MLB: Yankees Rally For Walk-Off Win Thanks To Aaron Judge’s Sacrifice Fly
The Bronx Bombers came back from a 5-0 deficit to beat Seattle in extra innings.
The New York Yankees rallied from a 5-0 deficit after being held hitless through the first seven innings of yesterday’s game to defeat the Seattle Mariners in extra innings 6-5, completing New York’s sweep of Seattle. Yankees captain Aaron Judge hit a shallow sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning that allowed shortstop Anthony Volpe to tag up and score the game-winning run.
“We’re fighting all the way to the end,” Judge said during an interview immediately after the walk-off win. “We had a great ninth inning there to tie it up. Everybody contributed. Everybody did their thing. And then, to win it like that. I’m glad Volpe’s fast. That was impressive.”
“Obviously, at that point, with a lefty – with anyone, but especially a lefty – they’ve gotta pitch to him,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said while discussing Judge’s final at-bat of the game. “Rodriguez made a great throw, but what a great slide by Volp.”
Seattle did everything it could to put this game out of reach early on. All-Star pitcher Bryan Woo held the Yanks hitless through the first seven innings of the contest.
“Tough one to lose tonight, especially after the way Bryan Woo pitched. Ya know, the no-hitter into the eighth,” said Mariners manager Dan Wilson after the game. “[He] just had great stuff tonight. They tested him a little bit there in the first inning, but he was able to get out of it, and then just really kind of sailed from there. I thought his stuff tonight was better than we had seen it all season long.”
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It wasn’t just Bryan Woo who was having a good evening. The Mariners shelled the Yankees for five runs in the first seven innings, including a three-run home run by Jorge Polanco in the top of the seventh to put Seattle ahead 5-0.
“Offensively, a lot of good things there,” explained Dan Wilson. “A couple of hits to score some runs, and then the big blow from Polanco, who swung the bat great all night long… Just weren’t able to hold it in the end.”
Despite being held to zero hits up until the eighth inning, Aaron Boone had confidence in the way his guys were playing.
“Baseball is funny like that. The guys didn’t give up,” he said. “I thought, as good as Woo was, I didn’t think our at-bats were terrible. I didn’t think we were chasing him out of the zone. There wasn’t a ton of swing and miss… They stayed after it and just put together some great rallies.”
New York broke up Woo’s no-hit bid with a single from All-Star second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the bottom of the eighth. Two batters later, catcher Austin Wells drove in Chisholm with a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 5-1. Shortly after that, Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run home run to make it a 5-3 game while pinch-hitting.
“I haven’t pinch-hit too much and haven’t been the greatest at it either. So, yeah, it was good,” Stanton said during a postgame interview. That’s a great start to spoil for us.”
Facing a two-run deficit in the ninth inning, Yankees catcher Austin Wells hit a single to drive in two more runs and tie the game, sending this one into extra innings.
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“Just incredible. Great at-bat after great at-bat,” said Aaron Judge of Wells’ three RBI night. “Especially Wellsy behind the plate doing his thing, just controlling this pitching staff. It was amazing.”
In the bottom of the tenth inning, with the bases loaded, Aaron Judge stepped up to the plate and gave Anthony Volpe a chance to be the hero. Thankfully for the Yankees, Volpe answered the bell when called upon.
“I had the best seat in the house for it. Like, I saw his hand go right in there,” said Aaron Boone. “I saw the throw was on target. I’m like, ‘Oh no.’ But I saw his hand in there, and Volp jumped up safe.”
“I know AV. He’s going to get in there whenever he can,” explained Aaron Judge. “He’s a special player, and I was happy he was at third base.”
The Yankees are back in action tonight as they host the Chicago Cubs. The first pitch in that one is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. EDT.