good. He's not satisfied,” Boone said of Rice.
The Yankees got that run right back as Judge worked a two-out walk in the bottom of the seventh, then stole second base. Belli worked a walk of his own. Amed Rosario followed with an RBI single right back up the middle to drive in Judge and make it 6-2. The 900th run scored of Judge's career.
Camilo Doval took over for Cruz in the eighth and worked a 1-2-3 inning with a couple of strikeouts.
In the bottom half of the inning, Austin Wells and Rice each singled to set up a Judge two-out RBI single up the middle to make it 7-2.
Jake Bird got the call for the top of the ninth and worked a scoreless frame to secure the victory for the Yankees and get them back to 10 games above .500 at 21-11.
The Yankees will be back in action tomorrow afternoon with Ryan Weathers on the mound, facing off against Kyle Bradish. The first pitch is slated for 1:35 p.m ET on the YES Network.
My thoughts on the game: Great win tonight, all around! Warren was dominant aside from the homer he allowed; he basically shut down the Orioles, lowering his ERA to 2.39. Cruz was solid in relief for Warren. Doval looked, maybe, the best he has all season; if he continues to pitch like that, this bullpen could be scary. Bird did his job in the ninth, just a great night all around from the pitching staff. Rice continues to impress, crushing another homer; he now has five home runs against lefties this year. Rice is now hitting .330 with a 1.169 OPS. Caballero went deep and played some great defense tonight. With Anthony Volpe's 20-day rehab clock expiring by the end of Sunday, the Yankees will have a tough decision to make: whether they want to bring Volpe back up or leave him in Triple-A. Belli had a couple of doubles, Judge had a pair of hits with an RBI, and his 900th career run scored. Rosario also had an RBI base knock. Just a great night all around, I always enjoy a stress-free win like that. On to tomorrow, as the Yankees will look to start a win streak.
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