Where There’s a Will Warren, There’s a Way. NY 6 Baltimore 2

May 13, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Will Warren pitched a shutout into the 6th to go 5-1 3.42.

The Yankees needed a Stopper, having lost 4 in a row — especially when 3 of their Stoppers — Ace Max Fried, Ace Cam Schlittler, and Stopper-So-Far-this-Year Ryan Weathers — had pitched good to great but lost 3 of those games, the bullpen blowing 2 of them.

“Yanks 2 games back; 4-game losing streak,” noted MLB Analyst John Morra.” Need a Stopper tonite. Do they have one? Will Warren 4-1. Can he stop the Orioles?”

The answer was YES. Warren — who has become a top-of-rotation starter this season — stopped the Orioles and the losing streak — throwing a shutout into the 6th for a 6-2 Yankee win on a Tuesday night in Baltimore.

Warren threw down with scintillating stuff, and picked up his infield defense which deserted him in the 3rd inning, when 2 double-play grounders were butchered creating a bases-loaded, nobody out situation. Warren bore down and got a shallow flyout and ANOTHER double-play grounder, this one turned to end the inning.

In the 6th Trent Grisham didn’t catch a catchable drive to center that banged off his glove, allowing a leadoff double. Warren bore down to get 2 outs, but an RBI single and RBI double sent him to the showers.

This time the Yankee bullpen did the job — with Fernando Cruz, Jake Bird, Tim Hill, and David Bednar pitching shutout relief.

Yankee runs were provided by a Paul Goldschmidt solo HR in the 1st, and a 5-run Yankee 3rd all due to Cody Bellinger “just” beating the throw to 1st that would have been a double play to end the inning, instead scoring a run. Next batter Amed Rosario “just” beat out an infield RBI single that would have been the final out, and all that allowed Trent Grisham to get up and hit a 3-run HR.

“Really good job on slowing things down and making big pitches,” said manager Aaron Boone about Will Warren getting out of the bases-loaded, nobody out situation in the 3rd due to poor fielding behind him.

NY improves to 27-16 but remain 2 games behind Tampa which won again. Baltimore falls to 19-24.

1. Goldschmidt HR Puts Yanks Up 1-0

Baltimore started Trevor Rogers, the 28-yr-old, 6’5 lefty who had an amazing end of season last year, slashing 9-3 1.81. He spent his first 5 years with Miami and was traded to Baltimore in 2024. This year he has struggled, coming in with a 2-3 4.75 record.

And Paul Goldschmidt got to him right away, leading off the ballgame with a 402-foot HR to left for a 1-0 Yankee lead.

2. Two 2-Out, Infield RBI Singles Lead to Grisham 3-Run HR in 3rd

Rogers allowed a single to Ben Rice after Goldschmidt’s HR but then retired 6 in a row, including a 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd, striking out 2.

But NY got to him again in the 3rd — a leadoff single by Austin Wells, and then back-to-back walks with 1 out to Aaron Judge and Ben Rice.

Cody Bellinger then hit a doubleplay grounder to shortstop but “just” beat it out as the run scored instead of the inning ending. Huge.

“That was massive,” said Boone afterwards. “That set up the big inning.”

Amed Rosario then “just” beat out a grounder down 3rd and another run scored instead of the inning ending. NY 3 Baltimore 0.

Had the inning ended on either of those 2 grounders, Trent Grisham would have never gotten up. But he did, and launched a 3-run BOMB to right for a 6-0 Yankee lead.

3. Warren a Stopper

Meanwhile Will Warren was in top form, his sweeper sweeping, and his 95-MPH four-seam fastball and sinker biting. He cruised through the first 2 innings, then had to pick up his defense behind him in the 3rd, when he got essentially 7 outs.

It started with a leadoff walk to Coby Mayo. Warren then got Jeremiah Jackson to hit a double-play grounder to shortstop, but Max Schuemann butchered the ball — tossing it over Amed Rosario‘s head at 2nd.

Instead of 2 outs, nobody on, it was 1st and 2nd, nobody out.

Warren then got Gunnar Henderson to hit a hard grounder to 3rd that Ryan McMahon made a nice play on and rifled to 2nd to start the double play — but there was nobody there — neither Rosario or Scheumann covered — Rosario ended up catching the ball 15 feet from 2nd and threw to 1st too late. Bases loaded, nobody out.

But Warren picked up his fielders — getting a shallow fly to Aaron Judge in right — too shallow to score the runner — then getting Adley Rutschman to hit a DP grounder that was turned to end the inning.

NY defense helped Warren in the 4th, when Cody Bellinger made a nice catch down the left field line for the 3rd out of a 1-2-3 inning.

Warren pitched a 1-2-3-4 inning in the 5th — having to get a 4th out after Amed Rosario allowed a ball up the middle to go under his glove. It was later scored a hit.

And then in the 6th, Taylor Ward hit a drive to center that Trent Grisham sprinted for and caught up with, only to have it bang off his glove — ruled a grounds rule double.

Warren got tough — getting a groundout and strikeout of Pete Alonso. But with runner on 3rd and 2 outs, Warren finally tired — allowing an RBI single to Samuel Basallo and an RBI double to Tyler O’Neill for a 6-2 game.

4. Yank Bullpen Holds It

Fernando Cruz came in and got the last out of the 6th, then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th.

Jake Bird allowed 2 singles sandwiching an out in the 8th — the out coming on a great, leaping catch by McMahon.

But Tim Hill came in and saved Bird — getting consecutive groundouts to end the threat.

David Bednar came in for the 9th, and pitched another non-agita save — a 1-2-3 inning for the old ballgame.

Etcetera

Jose Caballero was put on the 10-day IL due to an injury to his middle finger, and Anthony Volpe was called up. Volpe arrived just before game time and was in the dugout for the game. The cameraman shot to him in the dugout to see his expression when Schuemann butchered the doubleplay in the 3rd. Volpe seemed unfazed and supportive.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401815308

 

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