Rockies vs. Yankees Game Highlights (8/23/24) | MLB Highlights

The Yankees have Carlos Rodon on the mound 26 start 13 and 84.3 four going for number 14 tonight , which can tie Seth Lugo and Terkel for the A L win leader at 14. So it just goes to show you he's had a pretty solid year. Well, it's four straight now that the Rockies have faced a left handed starter. Six out of the last seven. Oh, there's Ben Rice and he makes the play in fair territory. Now we've seen Rice at first in the original lineup. There was DJ Leme and during pregame activities DJ was hit in the face with a thrown ball and he was scratched about a half hour ago. So he was scratched from the lineup today. Rogers with a high fly ball to left center. Here comes judge for, gets out of the way on one grounded to third Chisholm back in the lineup. He's right there on the back hand slings it to first for a 123 easy. Breezy for Carlos Rodon Yankees and Rockies scoreless Yankees bottom of the first at the stadium. So torres will lead it off, ripped down the left field line and hit it to the corner. Jones plays it out there. He babbles and torres will go with an opening double. I don't know if it's intentional , but since he's been in the leadoff, he's really seen a lot of pitches really grinding. 31 pitches he saw in yesterday's game out of the leadoff spot. This is his seventh game batting first. Here's one soto, it's his figurine day. So you figure he's gonna do something big, the figurine, he's on that back leg like he just hit one in the upper deck. So we'll see if he can do that for the fans and he works a walk that will bring up aaron Judge. All right. So the last 99 games s 3 79 44 home runs, 100 and five rookies , 507 on base percentage slugging at 833. The next best is 633. No one's ever had 99 games like that with those numbers ever, ever for the Yankees is how you design it two on nobody out for Aaron Judge. I mean, this is early quicksand for a starting pitcher. Judge. It's a hard right behind. Second position perfectly shunk flips it to second one. Tovar the return throw in plenty of time. Torres up to third but two away fly ball to center field and deep going back Doyle and he runs it down for the final out for the Yankees. Put two on nobody out but judge double play scoreless into the second since July 27. The Yankees are 15 in eight. Why do I mention that? It's the best in the American League. The 32 swing and a miss got him on a nice change. Two way. The battery from yesterday. You know, when you show shut out innings, you, you're really friendly with the really like him. 22 is popped up. First base side. Rice, a first baseman back pedals in a shallow right called off by the right fielder Soto who makes the catch on the run that ends the inning six up six down another 123 for carlos Rodon, lefty Nolan Jones, the left fielder for Colorado. Number seven hitter gets ready to face fellow left hander. Carlos Rodon looks pretty sharp so far for the first two. This is hit hard by Jones and the Rockies have their first hit Nolan Jones with a sharp single to right in there called strike three. A slider right at the knees. Rodon mixing it up. He strikes out Jordan beck one away in there called strike three. Another slider shark was not expecting that pitch. Two strikeouts in a row for cars , Rodon three on the night two down back to the top of the lineup that is lined to left a base hit for Tovar and it's going to get all the way to the wall. Jones to third and Warren Schafer will throw up a stop sign yet another double for Ezekiel Tovar second and third. Two men out. We're in the third. Nothing, nothing Yankees and the Rockies, a check swing on the slider. Did he go? Yes, he did. Rogers down swinging and a slider. Aids Rodon through the top of the third. No runs. Two hits, two left for the Rockies. We go to the bottom half of inning. Number three and we're scoreless. Torres started off the first inning with a double love ouch. Usually that sinker, you know, it's gonna beat up a lefty because it's kind of breaking back into. This was a sinker that glaber fouled right down. I don't know if it was his ankle , shin or foot, whatever it was , it wasn't good. Torres was finally playing at the level. He probably expects of himself and the Yankees as well. He's going to try and shake this one off. Torres back in the box and he pops it up right side of the infield. Now tracking out back on the grass. The first baseman Toia, he calls off shunk and the first baseman Michael Toia makes the catch in shallow right field to retire the side. Yankees go in order against kyle Freeland in the third home after the fourth inning here in the Bronx, Yankees and Rockies are scoreless. Juan Soto coming up grounded to first Togia one down. Aaron Judge the hitter. He's zero for one. How is lined and caught by Mcmahon took an extra base hit away from Judge Mcmahon playing as deep as you could possibly play on Aaron Judge at third base and it costs Aaron Judge a base hit probably a double so two away. Nobody on infield at normal depth for Stanton, who's tonight's clean up hitter? That one might go deep to right field, back, back turns, looks a home run for Stan Yankees on the board. It's one, nothing's home runs his 21st yesterday, 22nd tonight , a big three run yesterday and a solo so far and again, boom would love to DH Aaron Judge. But all of a sudden when you see Stanton start to swing the bat, you know that he can go through these hot streaks. Two outs, two on top of the fifth one, nothing yanks count goes full. The runners will go. You can see Carlos getting a little frustrated as he's getting ready to throw his 30th pitch, but you gotta remember where you are in the game. You've got a one run lead. You know, you've got two outs, you know, you one quality pitch from walking to the dugout and you can get your head together, drop to short to get him out of it won't be Chargers square throws, got him inning over no runs on a hit to left Rodon five scoreless, protecting a one nothing Yankee lead. Now the Rockies aren't out away from getting out of this jam, but the Yankees, they're threatening here for more runners at 2nd and 3rd. Torres doubled back in the first inning. Grounded to third Mcmahon Books. It will score as Torres reaches on the 85 and the Yankees get a gift run two. Nothing kind of an awkward hop. A big break for the Yankees. Sometimes you can just hit a clump of dirt or something, but that fooled him. Carlos Rodon giving the Yankees a solid start. He battled last inning but he got the big, the 11 bouncer past the mound. Torres. The second baseman charges over throws fires to first and it's in time here in the top of the sixth Rockies go down 123 against Rodon. He's tossed six scoreless bottom of the sixth coming up and the Yankees are ahead two to the Yankees are in front 20 in the bottom of the sixth series opener this weekend against Colorado. Judge zero for two field, Jones back. He's on the track. Yeah. 49 Aaron Judge does we talk about? How much fun is it to watch him play every single day off the bat? It's mesmerizing, you know where it's going. 49 on the year and now on pace for 62 back here in the stadium. Soto Judge and Stanton coming up against Jeff Kurzweil. First up soto now you lead three , nothing up the middle. Tovar and get Soto Zotto over three with a walk and here is Aaron judge home run number 49 back in the sixth inning, a deep shot to left go on one up on the left side. Mcmahon puts it away two down. Here's Gardo Stanton is homer started the scoring in the fourth inning. A 22 swing and a miss strike three strong slider outside and Criswell strong job 123 against SOTO Judge and Stanton end of the night Yankees looking to close it out a 30 lead. Here comes Clay Holmes Yankees trying to win their third game in a row. Holmes is, you know, falters have certainly been well documented 10 blown save that one is driven in the center field. Judge is there to put it away and the Yankees win three, an excellent start for carlos Rodon Stanton and Judge go deep number 49 for the captain, the bullpen lock down the final three innings and the Yankees stay in first place, the best record in the American League.