Yankees eke out 5-4 win, deny Rockies first series victory of season

Rookie J.C. Escarra had the first three-hit game of his career and drove in two runs, including the eventual game-winner, as the New York Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on a stormy Sunday in Denver.

Mark Leiter Jr. (3-3) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless, hitless relief and Luke Weaver survived a shaky ninth to pick up his eighth save for New York. Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt each added two hits.

The game was delayed by rain and lightning for one hour and 46 minutes, in the top of the fifth inning.

Mickey Moniak homered and Jordan Beck had two hits for Colorado, which fell to 9-44 and failed to earn its first series win of the season.

Colorado pulled within 4-3 in the sixth when Ryan McMahon singled and scored on Brenton Doyle's double. Escarra's RBI single in the eighth restored a two-run Yankees lead.

Moniak led off the ninth with his fourth homer, but Weaver got Hunter Goodman to ground out with two runners on to end it.

The Yankees scored in the first when Goldschmidt led off with a single, went to third on Judge's single and scored on Cody Bellinger's groundout.

The Rockies answered in the bottom of the inning when they loaded the bases with no outs. Will Warren's wild pitch brought home Beck, and McMahon's groundout drove in Ezequiel Tovar to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead.

New York tied it in the second when Anthony Volpe tripled to center and scored on Escarra's double. The Yankees then took the lead in the fifth as lightning moved into the area.

Goldschmidt singled and Ben Rice walked to chase Colorado starter Antonio Senzatela. Judge doubled off reliever Jake Bird to bring home Goldschmidt, and Bird walked Bellinger to load the bases. Jasson Dominguez hit a sacrifice fly to center to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.

The game went into a delay during Volpe's at-bat, and he flew out to center when play resumed.

Senzatela (1-9) allowed four runs on six hits and struck out four in 4 1/3 innings. The lengthy delay ended Warren's day after four innings. He gave up two runs on two hits and fanned seven.

--Field Level Media