Rockies walk-off Yankees on Alan Trejo’s first home run of the season in wild back-and-forth game

Nolan Jones led off the eleventh inning with a tying, two-run homer off Nick Ramirez, Alan Trejo hit a game-ending drive off Ron Marinaccio and the Colorado Rockies beat the Yankees 8-7 Sunday to take two of three from New York.

Colorado, a Nationwide League-worst 36-58, overcame a 3-1 deficit when C.J. Cron hit an eighth-inning grand slam off Clay Holmes, the primary residence run allowed by the right-hander this season. “I used to be making an attempt to make a sinker down,” Holmes stated. “It was a spot within the ballgame the place we wanted a giant out, however sadly it stayed up and couldn’t get that out.”

New York tied the rating within the ninth in opposition to Daniel Bard on Gleyber Torres’ run-scoring infield single and Harrison Bader’s sacrifice fly.

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Taking part in into the eleventh for the primary time this 12 months, the Yankees opened a 7-5 lead in opposition to Gavin Hollowell (1-0) on run-scoring singles by Oswaldo Cabrera and Oswald Peraza, who was recalled from the minors when Josh Donaldson was placed on the injured checklist Sunday due to a strained proper calf.

Jones hit a 450-foot residence run on a fastball and drove in Cron, the automated runner. Trejo hit his first homer in 128 plate appearances this season on a dangling slider from Marinaccio (4-5), dropping New York to 5-7 in further innings.

“It felt implausible,” Trejo stated. “It was a kind of the place I felt I acquired sufficient of it to recover from the fence. It was a dangling slider and I put a great swing on it.”

Hollowell acquired his first main league win.

New York has misplaced six of eight and is tied for final within the AL East at 50-44. The Yankees fell to 15-19 since reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge sprained his proper massive toe on June 3.

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Colorado Rockies Nolan Jones, proper, is congratulated by teammate C.J. Cron whereas crossing residence plate after hitting a two-run residence run within the eleventh inning of a baseball sport in opposition to the New York Yankees, Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photograph/David Zalubowski)

Colorado’s three beginning pitchers within the collection had been Austin Gomber (6.19 ERA), Connor Seabold (7.18) and Chase Anderson (6.26), who pitched 5 scoreless innings Sunday.

Anthony Rizzo was 0 for 4 with an inning-ending flyout that stranded the bases loaded within the third, He has gone 41 video games with out a residence run since Might 20, hitting ,196 with 11 RBIs.

New York headed to a collection on the Los Angeles Angels.

“We have got 2 1/2 months to place ourselves able to be championship-caliber,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “It is on us. We have got to go show that. So far as who we’re taking part in, that is Main League Naseball. You are going to beat some good groups. You are going to lose some collection to groups which can be struggling. It is a grind each time you go on the market. They outlasted us at the moment. We’re clearly (indignant) within the second that we misplaced a collection, but it surely’s a collection. We have got to maneuver on from it and go attempt to play properly in California.”

Gerrit Cole, who began for the American League in Tuesday’s All-Star Gamestruck out 11 in his 59th double-digit strikeout sport. He allowed two hits in six innings, giving up his solely run on Michael Toglia’s second-inning homer.

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New York Yankees beginning pitcher Gerrit Cole works in opposition to the Colorado Rockies within the first inning of a baseball sport Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photograph/David Zalubowski)

Colorado loaded the bases within the eighth in opposition to Tommy Kahnle, and Cron adopted together with his sixth profession slam.

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Cole’s twenty fourth double-digit strikeout sport with the Yankees surpassed Ron Guidry for the group file.

Cole said he was humbled to be talked about alongside Guidry.

“It’s arduous to understand to be trustworthy,” Cole stated. “He’s one of many all-time Yankee greats. Any time you’re talked about with him in a sentence or blessed sufficient to cross one thing he set, it’s a humbling expertise, a humbling second.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Yankees: Donaldson is on the IL for the second time this season. He was sidelined from April 5 to June 2 on account of a proper hamstring pressure.

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Colorado Rockies Nolan Jones follows the flight of his two-run residence run off New York Yankees reduction pitcher Nick Ramirez within the eleventh inning of a baseball sport Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photograph/David Zalubowski)

UP NEXT

Yankees: RHP louis severino (1-4, 7.38 ERA) begins Monday evening’s collection opener in opposition to the Angels and RHP Griffing Canning (6-4, 4.62). Severino deliberate to pitch completely from the stretch to keep away from tipping pitches.

Rockies: Open a two-game collection Tuesday against Houstonwhich begins RHP Hunter Brown (6-2, 4.12).