Colorado Rockies at New York Yankees

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Colorado Rockies

55-91, 25-50 Away

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3 - 10

New York Yankees

84-62, 40-31 Home

Volpe hits grand slam in return to majors as Yankees sweep Rockies 10-3 to pull closer in AL East

Crowd goes wild for Anthony Volpe's grand slam to put Yankees up 10-2

Luis García Jr. launched an early two-run homer and rookie Spencer Jones had three hits for the Yankees, including a two-run single. New York completed a three-game sweep to move within three games of Tampa Bay atop the division and 4 1/2 ahead of Boston for the first American League wild card with 16 to play.

It's the closest the Yankees have been to first place since they were three back after games on Aug. 23. New York (84-62) is a season-best 22 games over .500 and is closing in on clinching a ninth playoff berth in 10 years.

Max Fried struck out seven in his third start since coming off the injured list but needed 80 pitches to get through 3 1/3 innings. Five relievers followed, and John Schreiber (2-3) worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his first win with the Yankees.

New York slugger Aaron Judge was rested as planned after starting back-to-back games in his return from the 60-day injured list. Cody Bellinger doubled twice and lofted a sacrifice fly for the Yankees, who have won 16 of 23 heading into the second Subway Series of the season against the crosstown-rival New York Mets this weekend in the Bronx.

Kyle Karros hit a 431-foot homer and Jake McCarthy had an RBI triple for the major league-worst Rockies (55-91), who have lost four straight and 10 of 13. Colorado has dropped a season-worst seven in a row on the road.

García connected in the first off Ryan Feltner (5-10), who allowed four runs in five innings.

Recalled from the minors earlier in the day, Volpe had an RBI single in the second and lined his second big league homer this season over the short porch in right field to make it 10-2 in the seventh.

After circling the bases, Volpe took a curtain call for Yankee Stadium fans who chanted his name several times throughout the night. He finished with three hits and a stolen base while playing a new position, second base, after Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list.

It was Volpe's second career grand slam — plus one in the 2024 World Series.

After the game, New York optioned outfielder Jasson Domínguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Up next Rockies RHP Mason Adams (0-0, 3.95 ERA) starts Friday at home against Detroit LHP Framber Valdez (9-10, 4.17).

Yankees LHP Carlos Rodón (5-3, 3.09 ERA) pitches Friday night against Mets rookie RHP Nolan McLean (11-8, 3.06) on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Veen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rumfield flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Goodman flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Machín singled to right, McCarthy to second, Tovar to third.
	9th Inning	Machín hit for Norby
	9th Inning	McCarthy singled to center, Tovar to second.

Statistics

COL		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	13
12	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	3
5	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
24	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
180	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	19
41	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
4.7	Runs Created	8.4
.222	Batting Average	.324
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.559
.306	Secondary Average	.471
.317	On Base Percentage	.400
.706	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.959
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.4
25.5	Batter Rating	64.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.80
.167	Isolated Power	.235
0.42	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.147
5.0	Runs Produced	20.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.3	MLB Rating	104.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0