Yankees rally for 9-7 win over Marlins, securing the series victory
- Davis Cornell
- 4 days ago
- 4 min read
The Yankees took down the Marlins 9-7 thanks to a four-run comeback to secure the series victory. Ryan Weathers got the start for the Yankees and faced Max Meyer.
Weathers did not have his best stuff today as he fell into a 2-0 hole right away after surrendering a two-run triple to Heriberto Hernández. Then, in the second inning allowed a two-out RBI knock to former Yankee farm hand Agustín Ramírez, to extend the Marlins lead to 3-0.
The Yankees had an opportunity to respond in the third inning as they loaded the bases with one out, thanks to Ryan MacMahon reaching on an error and walks from Tren Grisham and Cody Bellinger. However, Ben Rice punched out, and Giancarlo Stanton popped out in foul territory, stranding the bases loaded.
Paul Blackburn replaced Weathers with two outs in the fourth and surrendered an unearned run in the top of the fourth due to sloppy defense; a throwing error by Belli in left allowed a run to score, making it 4-0.
Final line for Weathers: 3.2 innings pitched, allowing six hits, four runs, three earned, walked three, and struck out four on 88 pitches. Weathers threw his fastball almost half the time at 45%, the changeup 22%, the sinker 19%, and the sweeper 14%. Weathers topped out at 99.3, averaging 96.3 mph on the heater, and had nine swings and misses.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Aaron Judge sent a single right back up the middle. The next batter, Belli, crushed a two-run bomb, his first home run of the year, to cut the deficit in half, making it a 4-2 game.
Blackburn worked a clean fifth inning and then picked up the first out of the sixth, and surrendered an infield single before Tim Hill took over for him. Hill induced a couple of groundouts to end the frame.
In the bottom of the sixth, Paul Goldschmidt pinch hit for Austin Wells and worked a walk; José Caballero was then plunked. Trent Grisham poked an RBI single the other way to cut the Marlins' lead to one run. Aaron Judge then shot an RBI single down the first base line to knot the game up at 4-4. Belli followed with a sacrifice fly to give the Yankees a 5-4 advantage.
Hill came back out for the seventh and picked up the first out, then handed the baseball over to Fernando Cruz and picked up a strikeout as well as a popout to end the frame.
Stanton worked a leadoff walk in the bottom of the frame, then stole his first base since the 2024 ALDS. Stanton advanced to third on a groundout from JC Escara, who took over for Wells on defense. Stanton then came around to score on a wild pitch, making it 6-4; speed kills.
"If they're gonna give it to me, go get it, and ended up scoring so good for us," Stanton said.
Camilo Doval came in for the top of the eighth and allowed a single and a double, putting two runners in scoring position with nobody out. Javier Sanoja ripped a two-run double down the line to tie the game up at 6-6. Brent Headrick took over for Doval and induced a couple of flyouts to keep the game tied up.
Ryan McMahon worked a leadoff walk in the bottom of the frame, then Judge drew a one-out walk. Rice worked a two-out walk to load the bases for Stanton. Stanton came through with a two-run base knock, giving the Yankees an 8-6 lead. Rice came around to score on a wild pitch, making it 9-6.
"Yeah, it was a fun back-and-forth game, a fun game overall," Stanton said. "Just trying to get the barrel to be on time. Put it in play was most important there."
Yankees closer David Bednar came in for the top of the ninth. It looked like Bednar picked up the first out of the inning, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. took his sweet damn time on a routine groundball, allowing the leadoff man to reach. Xavier Edwards delivered an RBI single to make it a 9-7 ballgame. However, Bednar dialed it in and recorded a couple of strikeouts to strand the tying run on second base, exhale.
The Yankees will look to finish off the sweep tomorrow with Max Fried on the mound, facing off against Chris Paddack. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET on the YES Network.
My thoughts on the game: Weathers did not have it tonight; that's going to happen throughout the season. But, thankfully, Paul Blackburn picked him, throwing 1.2 really solid innings, that's the spots he should be pitching in, not a tie game in the ninth like Monday. Hill did his thing, as he continues to impress me. Cruz's splitter looked nasty as usual. Headrick also looked great; he is going to quickly climb up the pecking order in the bullpen if he continues to look this sharp. Doval had his second straight brutal outing, and Headrick had to save him from nearly blowing the game. Bednar didn't have his best stuff, but Jazz also didn't do him any favors with a lazy play to start the ninth. Jazz also really struggled at the plate, going 0-for-5 with a pair of brutal strikeouts. And McMahon couldn't hit water if he fell off a boat, as he hasn't gotten a hit since his first at-bat of the season a week and a half ago. He also seems to be bouncing every throw he makes. Stanton is the definition of clutch; I might name my first kid after him at this rate. Judge had a couple of big knocks. And Belli had a big three RBI night, including his two-run homer to wake the bats up. A lot happened in this game that lasted nearly four hours; I’m sure I missed something. On to tomorrow as the Yankees are set up nicely to potentially sweep with Fried on the bump.
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