Aaron Judge had two hits, including a tiebreaking double in the fifth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the languishing Colorado Rockies 5-4 on Sunday in a game delayed 1 hour, 46 minutes by rain.
Judge was 2 of 4 with an intentional walk in the ninth — fans loudly booed — in raising his average to .397.
J.C. Escarra had an RBI double in the second and a run-scoring single in the eighth as part of his first three-hit game.
New York took two of three and won their sixth straight series, winning for the 13th time in 17 games.
Mark Leiter Jr. (3-3) earned the win. Luke Weaver gave Mickey Moniak’s leadoff single in the ninth and two singles before retiring Hunter Goodman on a slow roller to pick up his eighth save.
Starter Will Warren allowed two runs over four innings. He’s given up three earned runs or fewer n nine of his 11 starts.
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