NEW YORK — Hours before the Yankees hosted the San Diego Padres for a rubber match at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Boone took a question about his team’s league-leading offense.
“We’ve got a lot of firepower,” the manager said, in part, a night after the Yankees scored 10 runs in the seventh inning of a 12-3 win.
Such a forceful explosion didn’t repeat itself on Wednesday, but the Yankees did drop a few bombs in a 10-inning, 4-3 win. The back-and-forth affair ended with a pinch-hit, walk-off sac fly from J.C. Escarra after an Oswaldo Cabrera bunt moved Jasson Domínguez, the automatic runner, over to third.
Prior to that, San Diego’s Dylan Cease kept the Yankees hitless for 6 2/3 innings. But with the Padres up 1-0 in the seventh, Cody Bellinger ended Cease’s bid for his second career no-hitter when he smoked a game-tying, solo homer. Cease exited two batters later with an injury, while San Diego scored two more runs with Luke Weaver pitching in the eighth on a Jackson Merrill single and a Xander Bogaerts sac fly.
No matter, though, as pinch-hitter and former Padre Trent Grisham knotted the game when he drilled a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth after a Cabrera walk. The blast, launched off Jason Adam, gave Grisham 10 homers for the season and set up Escarra’s game-winner.
Weaver, meanwhile, rebounded for a scoreless ninth before the struggling Devin Williams worked himself into and out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th.
Earlier, Cease dominated the Yankees with his four-seamer and slider prior to getting hurt. With the occasional knuckle-curve sprinkled in, the 29-year-old totaled one hit, one earned run, two walks and nine strikeouts over 89 pitches.
The Padres added Cease ahead of the 2024 season after they flipped pitching prospect Drew Thorpe – acquired from the Yankees in the Juan Soto deal – to the White Sox. Cease no-hit the Washington Nationals on July 25 last year.
Opposite Cease, former Padres prospect Max Fried delivered another gem for the Yankees. The only mistake he made came on a fourth-inning solo shot from Merrill, as Fried left a sweeper over the plate.
The lefty now has a 1.05 ERA after tallying seven innings, five hits, one earned run, zero walks, eight strikeouts and 100 pitches on Wednesday. The Yankees are now 8-0 when Fried starts.
With a series win in the books, the Yankees will start a west coast road trip in Sacramento on Friday following an off day.
Will Warren and Carlos Rodón are lined up for the first two games against the Athletics, but the Yankees haven’t decided on a Sunday starter yet. They will face Osvaldo Bido in the opener before taking on former pinstripers JP Sears and Luis Severino.
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Hours before the Yankees hosted the Padres for a rubber match at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Boone took a question about his team’s league-leading offense.
“We’ve got a lot of firepower,” the manager said, in part, a night after the Yankees scored 10 runs in the seventh inning of a 12-3 win.
Such a forceful explosion didn’t repeat itself on Wednesday, but the Yankees did drop a few bombs in a 10-inning, 4-3 win. The back-and-forth affair ended with a pinch-hit, walk-off sac fly from J.C. Escarra after an Oswaldo Cabrera bunt moved Jasson Domínguez, the automatic runner, over to third.
Prior to that, San Diego’s Dylan Cease kept the Yankees hitless for 6.2 innings. But with the Padres up 1-0 in the seventh, Cody Bellinger ended Cease’s bid for his second career no-no when he smoked a game-tying, solo homer. Cease exited two batters later with an injury, while San Diego scored two more runs with Luke Weaver pitching in the eighth on a Jackson Merrill single and a Xander Bogaerts sac fly.
No matter, though, as pinch-hitter and former Padre Trent Grisham knotted the game when he drilled a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth after a Cabrera walk. The blast, launched off Jason Adam, gave Grisham 10 homers for the season and set up Escarra’s game-winner.
Weaver, meanwhile, rebounded for a scoreless ninth before the struggling Devin Williams worked himself into and out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th.
Earlier, Cease dominated the Yankees with his four-seamer and slider prior to getting hurt. With the occasional knuckle-curve sprinkled in, the 29-year-old totaled one hit, one earned run, two walks and nine strikeouts over 89 pitches.
The Padres added Cease ahead of the 2024 season after they flipped pitching prospect Drew Thorpe – acquired from the Yankees in the Juan Soto deal – to the White Sox. Cease no-hit the Nationals on July 25 last year.
Opposite Cease, former Padres prospect Max Fried delivered another gem for the Yankees. The only mistake he made came on a fourth-inning solo shot from Merrill, as Fried left a sweeper over the plate.
The lefty now has a 1.05 ERA after tallying seven innings, five hits, one earned run, zero walks, eight strikeouts and 100 pitches on Wednesday. The Yankees are now 8-0 when Fried starts.
With a series win in the books, the Yankees will start a west coast road trip in Sacramento on Friday following an off day.
Will Warren and Carlos Rodón are lined up for the first two games against the Athletics, but the Yankees haven’t decided on a Sunday starter yet. They will face Osvaldo Bido in the opener before taking on former pinstripers JP Sears and Luis Severino.
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