{"id":626125,"date":"2026-05-06T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/626125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:00:14","slug":"yankees-torch-jacob-degrom-in-series-opening-win-over-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/626125\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees torch Jacob deGrom in series-opening win over Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yankees were down 3-0 in the top of the first inning. There were runners on second and third with two out and a 3-2 count on Jake Burger<\/a>. Struggling rookie pitcher Elmer Rodr\u00edguez was on the verge of being pulled as he neared 40 pitches. Before the Yanks even had a chance to bat, they were in danger of being out of it.<\/p>\n

But so far, they haven\u2019t quite been out of any game. Rodr\u00edguez got through the frame and made it to 4.2 innings in his second MLB start, giving the offense enough time to make up for leaving him out to dry<\/a> in his debut. Home runs by Ryan McMahon<\/a> and Jazz Chisholm Jr., along with a pair of RBI doubles by Cody Bellinger<\/a>, gave Jacob deGrom his worst outing of the season as the Yankees opened this three-game set in The Bronx with a 7-4 win \u2014 their 15th in the last 17 games since splitting that strange mid-April series against the Angels.<\/p>\n

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Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s primary pain point from his debut last week in Texas was his very inconsistent command, and that reared its ugly head early with a pair of walks to Evan Carter<\/a> and Corey Seager<\/a> to start the game. A single by Josh Jung<\/a> and a long sacrifice fly by Joc Pederson<\/a> put the Rangers on the board early, and they\u2019d tack on with Ezequiel Duran<\/a>\u2019s RBI single and a spiked slider that got away for a wild pitch to give the Rangers a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n

After getting shut out and giving Rodr\u00edguez no margin for error in his last start, the Yankees jumped all over deGrom. Aaron Judge<\/a> snuck a one-out double into the right field corner and scored one pitch later on a scorched RBI double by Cody Bellinger that once again teased us all by hitting the very top of the right-field wall<\/a>, getting a run back immediately.<\/p>\n

Aside from a Carter double with one out, Rodr\u00edguez worked a clean second inning, which allowed his offense to get back to work. Paul Goldschmidt<\/a>, making a rare start against a righty because of Ben Rice<\/a>\u2019s hand injury, ripped a leadoff single to set up Ryan McMahon. The much-maligned third baseman is slowly heating up as the season goes along, and he deposited his third home run of the year into the short porch in right field to tie the game at three.<\/p>\n

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The Rangers were able to get baserunners against Rodr\u00edguez, but he did a great job at preventing damage while filling up the strike zone. After two relatively quiet innings, he looked to be rolling through the fifth when a pair of soft-hit singles put two on with two out before Jake Burger drew a walk to end his outing.<\/p>\n

With the bases loaded and two out, Brent Headrick<\/a> entered to strike out the pinch-hitting Sam Haggerty<\/a>, ending the inning.<\/p>\n

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This will probably be the last we\u2019ll see of Rodr\u00edguez for a bit with Carlos Rod\u00f3n<\/a> due back for his next start, but Elmer showed real poise in this one despite a worse line than his debut. To rebound after that unmitigated disaster in the first to being a hair away from getting through five solid innings is admirable, and he left with a no-decision.<\/p>\n

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deGrom really started to settle in after the McMahon home run, only walking Bellinger in the third before retiring 10 consecutive batters to get through 5.2 innings. Then he served up a 1-0 fastball to Jazz Chisholm Jr. that was crushed into the right-field bleachers to make it 4-3, Yankees.<\/p>\n

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Tim Hill<\/a> was next out of the bullpen to pitch the seventh, and for once, he wasn\u2019t an automatic ground-ball machine. A long single by Jung and blooper by Yankees legend Kyle Higashioka<\/a> suddenly put two on with one out, prompting Aaron Boone to come out of the dugout and make the move for Fernando Cruz<\/a>, whose splitter looked filthy as ever as he retired the next two batters to get out of trouble.<\/p>\n

Some insurance would be appreciated, and Skip Schumaker\u2019s decision-making after the seventh-inning stretch opened the door for it. Another good piece of hitting by McMahon and a bunt single by Caballero put two on with one out against a laboring deGrom, who was finally pulled for Jalen Beeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After he got Grisham to fly out, Schumaker took advantage of an open base to intentionally walk Judge, but was quickly punished for his misdeeds by the baseball gods, as Bellinger ripped a two-run double over the head of Burger to make it 6-3 after seven. That\u2019s six runs charged to deGrom in 6.1 innings. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n

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Cruz stayed on to start the eighth and plunked Danny Jansen<\/a> with one out. After looking great through three batters, he suddenly stopped throwing the splitter and fell behind the next two hitters, allowing a single before walking Carter to bring up Seager with the bases loaded. Boone called on David Bednar<\/a> to escape a perilous jam, which he did by striking out Seager and inducing a quick pop-up out of the red-hot Jung.<\/p>\n

The Yankees scored more insurance against MLB\u2019s No. 1 bullpen, as Goldschmidt got an at-bat against the lefty Tyler Alexander<\/a> and didn\u2019t let the opportunity go to waste, smacking an 0-1 changeup into the right-field seats for his second home run of the season to make it 7-3.<\/p>\n

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Bednar came back out to finish off a five-out save, and he did his job, aside from a mostly-meaningless triple by Duran that wound up leading to a run. He\u2019s now tied for the AL lead with 10 saves on the year. The Yankees\u2019 25-11 record is tied with the Braves for the best in baseball, though Atlanta<\/a> is playing out in Seattle<\/a> at the moment.<\/p>\n

The Yankees will look to push this winning streak to six games and lock up another series victory tomorrow at 7:05 pm on Amazon Prime Video. To do so, Will Warren<\/a> and company will have to beat the only pitcher to hand the Yanks a loss within the last week: old frenemy Nathan Eovaldi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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