The Cardinals pitched to Aaron Judge in the third inning on Friday and got away with it. Then Austin Wells got them anyway during the Yankees’ win.
The Yankees have been looking for protection for Judge and Juan Soto all year.After Soto’s RBI double tied the game earlier in the third and Judge popped out, Wells delivered a two-run, go-ahead homer in a 6-3 win in front of a sellout crowd in The Bronx.The catcher hit another two-run shot in the eighth to help seal the win.The Yankees also got another encouraging start from Marcus Stroman , who gave up two runs in seven innings, as he pitched around nine hits.
St. Louis threatened in the second with a one-out double by Paul Goldschmidt followed by an infield single by Lars Nootbaar that put runners on the corners.The Yankees took the lead in the bottom of the inning, sparked by Giancarlo Stanton’s rocket leadoff double. Soto, coming off a miserable 0-for-12 series against his former team in Washington, tied the game again in the third with his second hit of the night.Wells then hit his first homer of the night, a shot to right-center, to make it 4-2.After needing 61 pitches to get through three innings, the right-hander threw just 37 over the next four in his longest outing since June 22.Tommy Kahnle finished the inning before Clay Holmes picked up the save, as the closer overcame some shaky defense by Volpe.
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