Rookie catcher J.C. Escarra was the Yankees’ offensive star with his first three- hit game. His second-inning double scored Anthony Volpe for a 2-1 Yankees lead and his eighth-inning single brought in an insurance run that made it 5-3. Escarra’s big day hiked his average from .175 to .244.

It was not always a given, but the Yankees did indeed escape Coors Field on Sunday without a dubious distinction following them to California.

Aaron Judge had two hits, including a tiebreaking double in the fifth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the languishing Colorado Rockies 5-4 in a game delayed 1 hour, 46 minutes by rain