With Yankee Stadium internet hosting Superman Night time on Friday, Aaron Decide regarded the half — in cardboard bins and the batter’s field.
The Yankees celebrated the Man of Metal by giving a Superman-themed Decide bobblehead to the primary 18,000 individuals who walked via the door. Those self same followers then noticed Decide showcase his otherworldly energy within the Yankees’ 5-3 loss to the Orioles, as his solo residence run off Tomoyuki Sugano within the third inning broke a 2-2 tie.
Decide now has 27 homers this season. Solely Seattle’s Cal Raleigh has extra with 29.
The night — full with 3 Doorways Down’s “Kryptonite” blasting via the loudspeakers mid-game — additionally noticed Decide accumulate two singles and an intentional stroll. Whereas he struck out towards Félix Bautista within the ninth, Decide had beforehand been 3-for-27 with 16 punchouts over his final eight video games. Regardless of the rut, the Yankees moderately spent the previous week unconcerned over the reigning MVP’s first hunch of the yr.
“I have no worry about him,” Yankees hitting coach James Rowson mentioned earlier within the week. “I don’t think he’s worried about it at all.”
Whereas the Yankees have been blissful to see Decide put his funk behind him, Ramón Urías spoiled the Bombers’ night time and Luke Weaver’s return from a hamstring damage with a go-ahead, solo residence run within the eighth inning.
Weaver had beforehand allowed simply two residence runs this season, however Urías, a low-key Yankee killer, took benefit of the Bronx’s quick proper discipline porch and despatched a fastball over the glove of a leaping Decide. He was Weaver’s first at-bat of the night time.
Tim Hill then inherited two runners from Weaver earlier than Gunnar Henderson drove in an insurance coverage run with a single.
Whereas the last-place Orioles rallied late, Max Fried put the first-place pinstripers in an instantaneous gap, as ex-Yankee Gary Sánchez picked up a two-run single within the first after the lefty hit two batters and loaded the bases. Fried wanted 29 pitches to get via the primary, however the one different run he allowed got here on a Coby Mayo single within the sixth inning.
That knock prompted a mound go to from Aaron Boone. Fernando Cruz, considering he had been summoned, started operating in from the bullpen, however Fried talked his method into ending the body.
Fried additionally totaled seven hits, zero walks, seven strikeouts and 105 pitches.
Sugano additionally struggled out of the gate, as Jazz Chisholm Jr. had an RBI single within the first earlier than Jasson Domínguez lofted a sac fly.
Having dropped the series-opener, the Yankees have now misplaced seven of their final eight video games. Their offense broke out for seven runs in Thursday’s win over the Angels, however Friday marked one other mild night time for a lineup that needed to snap a 30.1-inning scoreless streak earlier within the week.
The Yankees will attempt to keep away from one other collection loss on Saturday when Clarke Schmidt takes the mound. Fellow right-hander Zach Eflin will begin for the O’s.
Initially Printed: June 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM EDT
