Rockies walk-off Yankees on Alan Trejo's first home run of the season in wild back-and-forth game
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Nolan Jones led off the 11th inning with a tying, two-run homer off Nick Ramirez, Alan Trejo hit a game-ending drive off Ron Marinaccio and the Colorado Rockies beat the Yankees 8-7 Sunday to take two of three from New York.
Colorado, a National League-worst 36-58, overcame a 3-1 deficit when C.J. Cron hit an eighth-inning grand slam off Clay Holmes, the first home run allowed by the right-hander this season. "I was trying to make a sinker down," Holmes said. "It was a spot in the ballgame where we needed a big out, but unfortunately it stayed up and couldn’t get that out."
New York tied the score in the ninth against Daniel Bard on Gleyber Torres' run-scoring infield single and Harrison Bader's sacrifice fly.
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Colorado Rockies Alan Trejo circles the bases after hitting a solo walk-off home run as New York Yankees third baseman Oswald Peraza, left, heads to the dugout in the 11th inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Playing into the 11th for the first time this year, the Yankees opened a 7-5 lead against Gavin Hollowell (1-0) on run-scoring singles by Oswaldo Cabrera and Oswald Peraza, who was recalled from the minors when Josh Donaldson was put on the injured list Sunday because of a strained right calf.
Jones hit a 450-foot home run on a fastball and drove in Cron, the automatic runner. Trejo hit his first homer in 128 plate appearances this season on a hanging slider from Marinaccio (4-5), dropping New York to 5-7 in extra innings.
"It felt fantastic," Trejo said. "It was one of those where I felt I got enough of it to get