Austin Wells had two hits in a 10-run fifth inning, Aaron Judge homered for the second straight game, and the New York Yankees routed the Colorado Rockies 13-1 in Denver on Saturday.
Paul Goldschmidt, DJ LeMahieu, Cody Bellinger and Anthony Volpe had three hits and Jasson Dominguez contributed two hits for New York to back another strong outing by Max Fried.
Fried (7-0) allowed a run on six hits and struck out seven in 7-1/3 innings. He has held opponents to two earned runs or fewer in his 11 starts.
It is the second time this season the Yankees have scored 10 runs in an inning. They also did it May 6 against San Diego.
Michael Toglia had an RBI triple for Colorado, which missed a chance for two straight wins. The Rockies have just one winning streak this season.
Judge gave New York the lead with his homer in the first inning, his 18th of the season.
Colorado tied it in the fourth when Ezequiel Tovar singled, went to second on Goldschmidt’s error at first on a pickoff attempt and scored on Toglia’s triple.
The Yankees had an emphatic answer in the fifth when they sent 14 batters to the plate. Oswaldo Peraza drove in the first run with a double, starter Kyle Freeland’s throwing error on Trent Grisham’s grounder brought home another and Judge was intentionally walked to load the bases.
Bellinger made it 4-1 with a sacrifice fly, Volpe drove in another with a single and Judge came home on Dominguez’s sacrifice fly. Freeland left after LeMahieu singled and New York tacked five more runs against Angel Chivilli, capped by Grisham’s two-run double.
Frustration was evident when Rockies second baseman Adael Amador threw his glove at LeMahieu’s liner into right field during the inning.
Goldschmidt, Wells and Peraza reached base twice in the inning.
Freeland (0-7) allowed eight runs – four earned – on nine hits and struck out three and walked three in 4-2/3 innings.
The Yankees scored two runs in the eighth on Volpe’s RBI double and LeMahieu’s run-scoring single.
–Field Level Media
