The New York Yankees (64-45) guaranteed to win the series against the Philadelphia Phillies (65-42) by beating them 7-6 in the second game against their National League rivals. The Bronx Bombers needed 12 innings to beat their rivals thanks to the hits of Jazz Chisholm Jr. and the pitching of reliever Michael Tonkin, who got his fourth win of the year.
Chisholm Jr. continued his good start to his time with the Yankees by producing his organization’s firstWith the bases loaded, New York’s 3B hit a ground ball between first and second that brought Alex Verdugo to the cash register. The Philadelphia team tied the game at the same rate thanks to a double by Alec Bohm. The third baseman left the field and Kyle Schwarber stepped onto the home plate.
The Phillies broke the tie in the second inning on Austin Hays’ three-run homer. The Philadelphia left fielder connected on a shot to deep left field that scored JT Realmuto and Bryson Stott.
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Home runs de Chisholm Jr.
Chisholm Jr. is cementing his legacy among the Yankees stars and tonight he did it with two more home runsThe first was a solo homer in the sixth inning to put the score at 4-2 and the second was a three-run homer in the seventh; with Juan Soto and Aaron Judge on the bases, the Bahamian hit the ball out of right field at Citizens Bank Park.
Clay Holmes took the mound for the ninth inning, but the relief was not the best and the game required extra innings. He first allowed a single to Realmuto, but the Yankees got him out on a forceout after a grounder by Nick Castellanos. Things got complicated when Bryson Stott hit a powerful grounder that went all the way to right field. Johan Rojas, who came in as a pinch runner, moved to second base. Hays made contact with the closer’s pitcher, but Volpe and Torres combined to get Stott out at second base. However, Rojas advanced to the hot corner and tied the game after a wild pitch by Holmes.
Free baseball in Philadelphia
The Yankees acquired Mark Leiter Jr. in a trade before the trade deadline and the reliever was due to make his debut tonight and managed to hang up the ball on a fly ball to center by Brandon Marsh. The ‘Manhattan Mules’ took the lead with a sac-fly by Verdugo in the 11th inning, but Hays tied it in the bottom half with a line drive to left field that Stott scored on off Michael Tonkin’s pitcher.
New York took the lead again in the 12th inning on a Torres sacrifice fly, with which the Venezuelan scored Wells’ seventh run in the pinstripes. Tonkin stayed on the mound and got the last three outs quickly.. First a fly by Brandon Marsh followed by strikeouts of Realmuto and Weston Wilson.
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