Series Victory for Yankees as They Win 3rd Game with Padres

The Series win for the Yankees with a loss is great, because the San Diego Padres have one of the best records in the MLB. The Yankees had a very high likelihood of winning the series because they were 7-0 in starts by Max Fried, who has been outstanding this year. The San Diego starting pitcher, Dylan Cease, is good but has struggled so far this season, though not tonight. Do you think pitchers’ duels, like this one, are better than high-scoring games?

Lineups

The San Diego Padres had Fernando Tatis Jr. as the right fielder and batting leadoff. Luis Arraez was the first baseman and batted second. Manny Machado batted third and was the third baseman. Jackson Merrill was the center fielder and batted fourth. Xander Bogaearts was the shortstop and was batting fifth. Gavin Sheets was the designated hitter and batted sixth. Oscar Gonzalez was the left fielder and batted seventh. Jayson Hayward came in to play left field in the eighth inning. Jose Iglesias was the second baseman and batted eighth. Martin Maldonado was the catcher and batted ninth. Brandon Lockridge pinch-ran for him in the tenth ininng. Elias Diaz came in at catcher in the tenth inning.

For the Yankees, Ben Rice batted first and was the designated hitter. Aaron Judge batted second and was the right fielder. Austin Wells was the catcher and batted third. Paul Goldschmidt was the first baseman and batted fourth. Cody Bellinger was the center fielder and batted fifth. Anthony Volpe was the shortstop, batting sixth. Jasson Dominguez was the left fielder and batted seventh. Oswaldo Cabrera was the third baseman batting eighth. Jorbit Vivas was the second baseman, batting ninth. Trent Grisham pinch-hit for him in the eighth inning. Oswald Peraza played second base. JC Escarra pinch-hit for him in the tenth inning.

Scoring Summary: Series Win for Yanks is Great

In the fourth inning, Merrill hit a home run. That made it 1-0 Padres.

In the seventh inning, Bellinger hit a solo home run for the Yankees. That tied the score at 1. That was the Yankees’ first hit.

In the eighth inning, Merrill singled and Tatis scored. Then made the score 2-1, Padres. Then Bogarts hit a sacrifice fly, and it was 3-1 Padres.

In the eighth inning, Grisham hit a two-run pinch-hit home run for the Yankees. The game was tied at 3. maybe saving the series.

In the tenth inning, Escarra hit a sacrifice fly and Dominguez scored. The Yankees won 4-3.

Game Notes 

This was the third, and so-called rubber game, of the series.

The Yankees exploded for ten runs in the seventh inning last night. That outburst was capped by a grand slam home run from Wells, who was moved up to third in the Yankees’ batting order.

The weather was finally pretty good for this game. At game time it was in the upper sixties and the was no chance of rain. There will be a low chance of rain when the Yankees travel to the West Coast.

With his home run last night, Judge tied for the major league lead with 12. Coming into this game, he is batting .412. The superlatives for the Yankee slugger just keep coming.

The Yankees were being no-hit by Cease through six and a third innings before Bellinger hit a home run. Cease threw a no-hitter against the Washington Nationals last season.

Cease was taken out of the game, the batter after Bellinger, Dominguez, had a 1-2 count. Cease was replaced by Jason Adam. Cease had no-hit stuff, there was some doubt with him in the game whether the Yankees were going to win the series.

Fried was removed by the Yankees after 100 pitches and 7 innings. Neither he nor Cease could win the game, which was tied after 7 innings.

Grisham’s home run in the eighth inning was his tenth home run of the year. That is one more than he had last year.

The Yankees lead the major league with 62 home runs.

Conclusion

With the San Diego Padres having one of the best records in baseball, they were going to be a tough test for the Yankees. However, the Yankees played great in this series and now benefit from having an off day tomorrow as they travel to the West Coast. They play the surprising Oakland Athletics (in Sacramento) and then the Yankees travel to Seattle to play a series against a good Mariners team.