Aaron Judge hit a mammoth three-run drive within the ninth inning for his first walk-off home run in the key leagues to provide the Yankees a 6-5 comeback victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
Giancarlo Stanton tied it with a modest three-run shot within the sixth, and the Yankees rallied for his or her 14th victory in 16 games after three Toronto ejections left the indignant Blue Jays seeing red.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5 | Box Rating | Play-by-Play
The Yankees overcame a shaky start from Luis Severino and improved to 21-8, the most effective record within the majors.
George Springer launched a leadoff homer for Toronto, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tiebreaking double within the eighth that helped the Blue Jays take a 5-3 lead.
No. 9 batter Jose Trevino and D.J. LeMahieu drew consecutive one-out walks within the ninth from Jordan Romano (1-2) before Judge sent a dangling 1-2 slider 450 feet into the second deck in left field. The massive slugger, who hit a walk-off drive for Class AA Trenton in April 2015, did a bit of dance as he approached the plate and was swarmed by excited teammates.
Judge and Stanton have homered in the identical game 20 times, including the postseason, and the Yankees have won 19 of those games.
It was the second blown save in 14 probabilities this season for Romano, who began the night leading the majors in saves.
Wandy Peralta (1-0) pitched a hitless ninth for the win.
Santiago Espinal had an early two-run double — originally ruled a house run — as Toronto quickly built a 3-0 lead against Severino, who began on eight days’ rest.
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Yusei Kikuchi pitched five hitless innings before Stanton tied the rating within the sixth with a three-run homer off reliever Yimi García that cleared Yankee Stadium’s short right-field porch by just a number of rows. The 335-foot drive wouldn’t have been a house run in some other big league ballpark, in keeping with Statcast.
That’s when the fireworks really began.
García hit the following batter, Josh Donaldson, just across the left elbow pad with a 94 mph fastball on an 0-1 count.
Players on the Yankees bench didn’t prefer it, but Donaldson calmly went to first base and the umpires convened on the infield grass.
After an extended discussion, crew chief Alfonso Marquez ejected Garcia, enraging the pitcher and a number of other Blue Jays who got here spilling out of the dugout. Within the heated exchange, Marquez then tossed pitching coach Pete Walker as well.
And when Yankees reliever Jonathan Loáisiga brushed back Bo Bichette with a 97 mph fastball within the seventh, plate umpire Lance Barrett heard something from the Blue Jays bench and ejected flabbergasted manager Charlie Montoyo.
Toronto has lost three straight and 6 of eight.
A Rat Steals the Show During Mets Win
WASHINGTON — There was absolute confidence this rat was for real. So, too, are these Mets.
A critter scurried through the outfield grass just before James McCann’s sacrifice fly drove within the go-ahead rating during a three-run sixth inning Tuesday night, and Carlos Carrasco nearly got to the seventh again, helping the Mets beat the Washington Nationals, 4-2.
Mets 4, Nationals 2 | Box Rating | Play-by-Play
The sight of a creature drew gasps from some spectators and cheers from others in an announced crowd of 21,955 at Nationals Park, where fans were encouraged to bring their dogs to the sport.
“The rat was lucky it was Pups within the Park tonight and never Cat-urday!” team spokeswoman Jennifer Mastin Giglio joked in a text message.
The episode delivered to mind one from a 12 months ago — May 8, 2021, to be exact — involving a Mets club on the approach to a disappointing 77-85 finish: Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil got into an argument during a game after they combined to flub a grounder. Soon after, Mets players rushed into the tunnel near the dugout.
Here was Lindor’s explanation that day: “I used to be like, ‘I’ve never seen a Recent York rat.’ So we went down, sprinting. I desired to go see a Recent York rat, and (McNeil) got mad at me and was like, ’It’s not a rat, it’s a raccoon.’”
Hmmmm. Regardless, this time, there was little question what was happening during an eventful half-inning, which began with the last-place Nationals ahead, 2-0, because of Maikel Franco’s R.B.I. double — McNeil’s relay throw easily beat Yadiel Hernandez home as he tried to attain from first — within the fourth, and Riley Adams’s solo shot within the fifth.
That was all Carrasco (3-1) gave up in six and two-thirds innings; he began the day because the only pitcher within the majors who had gone greater than seven innings in not less than two starts.
Within the sixth, once Nationals starter Patrick Corbin had been replaced by recent call-up Carl Edwards Jr., the Mets broke through, showing why they at the moment are 21-10.
The Mets loaded the bases off Edwards (0-1) with two singles and a walk, and Jeff McNeil drove in a pair of runs by ripping a ball that ricocheted off first baseman Josh Bell and down the right-field line.
McCann’s sacrifice fly made it 3-2 and elicited “Let’s go, Mets!” chants from their fans within the stands. After Lindor made a terrific diving stop and throw to get Franco on a grounder within the seventh, the Mets added an unearned insurance run within the eighth, and Edwin Díaz pithed the ninth for his seventh save in eight probabilities.
Verlander Flirts With No-Hitter in Win
MINNEAPOLIS — Justin Verlander missed out on his fourth no-hitter by five outs but still faced the minimum through eight innings, and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins, 5-0, Tuesday night for his or her eighth straight win.
Twins third baseman Gio Urshela singled to right field with one out within the eighth to finish Verlander’s bid. The 39-year-old right-hander, in his first season back from Tommy John surgery, finished the eighth by getting Royce Lewis to ground right into a double play.
Astros 5, Twins 0 | Box Rating | Play-by-Play
Verlander was vying to tie Sandy Koufax for second on the profession no-hitter list. Nolan Ryan holds the record with seven.
After pitching only once in 2020 and missing the complete 2021 season with an elbow injury, Verlander has been stellar thus far in 2022. Tuesday’s start moved him to 4-1 with a 1.55 E.R.A. through six starts.
Verlander struck out five and walked two on 89 pitches. Blake Taylor pitched the ninth for Houston.
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