Everyone will remember last night as the Gio Urshela game or the DJ LeMahieu game winning hit but some polarizing Yankees came up huge.
Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez are always guaranteed to cause some debates on Yankee Twitter but last night their was no debate about how big they came up. Without their contributions the Yankees are gearing up for a game 3 winner take all with J.A. Happ on the mound. No one wanted the stress of another game tonight in rainy Cleveland.
Let’s start with Giancarlo Stanton who was the DH and number 5 hitter last night. In game 1 Stanton had an ugly start to the postseason with two punch outs but launched a 9th inning homer to put the Yankees up 12-2. It wasn’t big in terms of the scoreboard but it seemed to loosen Stanton up. Alex Rodriguez said on the broadcast that it was a big hit for Stanton and they hopefully it could loosen him up.
That seemed to be the case in game 2. After going down 4-0 right away Stanton delivered with a long home run. What he did in his next few at bats was maybe even more impressive. Stanton drew 2 walks laying off some tough pitches and passing the baton along to the next hitter. It was a bad day for Giancarlo Haters and a good day for the Yankees.
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Gary Sanchez has been crushed for his offense and defense this season and maybe some of it has been warranted. Last night he shoved that aside and came up big. Yes he had a bad pass ball in the 9th but he also made a great stop in the 6th. Sanchez came up with a big two run go ahead home run. He also had a sac fly in the 9th to tie things up off Brad Hand who is known for tough breaking balls.
With Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo Stanton clicking the lineup is as deep as ever. These are major developments for the Yankees and they need it to continue to beat the Rays.
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