Fans who disregard special promos featuring one player should rethink that stance once they consider the May 12, 2023, 6-5 victory over visiting Tampa. Memorialized with the Star Wars Mandelorian bobblehead before the game, Anthony Rizzo not only homered for a run in the first inning, he also went yard for two in the bottom of the eighth, eclipsing the 5-4 bulge the Rays had achieved on a Josh Lowe three-run shot in the top half of the frame. Continue reading →
Second baseman Gleyber Torres drove in all five Yankee runs over visiting Toronto in a 5-3 win on May 11, 2022. Gleyber’s three-run, fourth-inning home run overcame an early Blue Jays 1-0 lead, and his two-run, sixth-inning single ensured the win. Continue reading →
Putting in an early bid for the 2022 AL MVP Award that he would eventually take home, Aaron Judge blasted a one-out, three-run walkoff home run off Toronto closer Jordan Romano for a 6-5 Yankee win on May 10, 2022. Before winning on Judge’s 10th home run of the year, the team had tied the game 3-3 on Giancarlo Stanton‘s seventh bomb in the sixth inning. Continue reading →
In one of his best starts ever on May 4, 2022, “Nasty Nestor” Cortes” held the visiting Rangers hitless until center fielder Eli White singled with one out in the eighth inning. But Clay Holmes would be credited with the 1-0 win once Anthony Rizzo drove in Aaron Judge, on base with a single, in the bottom of the eighth. Cortes struck out 11 Texas batters in a game over in 2:41 before MLB’s 2023 rules dramatically shortened the game. Continue reading →
The Yankees enjoyed a different opponent experience with the Astros in 2024, and aside from the scores of some of the Yankee wins, other things stood out. In a Yankee 9-4 victory on May 8, 2024, Jose Altuve, leading off against Carlos Rodon in the first, objected to something about his uniform while striking out on three pitches. Not to be outdone, Anthony Volpe, batting first in the bottom half, objected to the positioning of the rosin bag on the mound. The histrionics aside, the home team used Juan Soto, Giancarlo Stanton, and Aaron Judge home runs to bash the visitors into submission. Rodon went seven-plus strong and struck out seven. Continue reading →
The Yankees managed to win a three-gamer vs the visiting Padres by taking the rubber game 4-3 in 10 innings on May 7, 2025. Knotted at 1-1 through seven, both teams scored two in the eighth. Oswaldo Cabrera bunted Jasson Dominguez, on second as the “ghost runner” to start the bottom of the tenth, to third, then a pinch-hitting JC Escarra delivered the winner with a sac fly. Continue reading →
Following a string of painful one-inning losses in games they were set up to win, the Yankees made the visiting Padres pay with a 10-run seventh inning in a 12-3 win on May 6, 2025. The frame featured five hits and two walks before Austin Wells polished it off with a grand slam. Continue reading →
Arsonist closer Devin Williams was at it yet again in a 4-3 loss to the Rangers on May 5, 2025. With the Yankees up 3-0 through seven on the masterful one-hit pitching of Carlos Rodon, Williams, already replaced as ninth-inning man, was reached for a walk, two singles and a double. Luke Weaver then allowed a crowning double in Texas’s four-run eighth inning. Continue reading →
In an electrifying performance on May 4, 1981, Yankee reliever Ron Davis struck out the last eight Angels batters in a row in a 4-2 win. In so doing, he tied Nolan Ryan‘s (accomplished twice) AL record for consecutive strike outs. Continue reading →
On May 3, 1936, Joe DiMaggio made his regular-season debut. Joe’s three hits included a triple, as he scored three runs and knocked in one in a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Continue reading →
