Things were going well in the September 9, 2025, game vs Detroit in the Bronx, as early home runs by Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger gave the good guys a 2-0 lead, but a two-run jolt from Parker Meadows off Will Warren tied matters in the fifth. Warren was replaced after six, but Fernando Cruz and Mark Leiter blew it up in a nine-run frame in the 12-2 Tigers win. Continue reading →
A struggling Yankee ballclub seemed truly snakebit on September 8, 2023, when Luis Severino, who had been battered in outing after outing, pitched effectively until he hurt himself striking out Andruw Monisterio leading off the fifth inning. He left in a 2-2 tie, but back-to-back 3-run uprisings against the pen resulted in an 8-2 Yankee loss to the visiting Brewers. Continue reading →
The Toronto/Yankees tilt in the Bronx on September 7, 2025, could have been played for just three innings, because the score entering the top of the fourth, 4-3 Yankees, was the same as the final score. Ben Rice‘s first-inning three-run home run was the big blow, and Max Fried went seven for the win. Continue reading →
It really could have been an emotional night for a several-year Yankee fan when the Yanks jumped up on visiting Minnesota 2-0 through three on homers from Aaron Judge, and Marwin Gonzalez on September 5, 2022, when ex-Yank Gary Sanchez tied matters with a two-run shot in the fifth. But a second Judge jolt and a Isiah Kiner-Filefa drive propelled the Yanks to a 5-2 win. Continue reading →
If you could have written up how a successful bullpen day started by an Opener would go, you could look at the 4-1 Yankee victory over the Rangers in the Stadium on September 4, 2019. Two innings from Chad Green, then three from Luis Cessa, got the Yankees past midgame with a 3-0 lead, on Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres home runs, both off ex-Yankee Lance Lynn. Continue reading →
Not only did Giancarlo Stanton hit an early home run against the visiting Orioles on September 3, 2021, that helped send the 2-2 contest to extra innings, it was his single in the bottom of the 11th that drove in Aaron Judge with the game winner in the 3-2 victory. Nestor Cortes made the start, and Clay Holmes was the winning pitcher. Continue reading →
The hits Jordan Montgomery surrendered to the first four Rays up on September 2, 2020, including two-run jolts from Randy Arozarena and Mike Brosseau, all but wrapped up what would be a 5-2 Tampa final. A late Clint Frazier home run and DJ LeMahieu rbi single were too little, too late. Continue reading →
Even though Marcus Stroman was reached for two second-inning runs on four straight hits vs the Cardinals on August 30, 2024, it became one of his better starts, as he went seven complete in the 6-3 Yankee win. Batting fourth, catcher Austin Wells homered for two in the home third, and then again for two more in the eighth. Continue reading →
On August 23, 2003, when Ron Guidry Day was celebrated in Yankee Stadium, the team played uninspired baseball in a 7-2 loss to the Orioles in the game that followed. No such problem occurred on August 29, 1964, when the Yanks held Elston Howard Day. The Yanks took two from the Red Sox, 10-2 and 6-1. Joe Pepitone went yard three times, including a grand slam, and Roger Maris hit six singles. It was highlights all around, as Mickey Mantle hit his 447th career homer in the first game, and tied Babe Ruth‘s career strike out record (1,330) in the second. Continue reading →
Giving the lie to all the claims floating around Yankee Stadium in 2009, Robbie Cano sent a soaked fanbase home happy on August 28, 2009, when his 10th-inning three-run walkoff bomb against Chicago lefty Randy Williams gave the Yankees a 5-2 win. Rumor had it that Cano could only hit in non-rbi situations, and the game only went into extras because Nick Swisher made a great throw to nail a runner at home in the top of the seventh. Brian Bruney pitched the top of the 10th and got the win. Continue reading →
