J.C. Escarra — #25 for the Yankees — tied the game 2-2 with a 2-RBI double in the 2nd inning, and then singled in an insurance run in the 8th to help the Yanks to a 5-4 win on a Sunday afternoon in Colorado.
The date: 5-25-25.
It was the Yankees’ 52nd game of the year, and 25th road game.
All of that brought to you by Yankee radio announcer Emmanuel Berbari and Rickie Riccardo working the Spanish broadcast.
Also of note: Will Warren started the game with control issues, allowing 2 runs in the top of the 1st on a double, single, walk, and wild pitch. And then just like that he found his control — and was absolutely filthy and in command — retiring the next 11 in a row, 7 on strikeouts.
And then the rains came with NY up 4-2 in the top of the 5th, and an hour and a half later when the game resumed, Warren was removed due to too long a delay so didn’t get the win.
“I think I just found it,” said Warren afterwards about his sweeper. “I didn’t change anything. Obviously the ball doesn’t move exactly as you plan it here (in Colorado’s thin air). I think it was more of just finishing the pitch, making sure you didn’t leave anything spinning over the plate, and just staying convicted in what you’re throwing.”
NY improves to 32-20, in 1st in the AL East by 6 games. Colorado falls to 9-44.
1. Yanks Jump on Top in 1st
Colorado started Antonio Senzatela, a 6’2 righty who came in with a 1-8 6.39 slash line, and the Yanks got started right away against him — Paul Goldschmidt leading off the game with a single.
Aaron Judge ripped a 1-out single to right, moving Goldschmidt to 3rd, and he scored on a Cody Bellinger ground out. NY 1 Colorado 0.
2. Warren in Trouble Early — and then Gets Filthy
Will Warren did not have his control to start the game, and allowed a leadoff double to leftfielder Jordan Beck, a single to shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, and walk to catcher Hunter Goodman to load the bases with nobody out.
Warren then threw a wild pitch and it was 1-0 Colorado — still with nobody out.
And then, just like that, Warren found himself.
His sweeper was SWEEPING, and his four-seam fastball and sinker were electric.
He got 1st baseman Ryan McMahon to ground out, scoring a run to make it 2-0 Colorado, then struck out centerfielder Brenton Doyle and got a little help from his friend Anthony Volpe at shortstop, who made a terrific play to just get Michael Toglia on a ground out to end the inning — leaving the runner — who had crossed home plate — stranded at 3rd.
Volpe flashed that gold glove defense ?
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“Sometimes it’s a team effort,” said J.C. Escarra afterwards about Volpe’s play.
Warren would then retire the next 8 batters in a row, 6 on strike outs.
He got strike out, fly out, pop out in the 2nd, struck out the side swinging on sweepers in the 3rd, and struck out the first 2 batters of the 4th — both swinging — for 5 straight strike outs.
Will Warren, K’ing the Side with Sweepers in the 3rd. pic.twitter.com/WZRqjqyaa1
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3. #25 Escarra Ties the Game 2-2 on 5-25-25
Meanwhile, Warren got a little more help from his friends — namely Anthony Volpe again, who led off the 2nd with a triple.
And then his friend and batterymate J.C. Escarra — #25 — doubled to left for a tie score, 2-2 — in the 2nd inning of this 52nd game of the year (the Yank’s 25th road game).
Escarra brings home Volpe ? pic.twitter.com/gBDKduhM1m
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 25, 2025
4. Judge & Martian Put NY Up 5-3 in 5th
A 1-out single by Paul Goldschmidt and walk by Ben Rice sent Senzatela to the showers in the top of the 5th — as a massive storm approached.
Colorado brought in Jake Bird and Aaron Judge ripped a double to left, driving in Goldschmidt for a 3-2 Yankee lead as the rain began to come down.
Aaron at it again ? pic.twitter.com/5V6Bhmtotd
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 25, 2025
Cody Bellinger was intentionally walked, and Jasson Dominguez hit a sac fly to center, scoring Rice for a 4-2 Yankee lead.
5. The Sky Opens Up — 1.5-Hour Rain Delay
Colorado brought in 6’2 righty Jimmy Herget, who went 3-2 on Anthony Volpe in the now Pouring rain, before Volpe fouled off 4 straight pitches, and they pulled the tarp.
Play was halted and the game delayed for 1.5 hours.
6. Loaisiga Pitches 5th and 6th
There was no way Will Warren was going to go back out after a 1.5 hour rain delay, even though Emmanuel Berbari on the radio kept hoping he would if the delay wasn’t too long. He kept saying that an hour into the delay. Warren did not, and could not get the win — having not thrown 5 innings as the starter — an archaic baseball rule.
“Had it been a half hour earlier, I probably would have sent him out,” said Boone afterwards.
When play resumed, Volpe lined out to end the top of the 5th, and in the bottom of the 5th, Jonathan Loaisiga took the mound.
Loaisiga pitched a 1-2-3 5th so looked like he’d pick up the cheapie win.
Loaisiga got the first 2 outs of the 6th but then allowed a single to Ryan McMahon and an RBI double to Brenton Doyle for a 4-3 game.
7. Leiter Jr. Gets the Win by Official Scorer
Mark Leiter Jr. relieved Loasiga with the tying run on 2nd in McMahon. A wild pitch and a walk put runners on 1st and 3rd, before Leiter got leftfielder Mickey Moniak to ground out to end the threat.
And Leiter pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th, striking out 2 — and was awarded the win by the Official Scorer. He is now 3-3 2.45 on the season.
8. Escarra Insurance RBI Single in 8th
The Yanks got a huge insurance run in the top of the 8th — Jasson Dominguez worked a 1-out walk, stole 2nd base, and scored on a 2-out single to right by #25, J.C. Escarra!
J.C. drives in Domínguez ? pic.twitter.com/6odcGdnmHX
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 25, 2025
9. Devin & Weaver Save It
Devin Williams threw a shutout 8th — pitching around a 1-out single and 2-out walk, striking out Toglia swinging on a four-seam fastball.
Luke Weaver ran into unusual trouble in the 9th. He was touched by a 417-foot homer to right by Mickey Moniak leading off the inning.
Weaver got an out but then allowed consecutive singles to Amador and Beck.
With runners on 1st and 2nd and only 1 out in the 5-4 game, Weaver got tough — getting Ezequiel Tovar to hit an easy fly to right, and Hunter Goodman to hit an easy comebacker back to Weaver for the old ballgame.
“He’s probably affected the most by this air,” said Boone afterwards. “Really takes away from his unique fastball. But he just kind of figured it out; just kept making pitches. A great job with Goodman there — just really good execution against him — who I thought put a tough at bat on him — to secure the win.”
As we tweeted at the time, Weaver showed steely eyed determination that Jalen Brunson and the Knicks would need to show in the evening’s game 3 of the Knicks-Pacers Eastern Conference Finals. (Which they did!)
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