Carrasco pitched well enough for the Yankees to salvage the third game of the home series with Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-7. The homestand ends now, as the Yankees play in Pittsburgh tomorrow. Carlos Carrasco is likely to start only two more games for the Yankees, as Clarke Schmidt is supposed to come back to the team on April 15th. However, he may experience a setback, and we have seen that injuries can happen to pitchers, so the Yankees should keep Carrasco. Can a team ever have enough pitching?
Lineups For the Game
The Diamondbacks had Corbin Carroll batting first and playing right field. Geraldo Perdomo batted second and played shortstop. Paven Smith played first base and batted third. Josh Naylor was the designated hitter and batted fourth. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. batted 5th and played left field. Dangerous Eugenio Suárez was playing third base and batting six for the Diamondbacks.
Alek Thomas was playing center field and batting seventh. Garrett Hampson played second base and batted eighth for the Diamondbacks. Marte pinch hit for him in the eighth inning and stayed in the game to play second base. Jose Herrera was the catcher and batted ninth. Moreano pinch hit for him in the eighth inning and stayed in the game to catch.
The Yankees changed up their lineup. Ben Rice led off and played first base. He was replaced in the eighth inning by Oswald Peraza, who stayed in to play third base. Cody Bellinger batted second and started in right field. Aaron Judge batted third and was the designated hitter.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. batted fourth and played second base. Jasson Dominguez started in left field, batting fifth. Anthony Volpe batted sixth and played shortstop. Trent Grisham batted seventh and played center field. JC Escarra played catcher and batted eighth. Oswaldo Cabrera batted ninth and played third base. He was pinch-hit for by Paul Goldschmidt in the eighth inning. Goldschmidt stayed in the game and played first base.
Scoring Summary: Yanks Against Diamondbacks Game 3
Aaron Judge hit his 5th home run of the season in the first inning. That gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead. It was his 500th extra base hit, the third-fastest Yankee to reach that milestone. Then Trent Grisham hit an RBI double, giving the Yankees a 4-0 lead in the first inning.
The Diamondbacks scored a run on a groundout to second in the second inning. That cut the Yankee lead to 4-1.
In the third inning, Trent Grisham hit a two-run home run. That gave the Yankees a 6-1 lead. Anthony Volpe was on first base. He singled, which was the first hit he had this season that was not a home run.
In the top of the fourth inning, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled to left field. Pavin Smith scored and cut the Yankee led to 6-2. Then Arizona scored on a ground out, cutting the Yankee lead to 6-3.
Aaron Judge drove in Ben Rice in the fourth inning, giving the Yankees a 7-3 lead. That was Aaron Judge’s 15th RBI on the season and his fourth of the game. Then Jazz Chisolm hit a two-run, giving the Yankees a 9-3 lead.
In the seventh inning, Perdomo hit a grand slam, cutting the Yankees’ lead to 9-7.
Notes From the Game: Keep Carrasco
Starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt is supposed to come off the injured list and start for the Yankees on April 15th. That would bump Carlos Carrasco from the Yankees’ starting rotation. Thew Yankees should keep him as injuries can definitely happen to pitchers. This is Carrasco’s 16th major league season. Carrasco threw five and a third innings.
Yankees catcher JC Escarra made his first Major league start, giving Austin Wells a break. He has had a winding road to Yankee starting catcher. He was an Uber driver and a substitute teacher. His story is amazing, and he was just on the Today Show with his mother.
It was much nicer at Yankee Stadium tonight than it was last night. It was 69 degrees this evening, with the rain dissipating.
Ben Rice led off the game. He swung at the first pitched and hit a ground rule double to center field. Rice has a .429 batting average in the young season for the Yanks.
Aaron Judge became the first player in major league baseball with five home runs and 15 RBI in his first six team games. The Yankees have now hit more home runs in their first six games in major league baseball history with 22. That is also the record after seven games, so they do not need to hit one tomorrow in Pittsburgh.
Aaron Judge Unlikely to Use a Torpedo Bat
Aaron Judge is unlikely to use a torpedo bat. The bats are making national news and are helping five of his teammates, but Judge maintains that if it is not broken, do not fix it.
Conclusion
The Yanks needed to win this game. That gives them a winning 4-2 homestand and makes the flight to Pittsburgh much nicer. Leading 9-3, the Yankees did not think they were going to need to use their high-leverage pitchers, but that is what they needed to do, using Luke Weaver for four outs to secure the win.
