New York Yankees at Pittsburgh Pirates

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New York Yankees

6-2, 2-0 Away

Final
10 - 4

Pittsburgh Pirates

2-7, 0-2 Home

Trent Grisham homers twice as Yankees surge past reeling Pirates 10-4

Anthony Volpe drills bases-clearing double for Yanks

Grisham went deep against Bailey Falter (0-1) leading off the third, then did it again in the fifth on a towering fly ball that just scraped over the left-field fence as the Yankees won their third straight and improved to 6-2.

Paul Goldschmidt had three hits for New York, which has a record 25 home runs through eight games. Oswaldo Peraza added two hits and scored twice and Anthony Volpe also had two hits, including a bases-clearing double off Colin Holderman later in the fifth that gave the Yankees plenty of cushion. Aaron Judge, who leads the majors in homers and RBI, singled in the 1,001st game of his career.

Mark Leiter Jr. (1-1) pitched a scoreless sixth for New York. Yankees starter Marcus Stroman gave up four runs — all in the fourth — on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts as his ERA pushed up to 7.27.

While Stroman has struggled early on, help for the starting rotation could be on the way. Clarke Schmidt pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings during a rehab start for Double-A Somerset on Saturday. He is expected to return to the Yankees by mid-April.

Ke'Bryan Hayes had two hits and drove in a run for the Pirates. Enmanuel Valdez added a two-run double during Pittsburgh's fourth-inning surge that built a 4-2 lead.

It didn't last. Jasson Dominguez doubled leading off the fifth. Peraza followed with a single and Grisham poked a 93 mph fastball on the outside corner down the left-field line for the third multi-homer game of his career to put New York in front to stay.

Key moment The Pirates appeared to have momentum after getting to Stroman, bringing PNC Park — at least the portion not rooting for the Yankees — briefly to life. Grisham quieted them with one swing.

Key stat At 2-7 the Pirates are off to their worst start since 2020, when they lost 10 of their first 12.

Up next The series finishes up on Sunday. Will Warren (0-0, 3.60 ERA) starts for New York against Pittsburgh's Andrew Heaney (0-0, 1.80).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bart struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Bart hit for Valdez
	9th Inning	Canario struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Pham lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Hayes walked.
	9th Inning	Domínguez grounded out to second.

Statistics

NYY		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	10
10	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
6	Doubles	3
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	7
43	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
8	Extra Base Hits	3
9.9	Runs Created	1.2
.368	Batting Average	.138
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.684	Slugging Percentage	.241
.395	Secondary Average	.276
.419	On Base Percentage	.265
1.103	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.506
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
9.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
74.0	Batter Rating	26.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.67	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.26
.316	Isolated Power	.103
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.047	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.147
.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.138
20.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
112.8	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0