Cincinnati 5, NY Yankees 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Ryan Blakney, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Jonathan Parra
Attendance:
41219
By Field Level Media
Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning as the visiting Cincinnati Reds held on for a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
The Reds won for the third time in five games by building a five-run lead and surviving a big night from Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who hit his major-league-leading 32nd homer of the season in the seventh to make it a one-run game. Judge finished with three hits.
De La Cruz tripled against New York starter Luis Gil (9-4) to open the fourth before scoring Cincinnati's first run on a groundout by Jeimer Candelario. He later cranked a 425-foot two-run shot against reliever Caleb Ferguson to put the Reds up 5-0 in the fifth.
De La Cruz's blast came shortly after Will Benson helped chase Gil from the game with a two-run homer of his own. After Stuart Fairchild was grazed by a pitch, Benson hit a drive that just cleared the center field fence over a leaping Trent Grisham for his ninth homer of the year.
Gil then hit Jonathan India with a pitch before Ferguson took over on the mound. Gil allowed four runs on two hits in four-plus innings and dropped his third straight start. He walked three and struck out three on Tuesday.
Gleyber Torres had an RBI single and rookie Ben Rice contributed a two-run double during a three-run sixth for the Yankees. Judge singled twice before homering off Sam Moll in the seventh.
Cincinnati starter Graham Ashcraft (5-4) gave up three runs on four hits in five-plus innings in his second start since returning from the minors. He walked two and fanned three.
Ashcraft allowed a single by Judge and walked Alex Verdugo before being lifted following Torres' run-scoring single.
Nick Martinez allowed Rice's two-run double but retired Jose Trevino on a flyout with a runner on to end the sixth. Moll kept the game at 5-4 after Judge homered, and Fernando Cruz pitched a 1-2-3 eighth.
Alexis Diaz pitched a perfect ninth for his 18th save in 20 opportunities.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cincinnati |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Graham Ashcraft
|
Player |
Luis Gil
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
5.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
4 |
Hits |
2 |
|
5.40 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cincinnati
|
5 |
2 |
14 |
.156 |
14 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| NY Yankees
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.171 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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