Oswaldo Energy Ignites Bronx Bombers, Who Bomb Late. NY 10 ChiSox 2

August 15, 2024 paperbacklou 2024 0
Aaron Judge with his 300th homer -- a 3-run bomb after Chicago walked Juan Soto intentionally to get to him.

Oswaldo Cabrera sprinted home from 2nd base on a sac fly in the 7th inning to tie the game, and seemingly ignite the Bronx Bombers, who bombed late — with 9 runs in the 7th and 8th innings, including the 300th homerun of Aaron Judge‘s career — turning a 2-1 Yankee deficit into a 10-2 win over the White Sox.

Judge became the fastest player to 300 homeruns in terms of games played — and get this — the White Sox intentionally walked the Red-Hot Juan Soto to get to the Red-Hot Judge in the 8th.

Read it again: they intentionally walked Juan Soto to get to Aaron Judge, who has been intentionally or semi-intentionally walked a bazillion times this year. And Judge hit a 3-run bomb.

On a Wednesday night in Chicago.

Soto had hit a homer earlier in the game — in the 1st inning — after hitting 3 homers the prior game. Austin Wells also came up big a Clutch, 2-out, 2-RBI single in the 7th to give NY a 4-2 lead, and a homer in the 8th. Wells went 3-5 with 3 RBI as the cleanup hitter.

And on the pitching side, Will Warren gave the Yanks a good start, and the bullpen of Tim Hill and Michael Tonkin pitched shutout ball — Tonkin with 3 shutout innings.

“I felt like myself,” said rookie Will Warren afterwards when asked if he felt more comfortable this time out. “Just getting out there attacking the zone early; letting these guys play behind me. Looking back at last outing, I was trying to be a little too perfect from the jump, instead of just trusting it. Obviously I’m here for a reason — they believe in me; I believe in myself so I gotta go out and pitch like that and I believe tonite that was the difference.”

NY improves to 72-50 and remain in 1st place, .5 ahead of Baltimore. The White Sox fall to 29-93.

1. Soto Continues Where He Left Off — Homer

Juan Soto continued where he left off the night before, when he hit 3 homers and came up in the 9th looking to make it 4 but the White Sox didn’t give him anything to hit so he walked.

But first time up in this game, against 27-year-old, 6’2 righthander Davis Martin, Soto launched a 357-foot homer to right for a 1-0 Yankee lead.

2. Warren Good!

Meanwhile, Will Warren took the mound for the Yanks as an emergency starter — amid a lot of negativity on Yankee Twitter after he had not faired well in his first MLB start a week ago. Although that usually means a player will rebound.

And rebound Warren did — pitching a good ballgame: 5 innings, 7 hits, 2 runs, 5 K’s, 0 walks. And his line should have been better than that as the 2nd run he allowed was due to a misjudged line drive to center by gold glover Trent Grisham that went for a clean double but should have been an out.

  • Warren got the first 2 outs of the game, then went 2-2 to Andrew Benintendi before Benintendi reached out for a slider and hit a double to right — and it was ‘uh oh’ to start the game. But Warren got Andrew Vaughn to line out to left.
  • In the 2nd, however, Gavin Sheets — who was RED HOT in this series versus the Yanks — ripped a line homer to left and it was a 1-1 tie. But then Warren settled down — getting the next 3 batters to end the 2nd.
  • Warren pitched a shutout 3rd — allowing a 2-out single to Luis Robert Jr.— but Austin Wells gunned him down trying to steal 2nd.

  • Warren got Benintendi to start the 4th, and then got Vaughn to hit a fly to center that Grisham misjudged — it went over his head for a double. Gavin Sheets, up next, lined a single through the hole between 1st and 2nd and it was 2-1 Chicago.

  • Warren then got a strike out — which would have ended the inning had Grisham caught the fly — but with 2 outs, allowed a bloop single to Fletcher put runners on 1st and 2nd.
  • Fletcher then was caught trying to steal 2nd by Austin Wells — the Yanks got him in a run down.
  • Warren then pitched a shutout 5th, allowing only a 2-out single.

