NEW YORK — Aaron Decide blasted his sixtieth residence run of the season Tuesday evening, sending a solo blast into the left area bleachers at Yankee Stadium.
Within the Yankees’ 147th recreation of the yr, Decide turned the third Yankee to succeed in the 60-homer mark, matching Babe Ruth’s 1927 whole and bringing him one away from Roger Maris’ franchise and AL file of 61, set in 1961.
Decide’s solo shot got here within the ninth inning, off Pittsburgh Pirates nearer Wil Crowe, reducing the Pirates’ result in 8-5 on an evening when the Yankees’ slugging leadoff hitter grounded out twice, walked and struck out in his 4 earlier plate appearances.
And that leadoff clout by Decide – estimated to have traveled 430 ft – began an unimaginable rally.
Giancarlo Stanton completed it with a walk-off grand slam, sending the Yankees to a 9-8 victory.
It was Stanton’s first homer since Sept. 11, throughout a interval the place he was in a 2-for-25 slide with 15 strikeouts – together with three on Tuesday evening.
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Decide is simply the sixth MLB participant with no less than 60 homers in a season, achieved 9 instances – together with Barry Bonds’ file 73 homers in 2001 and Mark McGwire’s 70 in 1998.
“I might think about this week goes to be fairly electrical on the Stadium,’’ stated Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone, proper earlier than the six-game homestand started.
And with Decide additionally aiming for an AL Triple Crown, “I’ve bought to consider it’s proper there, on the brief checklist of (being) one of many all-time finest seasons,’’ Boone stated. “(He’s) not only a slugging DH.’’
