HOUSTON — Because the Yankees boarded their flight from Chicago to Texas on Sunday, gamers wore cowboy boots and hats for a Western themed flight.
For guys like Aaron Decide, Giancarlo Stanton and Jasson Domínguez, the get-ups had been drastic departures from their regular outfits. For Trent Grisham, it was simply one other day.
A product of the Fort Value, Texas suburbs, Grisham’s wardrobe already included cowboy boots, matching hats and starched denims. It’s not unusual for him to indicate as much as the ballpark with such apparel, which is why former Yankee Marcus Stroman known as Grisham “The Black Cowboy” earlier this season.
Secure to say, Grisham was in his aspect because the Yankees flew south for a pivotal showdown with the Astros.
The always-chill middle fielder remained in his aspect with the bases loaded within the fifth inning on Tuesday, going the opposite method for a grand slam within the Yankees’ 7-1 win at Daikin Park.
“I probably realized I like the calmness in those hectic situations around three or four years ago,” Grisham, sporting a pair of inexperienced boots, mentioned after the victory, which left the Yankees 2.5 video games behind the Blue Jays and tied with the Pink Sox within the American League East. “But I think it’s a practice, something you gotta work on, something you gotta believe in. That’s kind of just what I preach to myself when I feel like those moments are about to come up.”
Grisham’ blast, launched off Framber Valdez, landed within the Crawford Bins and improved his career-high dwelling run whole to 29. Three of these dingers have been with the bases loaded; Grisham simply hit a grand slam in opposition to the White Sox on Friday as effectively.
The 28-year-old additionally has 61 RBI and an .839 OPS as he prepares free of charge company.
Trent Grisham GRAND SLAM 💪 pic.twitter.com/a70wPu1Khe
Whereas Grisham padded the Yankees’ lead on Tuesday, Jazz Chisholm Jr. began the scoring with a two-run homer off Valdez within the second inning. He then added a solo shot off Steven Okert within the eighth inning.
Tuesday’s sport marked the primary time Chisholm has hit two dwelling runs off lefties in a single sport, per Stathead’s Katie Sharp. It additionally introduced him a step nearer to a 30-30 season, as he now has 28 homers and 26 stolen bases regardless of lacking a month with an indirect damage.
“My whole career, I’ve always thought that I could be better than 30-30 every time if I stayed healthy,” mentioned Chisholm, who additionally handled a nagging groin damage this season. “Even though I didn’t really stay healthy this year, I’m still showing that I could still get there. So for me, it’s kind of sick.”
On the mound, Max Fried additionally felt sick, as he battled nausea all through the evening. Nonetheless, he cruised in opposition to the Astros, not allowing a success till the fifth body.
The left-hander, not almost as sharp in opposition to Houston within the Bronx on Aug. 10, totaled seven innings, 4 hits, one earned run, three walks and 5 strikeouts over 101 pitches as he lowered his ERA to 2.98.
“I thought he mixed really well today,” Aaron Boone mentioned after revealing the southpaw had been beneath the climate. “I thought his breaking ball was good. He had a presence with his changeup and sweeper, sinker, four-seam, cutter. He was very unpredictable. Stuff was good, and just managed the game really well.”
Whereas principally environment friendly, Fried struggled a tad along with his command within the third, as he threw two pitches excessive above and much from the zone, walked a batter and hit one other earlier than recording an out. Nonetheless, he managed to flee the jam unscathed. He partly had Jeremy Peña to thank for that, because the Astros’ shortstop laid down a brutal bunt again to the pitcher. That permit Fried document the inning’s first out at third base.
The Astros, down 5, had been burned on one other bunt within the seventh, as César Salazar softly lined one to a sliding Fried, who caught the ball within the air and fired to first base to double up Mauricio Dubón.
“It’s something I take seriously,” Fried mentioned of his Gold Glove protection. “It helps win ballgames. And if I can do something to be the ninth defender out there, then it definitely helps out myself and the team.”
The lone run Fried allowed got here within the sixth on a pressure out.
The fourth inning, in the meantime, noticed José Caballero get ejected after he did not test his swing on a pitch that bounced and hit him in his again leg. Whereas dwelling plate umpire Ramon De Jesus had a little bit of a fast hook for the irritated infielder, Caballero has now been ejected twice since being acquired by the Yankees previous to the commerce deadline.
“I can’t even look at [umpires] at this point,” mentioned Caballero, who was changed at third base by Ryan McMahon. He added that he needed to know the way the umpire may concurrently take note of the strike zone, the bouncing pitch and his swing, although De Jesus made the proper name.
With Tuesday’s win in Houston, the Yankees started a crucial 12-game stretch in opposition to fellow contenders on a excessive observe.
“It feels great,” Chisholm mentioned of beginning the hardest remaining a part of the Yankees’ schedule with a win. “These are the guys that we’re probably going to play in the playoffs, and this is what we gotta do. We gotta go out there and dominate early, often and consistently.”
Initially Revealed: September 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM EDT
