With the potential high for a hangover on Friday as they came off an intense four-game series with their division rival Blue Jays, the Yankees powered through.
If anything, their series opener against the Reds played back some hits from the series in Toronto: an Aaron Judge home run,In the end, though, it was enough for the Yankees to secure a 6-2 win over the Reds at Great American Ball Park.
Unbothered by a little more drama — though far less than what they experienced in four games north of the border — the Yankees won for the ninth time in their past 12 games. The controversy on Friday involved Clarke Schmidt, who cruised through four scoreless innings before getting held up by a foreign-substance check before he got to the mound for the bottom of the fifth. Aaron Judge homers in the Yankees’ win over the Reds on May 19.Third-base umpire Nestor Ceja appeared to take issue with something on Schmidt’s left hand, and after the rest of the umpires convened to pat it down, the right-hander jogged into the clubhouse, seemingly to wash his hands.
Anthony Rizzo later joined Judge in the power department, crushing a two-run homer 424 feet to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning. Schmidt gave up back-to-back hits to begin the frame, at which point manager Aaron Boone went to the bullpen. Getty Images Cordero entered and immediately gave up a two-run double to Jake Fraley that cut the Yankees’ lead to 3-2. But Cordero was able to wiggle out of the jam, retiring the next three batters in order on a groundout and two strikeouts looking to keep the lead. After Albert Abreu worked a scoreless eighth inning, the Yankees got some breathing room in the ninth with a two-run double from Kyle Higashioka and an RBI single from Harrison Bader.
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