Aaron Judge drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the ninth inning after closer Aroldis Chapman blew his first save of the season as the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to six games with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Clint Frazier opened the bottom half by singling and stealing second. Following an intentional walk to DJ LeMahieu, Tyler Wade beat out a slow roller to load the bases and Liam Hendriks replaced Aaron Bummer (0-3).
Judge swung at a high fastball and then took four straight pitches out of the strike zone. He calmly dropped his bat and was mobbed by teammates at first base.
It was Judge’s first career walk-off RBI. It also was the first time the Yankees got a walk off victory on a free pass since Juan Miranda on Sept. 26, 2010, against the Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees got their second game-ending win of the series after Chapman (4-0) allowed his first earned run in 19 appearances this year when rookie pinch hitter Andrew Vaughn hit a game-tying homer with one out in the top of the ninth — two days after he bounced into a triple play against Chapman.
New York’s Gleyber Torres had three hits, including a two-run single in the first inning off left-hander Dallas Keuchel. New York also scored on a double play grounder by Gio Urshela in the fifth and a throwing error by Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson in the sixth.
Jose Abreu hit a two-run homer off Wandy Peralta in the sixth and Yasmani Grandal hit a solo drive in the seventh off Chad Green as the White Sox lost a third straight game for the first time this season after entering the series with 10 wins in their previous 13 games.
Jameson Taillon allowed two hits in five innings to extend the Yankees starters’ scoreless streak to 35 innings. Taillon survived a lengthy first inning, struck out four and walked two in an 80-pitch outing.
Keuchel allowed three runs (one earned) and six hits in four-plus innings. He also committed a fielding error that led to New York’s first two runs, and it was the shortest start of his career against the Yankees.
–Field Level Media