Judge and the Bullpen lift the Yankees to a 9-6 Win!
THE BRONX, NY — Instant Reaction to the Yankees 9-6 comeback win over the Blue Jays.
- The Blue Jays struck first on two-run home run off the bat of Yankee Killer Vladimir Guerrero Jr. after a missed Strike 3 call to Davis Schneider lead to a walk. The Yankees never should have pitched to Vladdy in that spot, but they did.
- The Yankees answered right back after a single by Judge and Rice reaching on an E4 by IKF lead to an RBI single by IKF, cutting the Jays’ lead to 2-1.
- Rodon would completely fall apart in the third inning, allowing four runs and having to come out of the game. Rodon was not great today, leaving a lot of pitches in the zone, including getting away with a number of hanging fastballs, specifically to George Springer.
- The Yankees would get the comeback started in the bottom of the third inning, with a Judge RBI single and a Stanton Sac Fly, bringing the Yankees within three runs.
- Fernando Cruz and Comilo Doval combined for a scoreless fourth inning.
- Remember the infamous Game 5 started with a dropped popup? So did the Yankees comeback with Barger failing to catch a popup off the bat of Wells, and Wells took second. A walk to Grisham would set the table for Aaron Judge, who delivered with a clutch game-thing three-run home run to flip the script.
- After Doval and Hill combined for a scoreless fifth inning, the Yankees would take the lead after a Jazz Chisholm Jr. solo home run and an Austin Wells RBI single for a quick insurance run.
- Tim Hill was able to go another full inning, giving the Yankees four outs, including facing a few right-handers and more importantly, giving the Yankees a chance to face Vladdy without a runner on base.
- The Blue Jays intentionally walked Aaron Judge in the bottom of the sixth. It backfired. Anthony Santander misplayed a line drive off the bat of Bellinger, putting runners on second and third with one out. Ben Rice would make them pay with a sac fly, making it 9-6 Yankees.
- Devin Williams came on and pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning.
- The Yankees went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, marking the first time that the Yankees went down in order this game.
- Aaron Boone left Devin Williams in for the eighth inning, making it the first time that Williams pitched multiple innings this season, and after allowing a leadoff single, he would strike out Anthony Santander, Boone would go to his closer, David Bednar to get five outs.
- Bednar came in and induced two groundouts to end the inning and get his offense back to the plate quickly.
- The Yankees would load the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs, but Stanton would pop out on the first pitch to leave the bases loaded.
- David Bednar retired the side in order with an awesome play by Caballero to end the ballgame!
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