NEW YORK -- Brett Gardner lined a slider from rookie Andrew Kittredge
a half-dozen rows into the right-field seats leading off the 11th
inning, circled the bases with his career-high 18th home run, rolled his
helmet toward home plate and crossed with the winning run.
The Yankees went wild, so wild that rookie star Aaron Judge lost part of a tooth in the celebration.
"He's too big to get hurt by something like that," Gardner said after New York beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Thursday night. "I think he'll be all right."
Gardner sparked the tying rally with a leadoff triple in the ninth against Alex Colome and scored on a strange two-out single by Gary Sanchez.
With second baseman Tim Beckham shifted to the shortstop side of second, Sanchez hit a two-hopper between shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria and Beckham. The two infielders looked at each other as the ball bounced into the outfield.
"They kind of, both of them, froze," Sanchez said through a translator.
Hechavarria, acquired from Miami on June 26, put his hands on his hips and stared. He said through a translator that he wasn't used to positioning himself that far toward third.
"I guess you could say we're just not familiar playing with each other," Beckham said. "We knew what to do if a ball was hit in between, and it just didn't take place. I'm not going to point the finger at anyone at all, but the play has to be made."
Gardner then homered in the 11th on a 1-1 slider up and over the middle of the plate from Kittredge (0-1), who made his debut July 18 and lost in his first big league decision.
"He's the heart and soul," CC Sabathia said of Gardner. "He's the jokester. He gets everybody going. He's a big part of this team. He has been for a long time."
Gardner, who turns 34 next month, is batting .261 with 46 RBI and 66 runs. He was gassed on his triple.
"I was struggling coming around second base. I felt like I was all knees and elbows," he said.
Manager Joe Girardi told Gardner in spring training he wanted him to score 100 runs.
"He's just got the clutch gene," rookie Clint Frazier said. "He's just like a little kid out there, and he carries a lot of energy."
Judge lost part of the tooth when a helmet he was holding got hit upward inadvertently by a teammate. The tooth was his only injury, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.
New York is on its longest winning streak since a six-game spurt from June 7-12 that was followed by a 9-19 skid. The Yankees pulled within a half-game of first-place Boston in the AL East and opened a 2 1/2 -game lead over the third-place Rays.
Aroldis Chapman (3-1) needed just 19 pitches to strike out four over two perfect innings -- including three in a row in the 11th -- his longest outing since last year's World Series.
Girardi was ejected in the seventh inning by plate umpire Stu Scheurwater for arguing balls and strikes. Girardi was angered by a 3-0 called strike to Gardner, who grounded out, and then pitches to Frazier and Judge. Girardi continued to bark from the dugout for two batters before coming out for an animated argument.
New York built a 3-0 lead against Chris Archer, but Evan Longoria started Tampa Bay's comeback in the fourth with a home run that hit the top of the right-field wall and bounced over. Longoria is hitting .421 (32 for 76) against Sabathia with eight homers and 17 RBI, and his 35 home runs off the Yankees since 2008 are the most by any player.
Hechavarria and Peter Bourjos hit consecutive one-out doubles in the three-run fourth, and Sabathia was visibly dismayed when Girardi walked to the mound to bring in Chad Green, who allowed a two-run double to pinch-hitter Brad Miller.Corey Dickerson homered in the sixth for a 5-3 lead, but Matt Holliday cut the gap when he hit into a run-scoring forceout in the eighth.
After losing 18 of the previous 24 games decided by two runs or fewer, Girardi was happy to win a close one with fluke single.
"We caught a break," he said.
MILESTONE?
Sabathia fanned Beckham in the fourth inning for his 2,800th strikeout. That passed Cy Young for sole possession of 20th on the career list, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Major League Baseball's statistician. Other sources have Young's total at 2,803.
ROOKIE BLUES
New York's Tyler Wade stranded the bases loaded when he struck out in the sixth, hit into an inning-ending double play with two on in the eighth and struck out to leave the potential winning run on second in the 10th.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: OF Aaron Hicks (right oblique strain) and 1B Tyler Austin (right hamstring strain) likely will start minor league rehab assignments Monday.
UP NEXT
RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7-9, 5.37) is slated to start Friday on five days' rest for New York. Tampa Bay is recalling RHP Austin Pruitt (5-1, 6.25) from Triple-A Durham to take the turn of RHP Jake Odorizzi, on the DL with a lower back strain.
The Yankees went wild, so wild that rookie star Aaron Judge lost part of a tooth in the celebration.
