 needed just 46 pitches to breeze through five innings, getting nine groundouts, three strikeouts, two flyouts and a lineout while allowing a pair of singles. Senzatela and Chad Bettis combined to throw 79 pitches in the first two innings alone.Tanaka tired in Colorado's five-run sixth that included Nolan Arenado's 22nd homer, a three-run drive that hit the top of the center-field wall and bounced over.Senzatela (8-7) allowed six runs, seven hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings, the shortest of 51 career starts. His ERA rose to 6.29.New York's only worry was first baseman Luke Voit. He was hit in the fourth by a 91 mph pitch from Bettis that glanced off his left shoulder and struck the left side of his face. Voit scored on Gleyber Torres' two-run single, then returned to the clubhouse and was replaced. The Yankees said tests indicated he did not have a concussion.Colorado came apart in the second after Didi Gregorius' leadoff single. Torres singled to left for the first of his three hits, and Gregorius sped to third as Tapia held the ball for about four seconds and then tossed ever-so-softly toward third. Senzatela cut off the throw and flung the ball into right field as Torres headed to second, allowing Gregorius to head home.Romine singled for a 3-0 lead, made a delayed steal of second with the infield shifted for LeMahieu and scored on a bases-loaded single by Aaron Hicks, who had been 4 for 45 in his career with the bases full.OUCH!Rockies C Tony Wolters was limping after the 6-foot-7, 282-pound Judge slid into him trying to score on Encarnacion's first-inning grounder to shortstop Trevor Story. Wolters held onto the ball and tagged out Judge.NEW VIEWYankees manager Aaron Boone watched Friday's game from owner Hal Steinbrenner's box, between the second and third decks, between home plate and third base. Boone was serving a one-game suspension for his tirade at an umpire Thursday.TRAINER'S ROOMRockies: All-Star OF David Dahl returned to the lineup, a day after he was scratched due to a bruised left foot.UP NEXTLHP James Paxton (5-4) starts Sunday's series finale for the Yankees. RHP German Marquez (8-5), who starts for the Rockies, has the highest ERA among qualified NL pitchers at 5.12.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Yankees look to stay hot against RockiesFLMWhile a team always wants to score first, an early deficit is hardly anything challenging for the New York Yankees to overcome. In each game of their four-game winning streak, the Yankees fell behind early only to quickly rally.New York seeks a fifth straight win Saturday afternoon when it continues a three-game interleague series against the Colorado Rockies at Yankee Stadium, where temperatures are expected to approach nearly 100 degrees.The Yankees are a season-high 30 games over .500 after opening the series with an 8-2 victory. Like they did in their three wins over Tampa Bay, the Yankees scored eight unanswered runs, highlighted by a grand slam from Edwin Encarnacion in the third, a two-run homer by Aaron Judge in the sixth and two RBIs by former Colorado infielder DJ LeMahieu."We always know we have a lot of ball game to play, especially when you get down early," Judge said. "And it doesn't stop with this lineup." Those hits gave the Yankees their 15th win in the last 18 home games and a 22-6 mark in their last 28 games since June 15. Those hits also put the Yankees in position to win another home series and improve to 13-0-1 in their last 14 home series since dropping two of three to the Chicago White Sox April 12-14.The Rockies are on a five-game losing streak. They are getting outscored 116-59 in a 2-12 slide since June 30.Ryan McMahon homered and Garrett Hampson had an RBI double but the Rockies struck out 17 times."Tonight was a bad night," Colorado manager Bud Black said. "We got to be able to do a better job of putting the ball in play."We're in a little bit of a bad rut both on the mound and at the plate and a little bit of that is strikeout related." Masahiro Tanaka (6-5, 3.81 ERA) will start on five days' rest due to Thursday's doubleheader and is seven strikeouts away from 900 in the majors. His next win will be his 170th combined win between the majors (70) and Japan (99).Tanaka last pitched Sunday when he won his third straight decision by allowing two runs on four hits in six innings of a 4-2 win over Toronto.Tanaka is facing Colorado for the first time and is 8-8 with a 3.70 ERA in 20 career interleague starts.Antonio Senzatela (8-6, 5.79) starts for Colorado and his next win will tie Jon Gray for the team lead. In his last eight starts, Senzatela is 5-2 with a 5.77 ERA as the Rockies have scored 41 runs in the five victories, including Sunday when he allowed eight runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 10-9 win over the Cincinnati Reds.Senzatela is facing the Yankees for the first time and is 3-3 with a 4.95 ERA in nine career games (eight starts) against American League opponents.--Field Level Media
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