The 2023 version of the Bronx Bombers ruined the first start in five years for Ben Lively as the New York Yankees held on to a 6-2 win.
Aaron Judge hit his 13th home run and seventh in as many days off Lively, who made his first big league start since 2018.
Lively left after 5 2/3 innings following a walk to Judge in the sixth after he retired 16 straight Yankee batters. Ian Gibaut was the victim of Anthony Rizzo's 10th home run of the season to extend the lead. It was Rizzo's 23rd home run at Great American Ball Park. The long time Cub trails only Ryan Braun (28). He is now tied with former Astros star, Lance Berkman.
Clarke Schmidt allowed the Reds three singles in five innings, including an infield hit by rookie Matt McLain. The Reds, however, chased Schmidt in the sixth on a single by Jonathan India and a double by McLain to start the inning. Jake Fraley doubled to left center to get back the two runs from Rizzo's blast. Spencer Steer walked as Fraley stole third. Tyler Stephenson bounced to the mound but Steer was moving with the pitch to put runners on second and third with one out. Jimmy Cordero struck out Nick Senzel and Henry Ramos looking to preserve the one-run lead.
The Yankees scored three insurance runs in the ninth off Silvino Bracho, who walked two batters. Catcher Kyle Higashioka, who struck out three times, doubled to the gap in left center to score Gleyber Torres and Oswaldo Cabrera. Harrison Bader singled home Higashioka.
David Bell was ejected by home plate umpire, Brian O'Nora. The umpires in a routine check of the pitcher coming off the field detected something tacky on the back of Clarke Schmidt's glove hand. The umpires made him wash it off. Bell argued that Schmidt should be ejected.
"David was upset that we made him clean it off and not eject him. I explained the situation," crew chief Brian O'Nora said. "He kept going I told him it was enough and he kept going. I had no choice but to eject him."
"It is our discretion. Nestor (Caja) checked him. He noticed something just a little tacky. He called the whole crew down. It wasn't shiny. It wasn't dark like pine tar. It was that fuzz from the inside part of his glove, I think. As a crew we told him to go wash it off. He washed it off nothing was on his hand. It wasn't sticky and it wasn't a foreign substance.
On Tuesday in Toronto, Yankee starting pitcher Domingo German was suspended for 10 games after a different umpiring crew found a foreign substance on his hands.
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