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Gardner sparked the tying rally with a leadoff triple in the ninth against Alex Colome and scored on a strange two-out single by Gary Sanchez.
With second baseman Tim Beckham shifted to the shortstop side of second, Sanchez hit a two-hopper between shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria and Beckham. The two infielders looked at each other as the ball bounced into the outfield.
"They kind of, both of them, froze," Sanchez said through a translator.
Hechavarria, acquired from Miami on June 26, put his hands on his hips and stared. He said through a translator that he wasn't used to positioning himself that far toward third.
"I guess you could say we're just not familiar playing with each other," Beckham said. "We knew what to do if a ball was hit in between, and it just didn't take place. I'm not going to point the finger at anyone at all, but the play has to be made."
Gardner then homered in the 11th on a 1-1 slider up and over the middle of the plate from Kittredge (0-1), who made his debut July 18 and lost in his first big league decision.
"He's the heart and soul," CC Sabathia said of Gardner. "He's the jokester. He gets everybody going. He's a big part of this team. He has been for a long time."
Gardner, who turns 34 next month, is batting .261 with 46 RBI and 66 runs. He was gassed on his triple.
"I was struggling coming around second base. I felt like I was all knees and elbows," he said.
Manager Joe Girardi told Gardner in spring training he wanted him to score 100 runs.
"He's just got the clutch gene," rookie Clint Frazier said. "He's just like a little kid out there, and he carries a lot of energy."
Judge lost part of the tooth when a helmet he was holding got hit upward inadvertently by a teammate. The tooth was his only injury, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.
New York is on its longest winning streak since a six-game spurt from June 7-12 that was followed by a 9-19 skid. The Yankees pulled within a half-game of first-place Boston in the AL East and opened a 2 1/2 -game lead over the third-place Rays.
Aroldis Chapman (3-1) needed just 19 pitches to strike out four over two perfect innings -- including three in a row in the 11th -- his longest outing since last year's World Series.
Girardi was ejected in the seventh inning by plate umpire Stu Scheurwater for arguing balls and strikes. Girardi was angered by a 3-0 called strike to Gardner, who grounded out, and then pitches to Frazier and Judge. Girardi continued to bark from the dugout for two batters before coming out for an animated argument.
New York built a 3-0 lead against Chris Archer, but Evan Longoria started Tampa Bay's comeback in the fourth with a home run that hit the top of the right-field wall and bounced over. Longoria is hitting .421 (32 for 76) against Sabathia with eight homers and 17 RBI, and his 35 home runs off the Yankees since 2008 are the most by any player.
Hechavarria and Peter Bourjos hit consecutive one-out doubles in the three-run fourth, and Sabathia was visibly dismayed when Girardi walked to the mound to bring in Chad Green, who allowed a two-run double to pinch-hitter Brad Miller.Corey Dickerson homered in the sixth for a 5-3 lead, but Matt Holliday cut the gap when he hit into a run-scoring forceout in the eighth.
After losing 18 of the previous 24 games decided by two runs or fewer, Girardi was happy to win a close one with fluke single.
"We caught a break," he said.
MILESTONE?
Sabathia fanned Beckham in the fourth inning for his 2,800th strikeout. That passed Cy Young for sole possession of 20th on the career list, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Major League Baseball's statistician. Other sources have Young's total at 2,803.
ROOKIE BLUES
New York's Tyler Wade stranded the bases loaded when he struck out in the sixth, hit into an inning-ending double play with two on in the eighth and struck out to leave the potential winning run on second in the 10th.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: OF Aaron Hicks (right oblique strain) and 1B Tyler Austin (right hamstring strain) likely will start minor league rehab assignments Monday.
UP NEXT
RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7-9, 5.37) is slated to start Friday on five days' rest for New York. Tampa Bay is recalling RHP Austin Pruitt (5-1, 6.25) from Triple-A Durham to take the turn of RHP Jake Odorizzi, on the DL with a lower back strain.
