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NEW YORK (AP) – Will Warren pitched five innings in rainy conditions for his first major league win, Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead RBI single in New York’s five-run fifth inning and the Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 8-4 on Saturday.
Warren (1-0) allowed two runs and two hits in his eighth career start and gave the Yankees a much-needed solid outing after Marcus Stroman got two outs Friday and went on the injured list with left knee inflammation before the game.
Bellinger hit an RBI triple in the first before snapping a 2-2 tie with a single off Jordan Hicks (1-1). Paul Goldschmidt followed with an RBI ground-rule double and Anthony Volpe lifted a sacrifice fly before Jasson Domínguez had a two-run single.
Ben Rice also homered for the Yankees, who lead the AL with 26.
The Yankees entered with four losses in their previous five games and a 5.46 ERA from their rotation, the worst amongst 30 teams.
Struggling New York closer Devin Williams struck out two and stranded a pair of runners in the ninth.
New York Yankees’ Will Warren pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer and a two-run double for the Giants, whose 11-4 start is their best through 15 games since 2003.
Hicks allowed seven runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
The Yankees went ahead when Bellinger´s fly ball caromed off left fielder Heliot Ramos´ glove. After Flores homered in the second, Bellinger singled to center and Goldschmidt hit a double that bounced into the right field seats for a 4-2 lead.
Warren got a called third strike with his fastball on Mike Yastzemski to end the fifth after he walked ninth-place hitter Tyler Fitzgerald. … Weaver fanned Sam Huff to end the sixth with two on after the Giants cut the lead to 7-4.
Bellinger, who got food poisoning in Detroit on Monday night, entered with three hits in his previous 21 at-bats. … Domínguez was hitless in 15 at-bats before singling in the fifth.
San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (1-0, 1.89 ERA) faces New York LHP Carlos Rodon (1-2, 5.19) in Sunday´s series finale.
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New York Yankees’ Cody Bellinger, left, celebrates with third base coach Luis Rojas, right, after hitting a triple that scored Aaron Judge during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
New York Yankees’ Luke Weaver pitches during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Francisco Giants’ Wilmer Flores hits a single scoring Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
New York Yankees’ Ben Rice is greeted in the dugout after scoring a run on a single hit by Cody Bellinger in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge rounds third to score on an RBI triple hit by Cody Bellinger in the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
New York Yankees’ Ben Rice, right, and Aaron Judge, left, react after Rice hit a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Francisco Giants’ Willy Adames, left, and Jung Hoo Lee, right, react after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Francisco Giants’ Jordan Hicks pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge reacts after hitting a single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
