TORONTO \u2014 At some point, Paul Goldschmidt\u2019s time machine might stop working and spit him back out into the present day.<\/p>\n
But in the meantime, the Yankees just keep getting incredible production from the former MVP and potential future Hall of Famer at a time when they desperately need it.<\/p>\n
Goldschmidt delivered his latest lift on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre, crushing a go-ahead, two-run homer off Blue Jays closer Louis Varland in the top of the ninth to send the Yankees to a 3-1 win in front of a sellout crowd of 42,364.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old Goldschmidt, getting everyday at-bats at DH or first base because of Giancarlo Stanton\u2019s calf injury, broke a 1-1 tie and recorded the first home run that Varland has allowed this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a Hall of Fame player, and obviously proving he can still do it,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said.<\/p>\n
In his last 35 games since April 26 \u2014 two days after Stanton got hurt \u2014 Goldschmidt has hit .315 with eight home runs and a .943 OPS, taking advantage of the everyday at-bats and providing a consistent impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to try to help us win,\u201d Goldschmidt said. \u201cObviously winning and having success is more fun than losing and getting out. But you know it\u2019s a long season, so definitely enjoy this win, but we\u2019ll be ready to go [Sunday] and for the rest of the year too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The veteran\u2019s big swing came after Cam Schlittler and Kevin Gausman had engaged in a pitchers\u2019 duel for seven innings, with each allowing just one run. Schlittler walked a season-high four batters but struck out seven and navigated his way around traffic all afternoon. Gausman, meanwhile, allowed just one hit \u2014 a solo home run from Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, fresh off the IL \u2014 and two harmless walks while limiting hard contact all game.<\/p>\n
Paul Goldschmidt of the New York Yankees celebrates his tw- run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the ninth inning in their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on June 13, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Getty Images<\/p>\n
But after the Yankees stranded runners on the corners in the top of the eighth inning, and then saw Fernando Cruz escape a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the frame, Goldschmidt came through in the ninth.<\/p>\n
David Bednar then struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to secure the Yankees (42-27) a rare win north of the border and set up a rubber game with the Blue Jays (34-37) on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Goldschmidt] has been coming up huge,\u201d Boone said. \u201cJust when you think some righties hold him down a little bit, he comes up with a big at-bat. We\u2019ve needed every bit of it. He continues to be massively productive right in the middle of order.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yankees Paul Goldschmidt (48) breaks his bat during the fifth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Aaron Josefczyk\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Yankees starting pitcher Cam Schlittler (31) throws a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning at Rogers Centre. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Goldschmidt turned down bigger offers over the offseason to return to the Yankees on a one-year, $4 million deal. He understood that he might have a diminished role in his 16th season as a big leaguer \u2014 and that injuries could change that equation, as they have \u2014 but wanted to come back to take another shot at a championship with the teammates he grew to love last season.<\/p>\n
In turn, the clubhouse highly respects Goldschmidt for his leadership, experience and professionalism, even while poking some fun at his age.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call him Young Goldy,\u201d Dom\u00ednguez said. \u201cStill got it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fifteen years younger than Goldschmidt, Dom\u00ednguez put his youth to good use on Saturday after a whirlwind day. He found out around 11:30 p.m. Friday night that he was headed back to the big leagues, as a replacement for the injured Trent Grisham. He flew out of Newark at 10:50 a.m. Saturday, then had to wait a while for his bats to come out at baggage claim before arriving to Rogers Centre at 2 p.m., just about an hour before first pitch.<\/p>\n
Yankees\u2019 Jasson Dominguez celebrates after hitting a solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning. Frank Gunn\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n
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Dom\u00ednguez, starting in right field for the first time as a big leaguer, crushed Gausman\u2019s splitter on the eighth pitch of his at-bat in the fourth inning to tie the game 1-1, right after the Blue Jays had scored their only run off Schlittler on Kazuma Okamoto\u2019s solo shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour shots of espresso, two Red Bulls and one pre-workout later, I was ready to go,\u201d Dom\u00ednguez said with a grin. \u201cIt was a long day for me, but that\u2019s all that was in my mind: be ready, be able to come and it doesn\u2019t matter if I didn\u2019t sleep or whatever, just be able to play and help the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 At some point, Paul Goldschmidt\u2019s time machine might stop working and spit him back out into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,20455,3289,4,62,118,185,282,70,2553],"class_list":["post-725366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto-blue-jays","tag-baseball","tag-blue-jays","tag-bluejays","tag-cam-schlittler","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-paul-goldschmidt","tag-sports","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-torontobluejays"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116746160915100753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}