Young Padres righthander Chris Paddock came into Yankee Stadium with some lofty numbers for the May 29, 2019, game, but DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit turned two of his first six pitches into home runs, and Gio Urshela went yard in the second. On the other side of things, it was disappointing that James Paxton pitched just four innings for the Yankees, but you wouldn’t know it from the final score, which was a 7-0 win by the good guys. Voit would triple in front of a two-run Gleyber Torres home run in the seventh, and Cameron Maybin stole a run in the sixth, following a single by purloining both second and third, then scoring on a throwing error on the latter. Continue reading →
Runs were scored in eight different half innings during the Yanks’ home-standing 9-5 win over Oakland on May 28, 2017, but it really all came down to Aaron Judge‘s third-inning, two-out grand slam. Michael Pineda and Andrew Triggs each went six in this one, with the unfortunate A’s righty having surrendered just one earned run (and five unearned ones) thanks to errors by left fielder Matt Joyce and catcher Josh Phegley. Continue reading →
On May 27, 2019, Memorial Day, with all of baseball poised to halt the games for a moment of remembrance at 3 pm, the Yankees prevailed over the Padres 5-2. Opener Chad Green combined with “starter” David Hale to strike out the first four, until San Diego scored two off Hale in the second. But New York went up 3-2 almost right away on home runs by Clint Frazier and Brett Gardner in the bottom half. It stayed that way until Adam Ottavino retired DH Josh Naylor on a ground ball to second for out No. two in the top of the sixth, and the “moment” arrived. The Bombers added two in the eighth on a Gary Sanchez home run and a Gleyber Torres double. Continue reading →
Anaheim’s Mike Trout was a one-man wrecking crew in Yankee Stadium on May 26, 2018, although his teammates did well too. Trout went 5-for-5, with a home run and three doubles, drove in four runs; and scored three times in the 11-4 Angels win. Yes, Sonny Gray had the start and the loss, but to be fair, he left down just 5-4 after five innings. Continue reading →
Young lefty prospect JP Sears, recalled from AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this day, and who has since been traded to Oakland, got his second win for the Yankees in a 2-0 victory over visiting Baltimore on May 25, 2022. JP’s five innings were enough for the win, as fourth-inning singles by Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres, and Miguel Andujar plated one, and another scored on a catcher’s throwing error during the next at bat. Continue reading →
Playing for visiting Baltimore, ex-pinstriper Rougned Odor came back to haunt the Yankees in a May 24, 2022, game, as his three-run, seventh-inning home run wiped out a lead the Yanks had held all day since Anthony Rizzo homered in the first. But a Gleyber Torres home run and Jose Trevino rbi single tied things at 5-5. The Orioles were able to push across a run in the 11th, but rbi hits from Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Trevino, again, plated two in the bottom of the frame, for a 7-6 Yankee win. Continue reading →
Keying a three-game sweep of the White Sox in Yankee Stadium, the Bombers eked out a 5-4 victory on May 23, 2022, behind three hits from both Gleyber Torres and Clint Frazier. Battling the Palehose early, Gleyber drove in two in the first, but Frazier turned his leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth and stolen base into the winner once Chicago closer Liam Hendriks walked Aaron Judge with the sacks filled. Continue reading →
Well, if the triple play game ending 2-1 Yanks on May 21, 2022, wouldn’t be wisely called “Gleyber Day,” how about the 7-0 win over the Palehose on May 22? Sure, Gerrit Cole surprised us all by coaxing 13 ground ball outs with seven K’s through seven (the second batter of the game, Adam Eaton, hit the only Chicago fly ball until Yermin Mercedes flied out off Luis Cessa to end the game in the ninth), but the offense was driven by Torres, still playing shortstop to begin the season. Gleyber both homered and singled for two rbi’s each in the fourth and fifth frames. Continue reading →
It’s probably clueless to refer to a post about the May 21, 2021, 2-1 Yankee victory over the White Sox “Gleyber Day,” in light of what transpired in the ninth inning, but Gleyber Torres did drive in both runs, with a seventh-inning home run, and the third of three consecutive singles in the bottom of the ninth. It may have been Jordan Montgomery‘s best start, as he struck out 11 while allowing four hits over seven innings, but Nick Madrigal‘s eighth-inning rbi single off Jonathan Loiasiga cost him the win. The final was almost anticlimactic and felt preordained, once the Yanks finished off the top of the ninth behind Aroldis Chapman with a 5-4-3 triple play off the bat of Andrew Vaughn. Continue reading →
Filling in for the ineffective and injured Chien-Ming Wang, young righthander Phil Hughes got the win when the team battered Baltimore in the Bronx 11-4 on May 20, 2009. Another tradition survived the trip across 161st Street as all the predominantly white uniforms in the stands confirmed it was Fleet Week in New York. The big bat belonged to Robinson Cano, who had three hits with a homer, knocked in three runs, and scored two himself. Continue reading →
