Carlos Rodon Comes Back As New York Yankees Lose Third Straight Game Against the Milwaukee Brewers
Carlos Rodon came back in this game for the Yankees. The return of the starting pitcher, who has been out all year following elbow surgery, was the biggest story of this game. However, Aaron Judge hit another first-inning home run. That was his 16th, and he now leads the American League in home runs. That was his seventh first-inning home run of the season. That was a bright spot for the Yankees, who lost this game 4-3 and were walked off.
Yankees and Brewers Game Summary
In the very first inning of the Carlos Rodon return game, Judge hit a solo home run. That was his seventh first-inning home run of the season and the 92nd of his career. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead. Spencer Jones got his first hit and first run batted in in the second inning. The Yankees led 2-0.
In the fourth inning, Carlos Rodon ran into some problems. Garrett Mitchell first hit a sacrifice fly, and then Blake Perkins hit a two-run single. The Brewers took a 3-2 lead. However, in the sixth inning, the Yankees scored one run to tie the game at three.
The viewer got the feeling that there was more scoring to come in this game. Just one more, as it turned out. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Brice Turang hit a walk-off home run. That made the score 4-3 Milwaukee.
Carlos Rodon Starts
It was very important for the Yankees that Carlos Rodon started this game. He had missed the entire season up to this point after having off-season elbow surgery. He has said that his elbow was so bad last year that he could not brush his hair or drink from a cup with his left hand.
Nevertheless, he led the American League last season in innings pitched, and he was second in wins. This year, the Yankees’ starting rotation is thriving, with Cam Schlittler and Max Fried at the top of it, so adding Carlos Rodon will only help them.
Spencer Jones Gets First Hit and RBI
In the second inning of this game, in his third game in Major League Baseball, Jones hit a clean single to center field. Jose Caballero, who had doubled, scored. That run gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the first game back for Carlos Rodon. Jones has a reputation as a hitter who strikes out a bunch. He has struck out in his first two games, but he has faced very difficult pitching.
Bullpen Falters
The Yankees should have won yesterday’s game, but their bullpen, which had a 3.91 earned run average (second-best in the Majors), let them down. First, Brent Headrick, who pitches almost every game for the Yankees, gave up a long home run to Jake Bauers.
Then Camilo Doval, who throws hard but does not pitch, was inexplicably brought into the game in a high-leverage situation, the eighth inning of a one-run game. He gave up the game-tying run and gave up two hits in just two-thirds of an inning pitched. The game was tied and went to extra innings.
The game went from bad to worse for the Yankees. The normally dependable Tim Hill replaced a wild pitcher, Fernando Cruz, and promptly allowed runners on first and second base. He gave up a weak ground ball hit to him. He threw the ball to third base to get the lead runner. That surprised everyone and was incorrect play.
One of the players who was surprised was Yankee Third Baseman Ryan McMahon, who was not in a position to receive the throw. The throw hit the runner, and nobody was out. The bases were loaded. Milwaukee hit a sacrifice fly and won the game 4-3 in 10 innings.
