The night after D’Arnaud hit three home runs to win for the Rays…
The Yankees just popped off the biggest inning of their season.
Good morning to everyone but Travis d’Arnaud.
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon25) July 16, 2019
So they’re in the eighth at Yankee Stadium, a day later. Down by a run. Two outs.
Leading the AL East, by just a few games. The Rays angling for a statement win. A late-summer race for the division looming. The potential of maybe a sweep looming, if things don’t turn around soon enough.
Aaron Judge at the plate. Full count.
And, just like that, things turn around.
ALL RISE!!! Yankees up 4-3! #YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/GbnhI7QMNB
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) July 17, 2019
The pitch after a foul-ball home run to right, he hits it that same way.
Gone. Yankees take a 4-3 lead.
Aaron Judge narrowly misses a homer down the right-field line. So what does he do? Homer to right-center, Yankees lead, 4-3.
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) July 17, 2019
Aaron Judge: 7 of 10 HR this season have given the Yankees the lead.
— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) July 17, 2019
Was that home run in the 8th inning the biggest hit of the year for Aaron Judge?
"Year's not over" pic.twitter.com/wbtCneIM2V
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) July 17, 2019
So now they’re ahead. The crowd jolts into the ecstatic…
And the encore goes like this:
Single.
Double.
Intentional walk.
Didi Gregorius comes up.
And whatever statement the Rays set out to make—it’s written, crossed out, crumpled into a paper ball, tossed into the corner, tumbling its way into a well-placed shredder.
Grand slam to right field. A no-doubter.
GRAND SLAM SIR DIDI! ⚔️#YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/O9QAJYcKUf
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) July 17, 2019
The best moment of the Yankees season so far. Six runs. Ahead now 8-3.
At home, in front of a packed house. Jubilation, after the stinging loss the night before.
Didi Gregorius pimping a grand slam is exactly what Yankees fans needed after last night's game
— Dan Federico (@DanJFederico) July 17, 2019
On a warm mid-summer night in New York.
Baseball perfection, for everyone who saw it.
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