7:05PM,EDT,July 27,2017
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Souza Jr. lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Plouffe struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Gardner grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| C. Frazier singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Ramos grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Beckham singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Hechavarria grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Beckham out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Gregorius grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Headley singled to right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsbury doubled to left, Headley scored. | 0 | 1 |
| T. Frazier singled to right, Ellsbury scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Wade struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Gardner walked, T. Frazier to second. | 0 | 2 |
| C. Frazier struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Bourjos fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 2 |
| Souza Jr. fouled out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Plouffe grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Judge flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Sánchez homered to left (381 feet). | 0 | 3 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Headley struck out looking. | 0 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Longoria homered to right (363 feet). | 1 | 3 |
| Morrison grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 3 |
| Ramos grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Dickerson grounded out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Ellsbury struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| T. Frazier lined out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Wade fouled out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Hechavarria doubled to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Bourjos doubled to right, Hechavarria scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Green relieved Sabathia. | 2 | 3 |
| Miller hit for Plouffe. | 2 | 3 |
| Miller doubled to deep right, Bourjos and Souza Jr. scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Longoria grounded out to third, Miller to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| C. Frazier struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Judge grounded out to third. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Ramos lined out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Dickerson homered to right (375 feet). | 5 | 3 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Hechavarria singled to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Bourjos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hechavarria out at second. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Sánchez grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Gregorius singled to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Headley singled to right, Gregorius to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Ellsbury walked, Gregorius to third, Headley to second. | 5 | 3 |
| T. Frazier struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Wade struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Kahnle pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Kahnle relieved Green. | 5 | 3 |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to first. | 5 | 3 |
| Miller flied out to left. | 5 | 3 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Adam Kolarek pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Kolarek relieved Archer. | 5 | 3 |
| Gardner grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Romo relieved Kolarek. | 5 | 3 |
| C. Frazier fouled out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Manager J Girardi ejected by S Scheurwater in the 7th. | 5 | 3 |
| Judge singled to right center. | 5 | 3 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Betances relieved Kahnle. | 5 | 3 |
| Morrison struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Ramos struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Dickerson singled to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Beckham reached on infield single to second, Dickerson to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Hechavarria grounded out to catcher. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dan Jennings pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Jennings relieved Romo. | 5 | 3 |
| Gregorius singled to shallow left. | 5 | 3 |
| Headley singled to center, Gregorius to third. | 5 | 3 |
| Holliday hit for Ellsbury. | 5 | 3 |
| Boxberger relieved Jennings. | 5 | 3 |
| Holliday grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Gregorius scored, Headley out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| Torreyes ran for Holliday. | 5 | 4 |
| T. Frazier singled to left, Torreyes to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Wade grounded into double play, shortstop to first, T. Frazier out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Gardner in center field. | 5 | 4 |
| Torreyes at second base. | 5 | 4 |
| Wade in left field. | 5 | 4 |
| Warren relieved Betances. | 5 | 4 |
| Bourjos grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. singled to right center. | 5 | 4 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Longoria grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Colomé relieved Boxberger. | 5 | 4 |
| Gardner tripled to deep left center. | 5 | 4 |
| C. Frazier grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Judge flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Sánchez singled to center, Gardner scored. | 5 | 5 |
| Gregorius grounded out to first. | 5 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Chapman relieved Warren. | 5 | 5 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Ramos grounded out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Dickerson popped out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Kittredge pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Kittredge relieved Colomé. | 5 | 5 |
| Headley walked. | 5 | 5 |
| Torreyes sacrificed to first, Headley to second. | 5 | 5 |
| T. Frazier flied out to left. | 5 | 5 |
| Wade struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for New York | TB | NYY |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Hechavarria struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Bourjos struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Kittredge pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | NYY |
| Gardner homered to right (392 feet). | 5 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Souza Jr. RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .271 | .373 | .507 |
| Plouffe DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .205 | .268 | .336 |
a-Miller PH-DH
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .204 | .342 | .335 |
| Longoria 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .275 | .325 | .461 |
| Morrison 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .246 | .360 | .535 |
| Ramos C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .200 | .232 | .385 |
| Dickerson LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .304 | .348 | .535 |
| Beckham 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .265 | .317 | .417 |
| Hechavarria SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .259 | .274 | .296 |
| Bourjos CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .248 | .299 | .431 |
| Totals | 44 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 183 | |||
| a-doubled to deep right for T Plouffe in the 5th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Hechavarria (3, Sabathia); Bourjos (6, Sabathia); Miller (7, Green) HR: Longoria (16, 4th inning off Sabathia 0 on, 0 Out); Dickerson (19, 6th inning off Green 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Longoria (62), Bourjos (9), Miller 2 (24), Dickerson (44) Rays RISP: 2-5 (Miller 1-1, Hechavarria 0-1, Bourjos 1-1, Longoria 0-1, Morrison 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Hechavarria-Morrison). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| MGR JOE GIRARDI EJECTED BOT 7TH (ARGUING BALLS & STRIKES) |
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 44,033 (88.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:56 |
| Weather | 76 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Stu Scheurwater, First Base - Tripp Gibson, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - Brian Gorman |
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