Ryan McMahon, Rockies end slide with comeback win against Yankees at sold-out Coors Field

There haven t been countless grand old nights at the ballpark in LoDo this season but May will be remembered as one of them A full stadium hung on every pitch in the late innings Sure a large number of of them were here to root for the visitors but the Colorado Rockies exposed a way to defeat the New York Yankees - in front of an electric crowd of at Coors Field It was beautiful to see a complete match out there Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer disclosed It was just fun That s fun baseball Tanner Gordon was an unexpected hero and earned his first career win Then Ryan McMahon delivered the huge hit that has evaded this Rockies club so often in what has already felt like a lost season The preeminence snapped a five-game losing streak and improved the Rockies record to - First pitch was at p m but the Let s Go Yankees chants began a minute earlier There was a roll-call attempt from the visiting fans in right field It felt like a long night at Yankee Stadium West was forthcoming especially when New York grabbed a - lead in the top of the first inning Gordon called up to start because top prospect Chase Dollander went on the disabled list had other ideas Gordon made his second start of the year for the Rockies and it was a good one Schaeffer set his expectations before the meeting for the -year-old righthander attack with his best stuff regardless of who was at the plate It was really exciting to say the least Gordon commented Going up against a band like the Yankees you think you ve got to be perfect and you ve got to hit all your spots But then you remember you have a really good defense behind you and that s kind of what took the pressure off my shoulders Aaron Judge singled and scored in the first He earned M-V-P chants from the visiting fans after a home run in the fifth put the Yankees in front - But outside of a triple off the wall from Paul Goldschmidt that scored Judge in the first Gordon was efficient through six solid innings Gordon got selected help from Adael Amador on a great snag that turned into a double play in the fourth but otherwise he kept Colorado in this event until McMahon could deliver the big hit He struck out five batters including Anthony Volpe to finish a - - sixth at the end of his outing He was really good man McMahon revealed of Gordon I think he made one mistake to Judge and Judge didn t even get it that good He s just a freak and he s strong McMahon scored Colorado s first run after a walk wild pitch and a single from Kyle Farmer When he came to the plate in the fifth there were two runners on and Hunter Goodman had just chased Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt with the second of back-to-back singles Related Articles Futility Tracker How bad are the Colorado Rockies Rockies reach - through games after shutout loss to Phillies Rockies Chase Dollander placed on injured list with forearm tightness With - loss to Phillies Rockies clinch MLB s worst modern era record through games a contest early Renck Five strategies to fix the Rockies as they pursue worst MLB record ever New York manager Aaron Boone summoned his lefty sidewinder Tim Hill The deception did not faze McMahon He sent an -mile-per-hour sinker deep into the Denver night missing a home run by inches as it glanced off the yellow stripe at the top of the centerfield wall for a two-run double and a - lead Mac what a night Schaeffer commented Two walks a big-time two-run double a bare-hand play He indicated why he s a really good performer The Yankees threatened in the eighth when Trent Grisham drew a leadoff walk and brought Judge to the plate His duel with Colorado s top relief pitcher this season Jake Bird ended with another raucous round of applause but from the hometown fans Judge grounded into a - double play then Bird punched out Ben Rice on strikes New York put a runner on in the ninth but McMahon s bare-hand play to get Volpe came at a moment where things have often gone awry for this band When Austin Wells flew out to shortstop for the final out there was another roar from the home fans It was the kind of night Rockies fans have longed for and their ball club delivered I think when we got the Judge double play guys really built off that McMahon explained There are other moments in the event for sure It s just stacking those little bits of positive things You just want to play good ball games against good teams and that s what we did tonight Hopefully we can build off it FOOTNOTES Schaeffer revealed Michael Toglia will be back in the starting lineup Saturday after three consecutive days off Toglia has struggled this season with a league-leading strikeouts He had eight in at-bats in the three games before this mini-break Toglia did replace Farmer for defense at first base in the eighth inning of this contest Saturday s pitching matchup Yankees LHP Max Fried - ERA at Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland - p m Monday Coors Field TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Fried is one of the leading contenders for the American League Cy Young Award He leads the majors in ERA and is fifth in the AL with a batting average against The Yankees signed him to the largest contract in league history for a left-handed pitcher exactly one week after Juan Soto finalized his megadeal with the crosstown Mets Fried allowed six runs two earned in his Yankees debut but has yielded a total of eight runs seven earned in his nine starts since then Freeland has allowed the second-most hits in the majors this season behind only his teammate Antonio Senzatela who has yielded He is coming off his second-best outing of the season holding the high-powered Phillies offense to one run on seven hits Monday in innings Batters are hitting against Freeland when they put the first pitch of an at-bat in play -for- which is the highest among qualified pitchers Pitching probables Sunday Yankees RHP Will Warren - at Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - p m Monday Rockies TBA at Cubs TBA p m Tuesday Rockies TBA at Cubs TBA p m Corey Masisak The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis