ChiSox Dingers, Tauchman Catch, & Ump Strike Yanks Out. Chicago 3 NY 2

September 1, 2025 paperbacklou 2025 0
Aaron Judge hits 43rd HR of the year in the 1st, tying Yogi Berra on the all-time Yankee list.

Home plate ump Adam Hamari called strike 3 on a high and inside pitch to Cody Bellinger with the tying run on 2nd in the 9th, ending the game with the Yankees and their fans feeling cheated in a 3-2 loss to the White Sox on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Chicago.

NY had a 1-0 lead and a 2-1 lead, but a solo HR by Chicago’s stud 6’3 shortstop Colson Montgomery in the 6th off Luis Gil tied the game, and a solo HR by #3 hitter Lenyn Sosa off Tim Hill in the bottom of the 8th won it for Chicago.

Aaron Judge had given NY a 1-0 lead in the 1st with his 43rd HR of the year, tying Yogi Berra on the All Time Yankee list. Judge went 3-5 in the game to raise his league leading average to .324.

But overall, the Yankees lost because ChiSox starter Martin Perez was dealing in a pitchers’ duel with Luis Gil, and the White Sox bullpen rope-a-doped the Yankee lineup for 3 innings. Also importantly, former Yank Michael Tauchman also robbed Giancarlo Stanton of a 2-run HR in the 3rd, leaping over the wall in right to snare it. NY left bases loaded in the 8th, and had the tying run on 2nd in the 9th.

Perez had pitched shutouts in his last 2 starts, including 7 innings of 1-hit ball his prior start. It was Perez’s 4th start since going out in April with a left flexor tendon strain in his elbow.

“It looked like it really tailed back; it might have cut the corner,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards about the final strike to end the game. “Just real good execution by Vail there.”

“They robbed us of a 2-run HR,” continued Boone when asked why the Yanks lost. “We pressured them at the end there, just didn’t get that big hit to put it away.”

NY still took 3 of 4 in the series, but falls to 76-61, and are 3 back of Toronto and .5 ahead of Boston, who both won. Chicago improves to 49-88.

1. Judge HR in 1st Puts NY Up 1-0

The game had just started when Aaron Judge, the 2nd batter of the game, hit an 87-MPH cutter 426 feet to center for a 1-0 Yankee lead.

2. Bellinger RBI Double Puts NY Up 2-1 in 3rd

Martin Perez retired the side 1-2-3 in the 2nd, and got the first 2 outs of the 3rd in a 1-1 tie at that point, when Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger hit back-to-back 2-out doubles for a 2-1 Yankee lead.

Tauchman Robs Stanton of 2-run HR

Giancarlo Stanton then hit a line shot to right field that Michael Tauchman leaped over the wall to catch — robbing Stanton of a 2-run HR.

3. Gil Good

Meanwhile Luis Gil was looking good — his effortless 95-MPH fastball moving, and his 87-MPH slider sliding.

Gil allowed a run in the bottom of the 2nd on back-to-back, 1-out doubles by Mead and Robertson, but got 2 groundouts to end the inning.

He got 4 outs in the 4th — after catcher Ben Rice couldn’t catch strike 3 to Mike Tauchman leading off the inning — and was charged with a passed ball. Gil walked the next batter to put 1st and 2nd, nobody out with the heart of the Chicago lineup coming up in a 2-1 game. But Gil got Sosa to line out to 2nd, and struck out Montgomery and Quero swinging. Three strikeouts in the inning for Gil.

Then Gil pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 4th and 5th.

But with 1 out in the 6th, stud 6’3 shortstop Montgomery got Gil with a 412-foot HR “just over” the tippy top of the fence in center and it was a tie game at 2-2. It was Montgomery’s 10th HR in August.

Gil walked the next batter and was relieved by Fernando Cruz, who got a double play to end the 6th.

Gil’s line: 5.1 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 7 K’s, 2 walks in 98 pitches. He gets no decision; his ERA goes to 3.68.

4. Perez Good

Meanwhile Martin Perez, the 34-year-old veteran lefty who spent so many years with the Texas Rangers, then a couple in Boston, and the last 2 years with Pittsburgh and San Diego — was filling the strike zone with strikes.

After the Bellinger RBI double, Perez threw a shutout 4th — allowing but a 2-out single to Anthony Volpe, and a shutout 5th — allowing but a 2-out single to Aaron Judge.

Perez walked Giancarlo Stanton leading off the 6th, and then made an error himself on a Jazz Chisholm Jr. comebacker with 1 out to put runners on 1st and 2nd — but got Anthony Volpe to hit into a double play to 3rd, keeping the score at 2-2.

Perez’s line: 6 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 7 K’s, 2 walks in 99 pitches. His ERA goes to 2.16.

5. Yanks Leave Bases Loaded in 8th

6’4 righty Steven Wilson pitched a shutout 7th for Chicago, and 23-year-old 6’0 righty Wikelman Gonzalez struck out the first 2 Yankees of the 8th.

But with 2 outs, Amed Rosario singled to left and the White Sox brought in veteran lefty Cam Booser to face Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the 2-2 tie.

Booser went 0-2 on Chisholm, but Jazz hung in an worked a walk. Booser then walked Anthony Volpe on 4 pitches to load the bases with 2 outs. But Ben Rice grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.

6. Hill Coughs Up HR in 8th

Tim Hill pitched the bottom of the 8th in the 2-2 tie, and got consecutive groundouts to begin the inning.

But Lenyn Sosa clipped him for a 418-foot HR to center for a 3-2 Chicago lead.

Hill got a groundout to end the inning, but the damage was done.

7. Bellinger Called Out on Strikes to End It

Lefty Cam Booser stayed in to face lefty Trent Grisham leading off the 9th — and walked him.

M Vasil was brought in — and he got Paul Goldschmidt and Aaron Judge to fly out.

With 2 outs, Trent Grisham stole 2nd — putting him in scoring position as the tying run in a 3-2 game.

Vasil went 2-2 on Cody Bellinger — then got strike 3 called on a high, inside 97-MPH heater for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401696960

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