Chase Burns struck out eight batters in his debut and dazzled at times, but the Cincinnati Reds had to come from behind twice against New York on Tuesday night. They would get the job done, scoring twice in the bottom of the 11th inning to beat the Yankees and guarantee themselves a series win with a chance to go for a sweep on Wednesday.
| Final | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees (45-34) | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Reds (42-38) | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| W: Phillips (1-0) L: Leiter Jr. (4-4) | |||
| Statcast | Box Score | Game Thread | |||
You never really know how a guy is going to react the first time they get on the mound in the big leagues. Chase Burns acted appropriately and announced his presence with authority. He needed four pitches to strike out Trent Grisham to begin the game. He battled with Ben Rice but came away with another strikeout after six pitches. Then he would strike out Aaron Judge to complete his first inning.
In the second inning Chase Burns picked up where he left off, but it wasn’t quite as easy this time. He battled Cody Bellinger for eight pitches before striking him out. Paul Goldschmidt then struck out on seven pitches. Jazz Chisholm Jr. broke up the no-hitter with a single into right field, but the Reds rookie right-hander rebounded with another strikeout to end the inning to give him six on the day.
Chase Burns didn’t strike out either of the first two batters of the 3rd inning, but both Austin Wells and Oswald Peraza grounded out. Trent Grisham, however, did strike out – for the second time today – to end the inning and give Burns seven of them on the day.
Ben Rice started the 4th inning by breaking up the shutout as he clobbered a slider 427 feet way up into the seats in right field to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. Aaron Judge followed up with a single. After two lazy fly balls for outs, Jazz Chisholm Jr. picked up his second single of the day. Anthony Volpe then hit a liner to center and TJ Friedl made a do-or-die diving attempt on a ball in front of him and he missed it and it rolled by him and all the way to the wall for a 2-run triple that extended the New York lead to 3-0.
Burns returned to the mound for the 5th inning and gave up a leadoff single to Oswald Peraza on a line drive off of the glove of a leaping and outstretched Elly De La Cruz. Peraza stole second, but he would be stranded there as Burns picked up his 8th strikeout of the game before getting Ben Rice and Aaron Judge out to end the inning and ultimately his day.
The Reds weren’t getting much done against Carlos Rodon, but he was finished after the 6th inning. The Yankees turned the game over to the bullpen there and brought in Jonathan Loaisiga to face the middle of the Cincinnati lineup. Tyler Stephenson picked up a 1-out walk and then Rece Hinds hit a 111 MPH grounder off of the glove of a diving Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s glove for a single to put two men on for Jose Trevino. The first pitch he saw he picked up a second infield hit of the inning on a diving play by Anthony Volpe at shortstop and that left the bases full of Reds.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand, who hasn’t played in several days, was due up and facing a right-handed reliever. Manager Terry Francona opted to not pinch hit for him and it paid off as Encarnacion-Strand doubled into the left field corner and cleared the bases to tie the game up. Former Reds reliever Fernando Cruz then entered the game and was able to strand the runner to keep the game tied up and send it to the 8th inning.
Brent Suter, who had struck out the side in the top of the 7th, returned to the mound in the 8th and recorded the first two outs against the top of the Yankees order. But when Aaron Judge came to the plate it was time for a pitching change and Lyon Richardson entered out of the bullpen and he got a ground out to shortstop to end the top half of the frame and keep the game tied up.
In the bottom of the 8th inning the Reds caught a bad break. On a 3-1 count Elly De La Cruz took the 5th pitch of the at-bat and the umpire called it a strike. It looked low and the pitch tracking sure seemed to show it as being low. He would then strike out on the next pitch. Spencer Steer followed up with a single and one that had De La Cruz been on first base, would have moved him to third. Tyler Stephenson ended the inning on a fly out to right field that was plenty deep enough to have been a sacrifice fly. But baseball still refuses to go with an automated strikezone and instead allow human mistakes by those not involved in playing the game to dictate the outcomes and because of that the game remained tied and went to the 9th inning.
Lyon Richardson returned to the mound for the 9th inning and gave up a leadoff single. He rebounded quickly, getting a fly out and then back-to-back strikeouts to send the game to the bottom of the 9th.
Cincinnati saw a familiar face enter the game as the Yankees called Devin Williams to the mound. He sat the Reds down in order and the streak continued for Williams, who has not given up a hit to the club since September of 2022 and thrown 14.0 innings during that stretch.
Tony Santillan took over for Cincinnati in the top of the 10th inning. He would get a pop up and the a line out against the first two hitters, but then he walked Trent Grisham on five pitches. Another walk followed to load the bases. That resulted in a visit from pitching coach Derek Johnson before Santillan had to face Aaron Judge. The talk worked as Judge popped up next to the mound and stranded all three runners.
The Reds half of the 10th inning began with the team sending Will Benson to pinch run for Christian Encarnacion-Strand as the free runner. Then Santiago Espinal was allowed to hit for himself against a right-handed pitcher despite being one of the worst hitters in baseball against right-handed pitching. He failed to get a bunt down and then popped up to first base. TJ Friedl followed with a pop up to shortstop. Matt McLain then ended the inning with a ground out to first base.
Connor Phillips took over for Cincinnati in the 11th inning and got a ground out on a nice play by Spencer Steer at first base, but Aaron Judge advanced to third on the play. Phillips then threw a wild pitch that brought Judge in to score and give the Yankees the lead.
Matt McLain began the bottom of the 11th as the Reds free runner with the middle of the lineup due up. Elly De La Cruz began the inning with an infield single where he just beat pitcher Mark Leiter Jr. to the bag. Spencer Steer then took the first pitch he saw and lined a single into center to tie the game up as McLain scored from third. On the play De La Cruz seemed to not realize his team was down a run and he casually jogged to second base on the play as he seemingly thought the game was over. During the next at-bat a wild pitch to Tyler Stephenson moved both runners up. Stephenson would eventually draw a walk to load the bases.
With Rece Hinds due up, the Reds opted to pinch hit for him and send lefty Gavin Lux to the plate to face a laboring right-handed Leiter Jr. The Yankees brought Cody Bellinger in from the outfield to load up the infield and play with just two outfielders, hoping to prevent a ground ball from reaching the outfield. The move didn’t seem to matter as Lux lined a single into center for a walk-off hit.
Key Moment of the Game
Gavin Lux walking it off in the 11th inning.
Notes Worth Noting
Chase Burns allowed three runs in 5.0 innings with no walks and he struck out eight batters. He topped out at 100.1 MPH on the day and he threw 81 pitches with 53 strikes.
Entering the day the two teams were a combined 2-11 in extra inning games this season and had each scored just one run in those 13 games.
Spencer Steer had three hits on the day. Both Elly De La Cruz and Christian Encarnacion-Strand had 2-hit nights. Tyler Stephenson had all three of the Reds walks on the day.
Austin Hays has gone 1-4 with a walk and a run scored in his first rehab game with Double-A Chattanooga. He served as the designated hitter. His run scored came on a single and he scored from second base on the play.
Up Next for the Cincinnati Reds
New York Yankees vs Cincinnati Reds
Wednesday June 25th, 7:10pm ET
Max Fried (9-2, 2.05 ERA) vs Brady Singer (7-5, 4.13 ERA)
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