“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and 3-run homers.” — famed quote by famed Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a 3-run homer in the 1st inning; Rougned Odor hit a 3-run homer in the 8th to make it 12-1; the Yanks got great pitching from Jameson Taillon; and played errorless baseball (with a spectacular play by Gio Urshela to help Taillon out of the 7th) to crush Seattle 12-1 in a late-night game on the West Coast.
Baseball is easy if you follow Earl Weaver‘s commandments.
1. The 3-Run Homers & Offense
NY was up against former Yankee prospect Justus Sheffield, whom has been one of the poorer starters in the American League this year, coming in with a 5-7, 5.88 record. The Yanks had acquired Sheffield with Clint Frazier for Andrew Miller, then traded him for James Paxton.
DJ LeMahieu led off the game with a single, Aaron Judge flied out, Gary Sanchez walked, and Giancarlo Stanton hit a missile to left for a 3-run homer.
Stanton gets us started 💪 pic.twitter.com/qAQ3cQv8sM
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 7, 2021
The Yanks made it 6-0 in the top of the 2nd on a walk, single, walk, wild pitch for a run, hit by pitch, and 2-run single by Luke Voit, chasing Sheffield.
LUUUUUUUUUUKE plates ✌️ pic.twitter.com/cyJ8NQJgQl
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 7, 2021
The Yanks made it 8-0 in the top of the 3rd against reliever Hector Santiago on a walk, single, RBI single by LeMahieu, and RBI double by Aaron Judge. The rout was on.
The Yanks made it 9-0 in the 5th on a single, single, walk, infield single on a shot down 3rd by Luke Voit for a run against Santiago.
Voit tacks on another 👆 pic.twitter.com/AnqnZOCM5c
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 7, 2021
And to cap it off, Rougned Oder hit his 3-run homer in the 8th.
Odor with a blast 🚀 pic.twitter.com/1MA8Us8u0V
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 7, 2021
2. The Pitching: Taillon Terrific
Meanwhile Jameson Tailon was terrific — motoring thru the Seattle lineup — 7 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 9 strikeouts, 1 walk. The only run he allowed was in the 6th when he allowed consecutive singles with a runner on after 2 were out. He got the final out on a sensational play by Gio Urshela at shortstop (below) and cruised thru the 7th, 1-2-3.
Taillon evened his record to 4-4 5.05 on the year.
Jamo Show. pic.twitter.com/ulAP2gCJvV
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 7, 2021
3. The Fundamentals
The Yanks played errorless baseball. Gio Urshela played shortstop, with Gleyber Torres getting a night off. And Gio turned in another sensational play to help Taillon.
That's just what Gio do. pic.twitter.com/Q4lG3J6h93
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 7, 2021
4. Chapman Getting His Wheels On
Wandy Peralta pitched a shutout 8th and then Aroldis Chapman pitched the 9th to help him get his wheels on. Chapman:
- allowed a leadoff single,
- struck out a batter,
- allowed a walk,
- struck out a batter,
- allowed a walk to load the bases, and
- struck out a batter (Shed Long Jr) to end the game.
Hopefully it will come in time.
Etcetera
The Yankee boxscore was a Candy Store of delights:
- Luke Voit went 5-6 w 3 RBI — he’s batting .237
- DJ LeMahieu went 3-6 and is batting .276 (.350 OBP)
- Aaron Judge went 2-6 w and RBI and is at .285 (.378 OBP)
- Giancarlo Stanton went 2-4 with the HR, and is at .270 (.367 OBP)
- Miguel Andujar was 2-5 and is at .253 (.284 OBP)
etc
The Boxscore
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401228336
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