The loudest roar of the night at Yankee Stadium may have belonged to the Knicks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Devin Williams and J.C. Escarra rivaled it by the 10th inning of a game the Yankees had to have.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Williams left the bases loaded in the top of the 10th, Escarra delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to lift the Yankees to a stirring 4-3 win over the Padres on Wednesday night in The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In what may have been the Yankees\u2019 best win \u2014 and series win, building off Tuesday\u2019s comeback victory \u2014 of the season. <\/p>\n
A joyous J.C. Escarra (left) is mobbed by teammates after hitting the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning of the Yankees\u2019 comeback win over the Padres. Getty Images<\/p>\n
New York Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra (C) has water thrown on him by his teammates. JASON SZENES\/NY POST<\/p>\n
J.C. Escarra played hero in extra innings. JASON SZENES\/NY POST<\/p>\n
They fought back twice with game-tying home runs from Cody Bellinger in the seventh (which broke up Dylan Cease\u2019s no-hit bid) and Trent Grisham\u2019s two-run shot in the eighth before finishing it off in the 10th.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a lot of fight, a lot of grit,\u201d Grisham said. \u201cThis series was kind of the epitome of the guys that are in this locker room: a lot of fight. Every game we were down and fighting back. We were in every single one of them. To come away with the last two is huge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Williams, who blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning of Monday\u2019s loss, redeemed himself in the top of the 10th with a high-wire act. <\/p>\n
Facing the top of the Padres order, he walked a batter and hit a batter to load the bases with two outs, but then he struck out Xander Bogaerts \u2014 his third punch-out of the inning \u2014 on a full count and let out multiple screams as he walked off the mound.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trent Grisham belts the game-tying home in eighth inning of the Yankees\u2019 comeback win over the Padres. Corey Sipkin \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting out of that without giving up any runs, I felt like our guys were going to come through and the game was going to be over,\u201d Williams said. \u201cAnd it was.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oswaldo Cabrera, who failed to get a bunt down in Tuesday\u2019s seventh inning before it turned into a 10-run rally, laid down a successful sacrifice bunt to lead off the bottom of the 10th. <\/p>\n
Escarra then pinch hit for Oswald Peraza and worked a 2-2 count off Jeremiah Estrada before lifting a fly ball to left field that was deep enough to score Jasson Dom\u00ednguez from third base to win it for the Yankees (21-16).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMan, a lot was going through my mind,\u201d said Escarra, who was driving an Uber just a few years ago. \u201cMy heart was pounding through my chest, standing there hitting. But my story, what happened today, it makes it all worth it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Devin Williams celebrates after striking out Xander Bogaerts to get out of a 10th-inning jam in the Yankees\u2019 comeback win over the Padres. AP<\/p>\n
Minutes after Bellinger\u2019s game-tying blast in the seventh, which made sure Max Fried\u2019s seven terrific innings did not go to waste, the Padres (23-13) took the lead right back in the top of the eighth in front of a crowd of 42,302. <\/p>\n