Pinch-hitter J.C. Escarra on Wednesday came through with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as the New York Yankees, held hitless into the seventh inning, rallied past the San Diego Padres 4-3.
Cody Bellinger homered with one out in the seventh for New York’s first hit off Padres starter Dylan Cease, who exited moments later with cramp in his right forearm.
Max Fried tossed seven splendid innings in a pitchers’ duel with Cease before San Diego scored twice against the Yankees’ bullpen to build a 3-1 lead in the eighth inning.
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Pinch hitter Trent Grisham tied it with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the inning after Oswaldo Cabrera drew a leadoff walk from Jason Adam. It was Grisham’s 10th home run, eclipsing last year’s total.
Cabrera led off the 10th inning with a sacrifice bunt that moved automatic runner Jasson Dominguez to third. Escarra, the backup catcher and former Uber driver, came off the bench and lofted a long fly into the left-field corner against Jeremiah Estrada (1-2) that allowed Dominguez to score easily for New York’s first walk-off win this season.
In his second game since coming off the injured list, Jackson Merrill hit a solo homer in the fourth and a tiebreaking single in the eighth for the Padres. Xander Bogaerts added a sacrifice fly off Luke Weaver to make it 3-1.
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Elsewhere on Wednesday, it was:
‧ Rockies 6, Tigers 8 (10i)
‧ Angels 5, Blue Jays 4
‧ Nationals 6, Guardians 8
‧ Cardinals 5, Pirates 0
‧ Brewers 1, Astros 9
‧ Cubs 1, Giants 3
‧ Twins 5, Orioles 2
‧ Diamondbacks 1, Mets 7
‧ Athletics 5, Mariners 6
‧ Marlins 1, Dodgers 10
‧ Rays 0, Phillies 7
‧ Braves 3, Reds 4
‧ Royals 2, White Sox 1
‧ Red Sox 6, Rangers 4