Yankees Beat Rockies 10-3 As Max Fried Starts The Game and the Rays Lose

The Yankees have won the first two games of this three-game series against the Colorado Rockies. They won this game 10-3 as Max Fried started the game for the Yankees. He is still working his way back from injury and was pitch-limited. He will pitch about 80 pitches tonight, which is exactly how many pitches he threw.

It will be interesting to see how the Yankees handle Fried. If he has a short outing, the team may pitch Luis Gil. Aaron Judge was not in the lineup for this game, getting a day off. He was expected to get a day off in this series, as he is working his way back from injury. He had two hits last night. How many home runs do you think Aaron Judge will hit for the rest of the series?

Yankees Against the Rockies September 10 Game Summary

The Yankees were hoping to leverage their two wins in a row against the Rockies to win this game. They were confident with Max Fried starting. The team held a clear pitching advantage as the Rockies pitched Ryan Felter. Here is how the game played out.

In the first inning, Luis Garcia Jr. hit a two-run home run. Ben Rice also scored. The Yankees led 2-0. That was the 30th home run of the year for Garcia Jr. That lead did not last long, as in the second inning Kyle Karros hit a solo home run. The Rockies drew to within 2-1.

In the second inning, Anthony Volpe singled and Ryan McMahon scored. Then, Cody Bellinger hit a sacrifice fly, and Austin Wells scored. Volpe also stole a base. The Yankees led 4-1.

In the seventh inning, Jake McCarthy tripled, and Ezkiel Tovar scored. It was 4-2 Yankees. In the bottom half of the inning, Spencer Jones singled, and both Cody Bellinger and Jasson Dominguez scored. The Yankees led 6-2. Then Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam, and Spencer Jones, Ryan McMahon, and Austin Wells all scored. The score was now 10-2.

In the eighth inning, Zac Veen scored on an Adael Amador double and an error by Jasson Dominguez. It was 10-3. That was the final score of the game.

Volpe in the Lineup at Second Base

Anthony Volpe was in the lineup for the Yankees in his first game back with the team on the active roster. Second base is a new position for him; he learned how to play it at AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Jazz Chisholm Jr., whom he is replacing and who is on the injured list, is a free agent after this season.

So Volpe needs to play well in this second chance. He was raking at AAA. He played 19 games at second base for the Railriders, so he should be okay defensively. It is a shorter throw to first base, so he should not struggle with that. He made only 1 error playing second base in 78 chances down there.

Frequently Asked Questions

Behind another sterling performance from Max Fried, the Yankees won this game 10-3. Anthony Volpe was the player of the game. Not many people get a second chance, but he did. He filled in where the team needed him tonight, and he got 3 hits, a stolen base, and a grand slam. This is the last game of the three-game series between these teams.

It is also the final game of the season between these two teams. That is too bad; the Rockies are a bad baseball team. The Yankees play the Mets tomorrow night at 7:05, on the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. The Rockies play at Detroit tomorrow at 4:40.

Conclusion

Coming into this game, the Rockies needed to go 8-9 to avoid their fourth consecutive season with 100 losses. Only 4 teams have ever done that. If they can pull it off, it would represent progress for the team that lost 119 games last year.

This was a game the Yankees had to take advantage of, as the Tampa Bay Rays lost this afternoon, so the Yankees took the field knowing they could gain a game in the standings. The Rays don’t lose often, so it was good that the Yankees could take advantage of this opportunity.