Aaron Judge delivered a walk-off home run to end a scoreless ninth as the New York Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak against the Tampa Bay Rays in Sunday’s series finale.
Rain shifted Saturday’s game to September, but Sunday’s stakes were already clear: the New York Yankees were coming off a three-game losing streak and needed a split against the AL East leaders, the Tampa Bay Rays.
In the bottom of the ninth, the game was tied at 0 when Aaron Judge stepped to the plate. He didn’t wait long. Judge smoked a walk-off home run that landed in right field just over the wall, lifting the Yankees to a much-needed win.
Ryan Weathers gave New York a strong start on the mound, pitching seven great innings. When he handed the ball to the bullpen. Fernando Cruz and Tim Hill followed and kept the Rays from breaking through. Together. they shut down Tampa Bay’s offense. allowing just six hits in the rain and leaving the door open for New York in the ninth.
That chance came quickly. Trent Grisham worked a walk off Kevin Kelly, setting the table for Judge. After the dismal series and a brutal slump, Judge didn’t miss his moment—turning it into the kind of statement the Yankees needed.
The Yankees came into Sunday with pressure to respond, and they did it in the only way that counts in a series finale: a walk-off moonshot off Judge to end it at 0 and send New York back on track.
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