Bronx Bombers, Warren, & the Pen Crush ChiSox. NY 10 Chicago 4

August 29, 2025 paperbacklou 2025 0
Trent Grisham puts the game away with a 2-run HR in 8th, making it 9-4 NY.

The Bronx Bombers hit 3 more HR’s and scored 10 runs on 12 hits, Will Warren pitched 5 effective innings, and the bullpen of Fernando Cruz, Luke Weaver, Devin Williams, and Mark Leiter Jr. threw 4 perfect innings as the Yankees crushed the White Sox 10-4 on a beautiful late summer Thursday night in Chicago.

It was the 21st time the Yankees reached double digits in runs this year, which leads MLB.

NY jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but Chicago tied the game 4-4 in the 2nd on 4 unearned runs due to an error by Anthony Volpe leading off the inning that eventually led to a 2-out Grand Slam by Miguel Vargus.

But the Yanks and Volpe struck back — NY re-taking the lead 6-4 in the 5th, then icing the game with 3 runs in the top of the 8th to take a 9-4 lead, highlighted by a sac fly by Volpe and a 2-run HR by Trent Grisham. Volpe went 2-3 on the night and made several terrific plays in the field.

“Hopefully something to get him going,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards about Volpe’s game. “Finished it off with a quality at bat for a sac fly for the tack on run there. After the error in the 2nd inning, he made 3 kind of stellar plays. Good to see him bounce back from that. We need to get him going. Obviously he’s such an important part of what we do.”

NY improves to 74-60, and pulls to within 4 of idle Toronto, and remain .5 behind Boston. Chicago falls to 48-86.

1. Bellinger HR Puts NY Up 2-0 in 1st

The White Sox started Davis Martin, a 28-year-old, 6’2 righty who came in with a 5-9 3.93 record. He struck out Trent Grisham and Ben Rice to start the game — but Aaron Judge walked, and Cody Bellinger hit an 87-MPH cutter for a 396-foot HR to right and NY was up 2-0 just like that.

2. Jazz HR & Rice RBI Puts NY Up 4-0 in 2nd

Jazz Chisholm Jr. led off the 2nd by hitting a 96-MPH fastball 382 feet to right center for a 3-0 Yankee lead.

Martin got a ground out and strike out, but Anthony Volpe reached on an error by 2nd baseman Sosa — then stole 2nd.

Trent Grisham walked, and Ben Rice came up with a clutch, 2-out RBI single to right for a 4-0 Yankee lead.

3. Volpe Error Leads to 2-Out Grand Slam in 2nd

But the lead went to the wind in the 4th.

Volpe muffed a grounder by Edgar Quero to start the inning.

Will Warren got a fly out for the 1st out, but then walked a batter and hit catcher Chase Meidroth with a pitch to load the bases.

Warren struck out former Yankee Michael Tauchman — which would’ve ended the inning if not for the Volpe error. With 2 outs, Vargas hit a Grand Slam to left off a 2-0 sinker and it was a 4-4 tie.

4. Yanks Jump Back on Top 6-4 in 5th

And Davis Martin settled down to pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, and get the first 2 outs of the 4th before an Anthony Volpe double sent him to the showers.

31-year-old lefty Tyler Alexander came in an got the last batter of the 4th, but in the 5th the Yankees pounced.

Ben Rice led off with a single to left, then Aaron Judge hit a grounder down 3rd that he beat out — the throw by Curtis Mead to 1st wide and as 1st baseman Miguel Vargas reached to get it he collided with Judge running in the basepath. Rice scored and Judge went to 2nd as Vargas went down in pain.

Vargas left the game — replaced by Mead at 1st, with Mead replaced at 3rd by centerfield Brooks Baldwin, and Michael Taylor coming in to play center. After the game it was revealed Vargas was ok — just suffered a contusion.

After a long delay — Cody Bellinger doubled to right, and after a Stanton groundout, Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a sac fly to right, scoring Judge for a 6-4 Yankee lead.

5. Warren Settles Down — Gets Win

And after the 4-run 2nd, Will Warren settled down — pitching around a 1-out single by Andrew Benintendi in the 3rd, throwing a 1-2-3 inning in the 4th, and working around a 1-out single and walk in the 5th.

“I thought he finished well,” said Boone about Warren. “Early in the game — first 2 or 3 innings — behind the count too much. Just struggling with some strike throwing. Obviously the error in the 2nd, but he’s behind a lot of guys in that inning — a walk, a hit batsman. But I think he did a good job of settling in and got much more efficient. Made a big pitch to get out of the 4th inning, in the 5th finished strong — maybe his best inning there.”

“Good to see him navigate some struggles early,” continued Boone. “A play not being made behind him, he’s able to survive it, and salvage the outing and give us a good effort thru 5.”

Warren’s line: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 runs, 0 earned runs, 3 K’s, 2 walks. He wins to go 8-6 4.30.

6. Volpe Sac Fly; Grisham HR Ice Game in 8th

The Yankee bullpen held fort in a 6-4 game until the Yankee offense broke the game open in the top of the 8th.

Paul Goldschmidt reached on an error by Brooks Baldwin at 3rd to start the 8th, and Ryan McMahon followed with a double to right off 23-year-old, righty reliever Wikelman Gonzalez.

Anthony Volpe hit a sac fly to center for a huge insurance run, putting NY up 7-4.

33-year-old lefty Cam Booser relieved Gonzalez, and Trent Grisham greeted him with a 391-foot HR to right for a 9-4 Yankee lead.

The Yanks added a run in the top of the 9th off Steven Wilson — a Cody Bellinger leadoff single, Jazz Chisholm 1-out single and stolen base, and Paul Goldschmidt sac fly. NY 10 ChiSox 4.

7. Yank Bullpen Perfect

The Yankee bullpen held fort and then some — pitching 4 Perfect 1-2-3 innings.

Fernando Cruz pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 6th, Luke Weaver pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th, Devin Williams struck out the side in pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th, and Mark Leiter Jr. pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401696918

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