The Yankees' recent batting has little dramatic element in the game as the lineup is not threatened with a comeback.
They made up for it with emphatic style on Wednesday night.
After wiping out a 4-run deficit and forcing extra innings, in the top of the 10th he was trailed by three before Josh his Donaldson kicked the Yankees out of despair with a walk-off bases loaded. I dragged it out. His 8-7 win in the Bronx.
Aaron Judge hits second-base automatic runner Gleyber Torres singles and raises. Anthony Rizzo's walk on reliever Jalen Beeks loaded the bases for Donaldson, who was in a 28-3 slump. He fired his 0-1 pitch into the opposite field, landing on a short porch and causing a fierce celebration.
The Yankees (73-45) have been his best in the past 14 games, starting with a youthful injection into the lineup by calling up Oswaldo Cabrera and Esteban Florial. We won the third time. and showed signs of rediscovering their mojo.
Aroldis Chapman struck in the top of his 10th inning and lost his zone, but was just short of leaving the bases loaded unscathed in a 4-4 draw. hit a double with a double. After pitching scoreless in the ninth inning, he pitched 7-4
scoreless at the first base line, before Scott's effros gave way to Chapman after retiring the first batter in his 10th inning. . Chapman started the run by walking the first two batters he faced with his nine pitches.
Pitching his coach Matt following his Blake visit, Chapman beat Jose his Ciri, giving Mejia a count he made 0-2 before the deciding hit.
Chapman has improved a lot lately. He entered the night with nine consecutive scoreless appearances, allowing only one walk and three hits.
In the eighth inning, Anthony Rizzo hit the big swing the Yankees lacked. After the Yankees missed a chance to tie or take the lead, he hit a solo homer into the right field seat of Rays left fielder Brooks Reilly to tie the game 4–4.
Homer unleashed his 26-for-2 funk. Rizzo has been plagued by that funk since missing his five games with a back spasm.
Pinch-hitter for the very infamous Aaron Hicks Isiah his Kyner his Falefa led off his ninth inning, striking out in eight pitches at bat. Aaron Judge then mounted a charge into the crowd with his two outs, but flew out onto the caution track in center field, sending the bout to the extras.
After a 63-minute rain delay in the top of the seventh, And Flo Real's superb shoestring grab to keep the Rays lead at 4-2 shortly after play resumed — the Yankees showed signs of life at the end of the inning. DJ LeMahieu, who led with a bat single and was out for the first time since Saturday due to a toe injury, hit a pinch single on the first pitch he faced. After one out, Andrew Benintendi walked to load the bases.
The Rays brought in relief pitcher Pete Fairbanks. Fairbanks quickly walked Aaron Judge on his four pitches to bring the Yankees within 4-3 of him.
However, Gleyber Torres came out next, throwing an inning-ending double play on the first pitch.
Ron his Marinaccio, injured Clay, he called back from Triple-A earlier in the day for Holmes and, to keep the Yankees at his fingertips, played 1²/1² after a rain delay to keep the Yankees close at hand. ₃ Tossed his innings scoreless. Rays veteran Corey Kluber limited the Yankees to just two runs (a home run by Torres in the sixth), and in six innings he stole eight and continued to afflict his former team. . In his three starts with the Yankees this season, Kluber is posting a 1.50 ERA.