The Yankees had a bead on Seattle Mariners nearer Andrés Muñoz.
That’s in response to M’s catcher Cal Raleigh, who believes Muñoz was tipping pitches through the ninth inning of the Yankees’ come-from-behind 6-5 win on Thursday night time.
“He was tipping it every time at second base,” Raleigh stated afterward, in response to The Athletic. “Obviously, they weren’t making it very discreet, I guess is the word. It’s part of the game. It’s our job. We should have known about that going into the series. That made it really hard there at the end.”
Yankees baserunners Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger appeared to wave their palms from second base when Muñoz would throw a slider.
Rice laid off a 3-2 slider that was nicely exterior the strike zone to stroll and cargo the bases with two outs. Austin Wells equally took a 2-0 slider earlier than lining a fastball into proper area for a two-run single that tied the sport.
“You try to do as much as you can without trying to distract him from what’s happening at the plate,” Raleigh stated. “That’s something that we will have to figure out in the next couple of days for sure.”
Mariners starter Bryan Woo held the Yankees hitless by seven innings, however the Yankees erupted for 3 runs towards Woo and reliever Matt Brash within the eighth, chopping their deficit to 5-3.
That remained the rating going into the ninth, when Muñoz — a flame-throwing right-hander who was chosen for the All-Star group — entered the sport with a 1.06 ERA.
The Yankees tagged Muñoz for 2 runs on three hits and a stroll to power further innings, the place Aaron Choose delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly within the tenth.
“One of the best closers in the game,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated of Muñoz. “With his angle and his stuff, he’s really tough for righties, but I felt like our lefties would at least give him quality at-bats, and they sure did.”
Muñoz didn’t communicate to reporters after the loss, whereas Mariners supervisor Dan Wilson stated he didn’t imagine his nearer was tipping pitches.
“I think we just got ourselves into some tough counts and they were able to take advantage of it,” Wilson stated.
It was Muñoz’s sixth blown save in 27 alternatives.
The comeback capped a three-game sweep by the Yankees in a sequence headlined by baseball’s two greatest energy threats. Raleigh hit his MLB-leading thirty sixth residence run in Tuesday night time’s sequence opener, a half-inning after Choose struck his thirty fourth.
