Dominant Carlos Rodon, Yankees bullpen shut out Rangers to finish sweep
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The Yankees lead the American League in runs scored and are tops in the majors in home runs.
For quite a while now, though, their offense has merely needed to be OK rather than overwhelming. The Yankees have somewhat quietly begun seizing games with their arms rather than bats and just swept a three-game series in which they scored 10 total runs.
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Carlos Rodón was virtually untouched through six scoreless, two-hit innings, and the Yankees' bullpen took care of the rest in a 1-0 shutout of the Rangers in front of an announced 43,450 on a rainy and chilly Thursday afternoon in The Bronx.
3 Carlos Rodon pitches against the Rangers during the Yankees' matinee win on May 22, 2025.
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The Yankees (30-19) are rolling into a nine-game road trip that begins in Colorado having won four straight and 11 of their past 14. Good teams find different ways to win, and the Yankees are no longer smacking and more often silencing opponents.
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Against Bret Boone's Texas hitters, the Yankees' staff allowed five runs in three games. Aaron Boone's pitchers have not let up more than three runs in a season-high eight straight games and own a 1.85 ERA in the span. With Will Warren looking more and more like a real major league starter and Ryan Yarbrough offering strength and unique funk, the back end of their rotation has settled.
With Max Fried leading the majors in ERA (1.29) and Rodón the hardest pitcher in baseball to record a hit against (MLB-best .161 opponents' batting average), their top of the rotation has continued to look formidable.
3 Yankees second baseman Jorbit Vivas rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the fifth inning on May 22, 2025.
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3 Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger jumps to make a catch in the fourth inning on May 22, 2025.
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Despite frigid and wet conditions, Rodón was undershirt-less and at the top of his game, striking out eight and the side in the fifth inning. He stumbled into some trouble in the sixth inning, when Wyatt Langford walked, stole second and reached third on a wild pitch, but Rodón used a changeup to put away Jake Burger on his 105th and final pitch.
The Yankees only needed one swing to survive, Jorbit Vivas' first career home run, a short-porch shot in the fifth, providing the only offense.
That would be enough because Mark Leiter Jr. (who essentially needed to record four outs after a rushed throw from third baseman Oswald Peraza), Devin Williams (another scoreless outing) and Luke Weaver (pitching for a third straight day) secured the shutout on an afternoon the Rangers totaled four hits and went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
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