Deadline Trade Acquisitions Carry Yanks to Crazy Win. NY 7 Philly 6 in 12

July 31, 2024 paperbacklou 2024 0

After Brian Cashman and the front office disappointed many fans by not making another big move just before the trade deadline at 6pm, the Yankees went out and got a Crazy, come-from-behind win fueled by the players they DID trade for — including Jazz Chisholm Jr.— who hit 2 HR’s, including a Huge 3-run Homer in the 7th to put the Yanks up 5-4, and a clutch relief appearance by Mark Leiter Jr. who pitched a shutout 11th inning.

And at the end it was Michael Tonkin — a crazy pickup earlier this year who pitched for 3 teams in April alone — who shut the door, striking out 2 batters and leaving the inherited runner stranded at 3rd in the bottom of the 12th for the win.

Heroes abounded for the Yanks: Trent Grisham, acquired this winter, made a spectacular diving catch to save the game in the bottom of the 10th, after Gleyber Torres saved the game with a tremendous, head’s up play in the bottom of the 9th.

Chisholm became the first Yankee in history to hit 4 homers in his first 3 games with the team.

“To be part of the history of the New York Yankees is one of the sickest things anybody in baseball can hear,” said Chisholm afterwards.

NY improves to 64-45 and remain .5 behind Baltimore. Philadelphia falls to 65-42.

1. Yanks Jump on Top 1-0 Against Nola

The Yanks jumped on top against the very tough Aaron Nola, who came in with an 11-4 3.44 record: Alex Verdugo — red hot — led off the game with a double, Juan Soto walked, and Aaron Judge singled to left to load the bases with nobody out.

Nola got tough though — striking out Austin Wells — but Jazz Chisholm Jr grounded out to score a run.

2. Warren Ends Up Doing Good in 1st MLB Start

Nola was up against Will Warren — making his first start in the big leagues as Gerrit Cole was a late scratch due to ‘general tiredness’ that included a stomach bug.

Rumors in the days leading up to the trade deadline had the Yankees trading for a top starter like Detroit’s Jack Flaherty — who went to the Dodgers — and those rumors then had the Yankees trading Nestor Cortes Jr away. But they didn’t happen.

Instead here was rookie Will Warren on the mound against the tough Philly lineup — and he immediately allowed a run in the bottom of the 1st on a walk, and then a 2-out double by Alec Bohm to tie the score 1-1.

In the 2nd, Warren allowed a leadoff single, 1-out walk, and 3-run homer to Austin Hays for a 4-1 Philly lead.

Yankee Twitter bemoaned the fact that Warren was in, instead of a top starter that Cashman didn’t trade for — someone even said Warren had been made untouchable by the Yanks the last 3 years which we had never read.

But after that — Warren settled down! He got the last 2 outs of the 2nd, pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, pitched around a single and hit-by-pitch in the 4th, and struck out the side (Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, and Alec Bohm) in the 5th!

Warren got the first out of the 6th before leaving for NFL star Kirk Cousins’ cousin Jake Cousins.

His line: 5.1 innings, 4 hits, 4 runs, 6 K’s, 2 walks.

3. Chisholm HR Makes it 4-2 Philly in 6th

After the run in the 1st, Nola got tough and shut the Yanks down — allowing a hit or a walk in each inning from the 2nd thru the 5th — but no runs.

Until Jazz Chisholm Jr.got to him with a leadoff homer in the 6th for a 4-2 game — the Yanks were back in it.

4. Chisholm 3-Run HR in 7th Gives Yanks Lead!

Matt Strahm came in to pitch the 7th and the Yankees pounced. Strahm usually doesn’t walk many batters but invariably hit a bought of wildness and walked Juan Soto and Aaron Judge to start the inning. Strahm struck out Austin Wells, but Jazz Chisholm Jr.rocketed a 3-run homer to right to give the Yanks a 5-4 lead. It was his 4th homer in 3 games as a Yank!

Rickie Riccardo was on the radio broadcast, and here is his call of the dramatic homer:

5. Cousins, Kahnle, Weaver Great

Cousins got the last 2 outs of the 6th after relieving Warren, Tommy Kahnle pitched a shutout 7th, helped by a Graig Nettles-esq play by Jazz Chisholm at 3rd to end the inning.

Luke Weaver pitched a 1-2-3 shutout inning in the 8th — terrific bullpen work by all to keep Philly at bay.

6. Holmes Loses Save on Soft Contact

And then came another Clay Holmes Rollercoaster 9th. Holmes pitched well — getting soft contact — but somehow the soft contact hits he allows can’t be fielded — unlike Mariano Rivera who used to break bats and get easy grounders.

Realmuto led off the 9th with a soft-contact squibbler down the 3rd base line for a hit. After a groundout, Stott hit a soft-contact single to center — putting runners on 1st and 2nd. Austin Hays hit a soft-contact grounder to shortstop — too soft to turn the double play — Volpe to Gleyber who caught the ball then dropped it attempting to throw to 1st but would not have gotten the runner anyway.

With 2 outs, and runners on 1st and 3rd — Holmes threw a wild pitch — Austin Wells was right after the ball and flipped to Holmes covering home a hair too late and it was a tie game 5-5.

Gleyber Saves the Game

Holmes then got a grounder to 1st that DJ LeMahieu butchered — it bounced off his glove towards 2nd but Gleyber Torres was there to grab it and throw to Holmes covering for the 3rd out — saving the game.

7. Leiter Stymies Philly in 10th

The Yanks didn’t score in the top of the 10th — but Mark Leiter Jr.– just acquired — came up big in the bottom of the 10th — stranding the inherited runner on 2nd and pitching a shutout inning — groundout to Volpe at shortstop freezing the runner, pop out, intentional walk, single, fly out.

8. Grisham Saves Game in 11th

The Yanks got a run in the top of the 11th — Grisham grounded out to move the runner to 3rd, and Verdugo hit a sac fly to give the Yanks a 6-5 lead.

But in the bottom of the 11th, Michael Tonkin allowed a leadoff single to Austin Hays to tie it 6-6.

Tonkin then got 2 outs but walked a batter to put the winning run on 2nd. Alec Bohm hit a liner to center that had game-winning-single written all over it — but Grisham made a game-saving diving catch!

Grisham was in the game because Boone gave Giancarlo Stanton a night off 1 day after Giancarlo had just returned after being out 2 months.

9. Gleyber with Game-Winning Sac Fly

Jazz Chisholm was at it again in the top of the 12th — a leadoff single to move inherited runner Austin Wells to 3rd with nobody out. Gleyber Torres hit a line drive to center for a sac fly and 7-6 Yankee lead (although Chisholm was thrown out trying to go to 2nd).

10. Tonkin with 2 K’s for Clutch Save

And then came the bottom of the 12th — Tonkin on for his 2nd inning.

Tonkin got a fly out to center, and then — with the inherited runner on 2nd — struck out J.T. Realmuto and Weston Wilson for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401570085

 

 

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