A good performance.

3. Martin Shuts Down Yanks

Meanwhile Davis Martin, who came in with an 0-1 3.65 record, was shutting down the Yankees. Martin had some impressive rookie performances in 2022 before needing Tommy John surgery in 2023.

“I thought their starter was really good,” said Yankee manager Aaron Boone afterwards. “That changeup was giving us a lot of problems.”

After the Soto HR in the 1st, Martin struck out Aaron Judge, then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd and 3rd, struck out Judge again in the 4th — and finally allowed a 2-out bunt single to Austin Wells with 2 outs in the 4th to break up 10 retired in a row.

The Yanks started to get to Martin in the 5th — with singles by Grisham (just after making the outfield boo-boo) and DJ LeMahieu — but were unable to break through.

Martin walked Soto and Judge to leadoff the 6th, but then got Austin Wells to line out, and Gleyber Torres to fly out to right. Martin walked Grisham to load the bases with 2 outs and was relieved.

Justin Anderson came in and struck out Anthony Volpe with the bases loaded to end the inning and NY was still down 2-1.

4. Hill Gets Win Over Former Team

Tim Hill pitched a 1-2-3 shutout inning in the 6th for NY, keeping the score at 2-1 Chicago. Hill started the year with the White Sox — but was released on June 18th after having a 5.87 ERA with them — allowing 41 hits in 23 innings.

The Yanks picked him up 2 days later on June 28th, and he’s been a dynamite lefty out of the pen for NY. He is now 3-0 2.88 with 26 hits allowed in 25 innings for NY.

5. Oswaldo Ignites Yanks with Dash Home

Until the 7th.

Oswaldo Cabrera led off with a single against Justin Anderson, and promptly stole 2nd base.

DJ LeMahieu struck out, and the ChiSox changed pitchers — bringing in righty Dominic Leone to face the lefties Alex Verdugo and Juan Soto.

Verdugo hit a drive to center that rightfielder Dominic Fletcher made a spectacular catch on, while colliding with centerfielder Luis Robert Jr.— the two going down. Fletcher got back up and threw in — while Oswaldo Cabrera meanwhile tagged up at 2nd and was sprinting home — getting the green light at 3rd.

Oswaldo slid home for a tie game.

6. Wells CLUTCH 2-RBI Hit

After Oswaldo scored to tie the game — there were 2 outs, nobody on. But Juan Soto walked, and Aaron Judge RIPPED a double to left — and it was 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs.

Austin Wells fell in an 0-2 hole, took a ball, fouled off a pitch, then ripped a low, 96-MPH fastball to left for 2 runs and a 4-2 Yankee lead.

7. Judge (300th) & Wells & Bombers Bomb in 8th

Anthony Volpe led off the 8th against Chad Kuhl with a double and Oswaldo Cabrera followed by singling him home. NY 5 ChiSox 2.

Kuhl struck out DJ LeMahieu, but Cabrera raced to 2nd on a wild pitch, and Alex Verdugo doubled him home. NY 6 ChiSox 2.

ChiSox Intentionally Walk Soto to Get to Judge

And then next up was Juan Soto. With Verdugo on 2nd, and 1 out — the White Sox intentionally walked Soto to get to Judge — who had struck out his first 2 at bats, but then had walked and ripped the double his next 2 times up.

Judge ripped a 361-foot homer to left — a 3-run bomb — for his 300th career homer. NY 9 ChiSox 2.

“You guys all saw how he’s swinging the bat this weekend and this week, it made sense,” said Aaron Judge afterwards about Chicago walking Soto to get to him. “I saw Big G (Giancarlo Stanton) do it the other day at home against the Rangers — that was my inspo — hey if they’re going to do that you have to come up and drive those runners in.”

The White Sox yanked Kuhl and brought in Steven Wilson, and Austin Wells went back-to-back and belly-to-belly with a bomb to right. NY 10 Chicago 2.

8. Tonkin Terrific

And then Michael Tonkin came in and pitched a shutout 7th, 8th, and 9th — scattering 2 hits, with no walks — a brilliant performance.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401570280

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