Game 3 Was a Great Win By New York Yankees In Colorado

Game 3 in Colorado was important for the Yankees to win. Doing so would mean the Yankees will win the series against this bad Rockies team. They did 4-3. It was a back-and-forth Coors Field kind of affair. The Yankees scored in the first two innings, Colorado scored in the first inning of game 3 also.

Colorado is hampered by the difficult home ballpark.  The Yankees’ victory in game 3 showed they could win in many ways. The mark of a good team. They now travel to Los Angeles to play a good Angels team. Do you think the Yankees will be able to win in Los Angeles?

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The Yankees scored 10 runs in the fifth inning yesterday. It was the second time this season the Yankees have scored 10 runs in one inning. The last time they did that was in 2009, and they won the World Series. After today, the Yankees head to Los Angeles to take on the Angels and the Dodgers. Those will be night games.

The Yankees play nothing but night games until June 15. Almost a month. This schedule is strange. At least they are done traveling to the West Coast after this nine-game trip. Finally, the Yankees’ starting pitchers have allowed three runs or fewer in 10 consecutive games. That is the longest such streak for them since 2002.

The Weather

The weather in this game was a significant story. There was a chance of rain. There was a rain delay in the 5th inning. However, with the balanced schedule in baseball, and this being the last game of the series, there was a great incentive to get this one in. It is fair to wonder if Major League Baseball will mandate that teams build stadiums in the future with retractable roofs. The game resumed after a 107-minute rain delay.

Will Warren Was Good Enough In Game 3

Yankee starter Will Warren had to contend with the unfavorable pitching conditions at Coors Field. His curveball did not break as much as he was used to. In the second and third innings, he struck out five consecutive Colorado Rockies. That hot streak gave him seven for the game. He struck out seven batters in five innings pitched. Though his outing was cut short, at only four innings, he did strike out seven guys. He was probably on his way to another career high in strikeouts. This outing certainly continued his momentum.

Scoring Summary for Game 3

In the first inning of game 3 of this series, Cody Bellinger grounded out and Paul Goldschmidt scored. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead. It looked like the Yankees were going to romp. But it was not so. Also in the first inning, Jordan Beck scored on a wild pitch. The game was tied at 1. Then, Ryan McMahon grounded out and Ezequiel Tovar scored. The Colorado Rockies took a 2-1 lead.

In the second inning, JC Escarra doubled for the Yankees, and Anthony Volpe scored. The Yankees tied the game at two. In the fifth inning, Aaron Judge doubled and Goldschmidt scored. That gave the Yankees an important 3-2 lead. There was weather coming in. Then Jasson Dominguez hit a sacrifice fly, and Ben Rice scored. The Yankees took a 4-2 lead. At this point, the game was delayed by rain. Because they did not complete five innings, the game was not official.

In the sixth inning, Brenton Doyle doubled, and McMahon scored. That cut the lead to 4-3. In the eighth inning, JC Escarra singled and Dominguez scored. It was 5-3 Yankees, and that was a big insurance run. In the ninth inning, Mikey Moniak hit a solo home run. That made it 5-4 Yankees, how the game ended. The Yankees won game 3.

Conclusion

It was important for the Yankees to win Game 3 in Colorado. They would not want to lose a series to the awful Rockies. The Yankees have now won six series in a row. The trick for them, as they head to Los Angeles, is not to look past a mediocre Angels team to the rematch of the 2024 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers following the Dodgers series.