BALTIMORE — With runners on the corners and the Yankees hoping for a two-out rally within the first inning, Giancarlo Stanton drove the 450th residence run of his profession over Camden Yards’ towering proper subject wall on Saturday night time.
The three-run jack sparked the Bombers’ offense in a 6-1 win that coincided with the Blue Jays’ fourth straight loss. With simply seven video games left within the common season, the Yanks are actually two video games behind Toronto for first place within the American League East.
Nonetheless, the Jays maintain the tiebreaker after going 8-5 towards the Yankees this season.
Whereas the Yankees, who maintain the highest Wild Card spot, gained floor within the standings, Stanton took sole possession of forty first place on the all-time residence run listing. The designated hitter had beforehand been tied with Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Guerrero.
Subsequent up on the all-time listing is Carl Yastrzemski, who hit 452 residence runs.
Taking part in in his 1,719th profession recreation, Stanton additionally turned the fifth-fastest participant to succeed in 450 residence runs. Solely Mark McGwire (1,524 video games), Babe Ruth (1,585), Alex Rodriguez (1,684),and Harmon Killebrew (1,713) reached the milestone faster.
Stanton, who missed the primary two months of the season with tennis elbows, now has 21 dingers this 12 months. He’s hit these along with his lingering elbow points requiring common upkeep, and he’s added 56 RBI, a .916 OPS and a 150 wRC+ whereas additionally returning to the outfield, a transfer made needed after Aaron Decide suffered a proper flexor pressure.
Decide, enjoying proper subject for the third straight day however nonetheless limiting his throws, additionally homered on Saturday, crushing a third-inning solo shot off Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano for his forty ninth longball. The 6-7 slugger’s common, in the meantime, is as much as a significant league-leading .329 as he tries to turn into the tallest batting champ in baseball historical past.
Decide and Stanton have now homered in the identical recreation 57 instances, together with the postseason, passing Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle for the second-most instances in franchise historical past. Solely Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth joined forces extra typically, homering in the identical recreation 75 instances, per the YES Community’s Jeff Quagliata.
The Yankees padded their lead some extra earlier than the night time ended, as Jazz Chisholm Jr. picked up an RBI single within the fifth earlier than Trent Grisham adopted swimsuit within the sixth.
Carlos Rodón, in the meantime, continued his run of excellence, allowing only one run over seven innings. The lefty additionally tallied 4 hits, one stroll and eight strikeouts on his technique to his seventeenth win, a brand new career-high.
Rodón, who has a 3.04 ERA general after 32 begins, entered Saturday’s recreation with a 6-2 document and a 2.45 ERA over his final eight begins, in addition to a 7-3 document and a 2.80 ERA over his final 12 outings.
The lone run he allowed on Saturday got here on a Coby Mayo double within the seventh.
