As Trent Grisham settled into the batter’s field, down a run with runners on the corners within the sixth inning, the Yankee Stadium crowd begged for him to get replaced.
“We want Soto,” a hearty portion of the 48,023 in attendance chanted as Juan Soto leaned on the dugout railing, sitting out a 3rd straight recreation with forearm irritation.
The Yankees’ offense had been a shell of itself all weekend with out Soto and Grisham, batting fifth on Sunday, got here to the plate batting .082 (4-for-49) on the season.
However with one swing, the backup outfielder despatched the place into hysteria, the sellout crowd all of a sudden on his facet. And earlier than the tip of the night time, the chants had modified to “We want Grisham.”
Grisham clubbed a three-run dwelling run off Tyler Glasnow to ship the Yankees to a 6-4 win over the Dodgers that staved off a sweep.
In peril of dropping three straight and getting swept for the primary time this season, the Yankees trailed 3-2 heading into the underside of the sixth.
Alex Verdugo and Aaron Decide set the desk with back-to-back infield singles after which with two outs, Grisham delivered his massive swing to place the Yankees forward 5-3.
Used sparingly via the primary two-plus months of the season, Grisham now has 5 hits — three of them dwelling runs.
Luke Weaver saved the two-run lead intact within the high of the seventh with some escape artistry, coming into the sport after Caleb Ferguson had put runners on first and second with no outs.
Kiké Hernandez’s first try at a sacrifice bunt went foul, and whereas Jose Trevino tangled toes with him on the way in which to attempting to catch it, no interference was known as.
Hernandez bought the subsequent bunt try down and Trevino fired to 3rd. Andy Pages appeared like he was going to be secure, however in his slide, his entrance foot bounced up over the bag, permitting Oswaldo Cabrera to catch the throw earlier than Pages touched third.
Weaver then bought Mookie Betts to hit a grounder up the center, which Gleyber Torres fielded cleanly earlier than stepping on second and throwing to first for the inning-ending double play.
After the Dodgers bought a run again within the high of the eighth to drag inside 5-4, Aaron Decide clobbered his MLB-leading twenty fourth dwelling run of the season within the backside of the inning to make it a two-run lead once more. The 434-foot shot landed within the second deck for Decide’s third dwelling run in two days.
The comeback win got here on an evening when Luis Gil, by the lofty requirements he has established for himself, had his “worst” begin since April 26, although it was nonetheless loads stable. T
he right-hander gave up three runs throughout 5 ²/₃ innings, snapping a stretch of seven straight begins during which he had pitched at the very least six innings and allowed one or zero runs.
The Yankees took their first lead of the collection within the third inning when Cabrera crushed a solo shot off the right-field foul pole.
Cabrera, within the lineup at third base with DJ LeMahieu shifting to first base for the struggling Anthony Rizzo, hit three dwelling runs in his first 10 video games of the season however had just one (on Could 1) in his subsequent 39 video games earlier than Sunday. Glasnow threw a 97 mph fastball on the within edge and Cabrera turned on it for the 1-0 lead.
Then with two outs within the inning, Verdugo and Decide hit back-to-back doubles — Decide’s bouncing out of the glove of heart fielder Pages simply earlier than he hit the wall in entrance of the Yankees bullpen — to make it 2-0.
Gil cruised via the primary 4 innings earlier than Betts tied it within the fifth with a two-run double.
Teoscar Hernandez, who spent a lot of the weekend tormenting the Yankees, did it once more within the sixth with a solo shot off Gil that put the Dodgers up 3-2.
