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TAMPA, FLA — Instant Reaction to the Yankees overcoming a bullpen leak to sweep the Rays and go 5-0 on the roadtrip to St. Louis and Tampa Bay, and improving to 69-57 on the season.
Trent Grisham got the game started with a leadoff home run off Drew Rasmussen. That was just the second extra base hit — and first home run — by a Yankee of Rasmussen in his career.
The @Yankees are back at it again!
Trent Grisham leads off the game with a solo shot!
— #MLB (#@MLB)
11:38 PM • Aug 20, 2025
In the fourth inning, Cody Bellinger lead the inning off with a single, stole second and then attempted to advance to third base on a hard lineout off the bat of Chisholm, but was tagged out on the way to third base. Per statcast, the ball had an 11% catch probability and took a perfect throw to nail the runner, which was delivered. To throw salt in the wound, Dominguez followed up with a single, that likely would have scored him from second base.
Josh Lowe unleashes a perfect throw to get the runner at third 💪
— #MLB (#@MLB)
12:24 AM • Aug 21, 2025
In the fifth inning, Austin Wells powered his first home run since July 25th. Wells has been struggling a lot at the plate as of late, so it’s good to see him begin to show signs of life at the plate.
Austin Wells gets ahold of one! 2-0 Yanks
— #Talkin' Yanks (#@TalkinYanks)
12:38 AM • Aug 21, 2025
Cam Schlittler’s Final Line: 6.2 IP | 0 R/ER |1 H | 2 BB | 8 K | 95-67 P/S | 3.22 ERA
Schlittler had a perfect game through six innings today and looked really good. The fastball and curveball command were awesome, and Schlittler was able to strike out eight batters on the night, seven of them swinging.
Cam brought the heat ⛽️
#RepBX
— #New York Yankees (#@Yankees)
3:04 AM • Aug 21, 2025
Cam Schlittler, 82mph Schlitt Hammer. 🔨
— #Rob Friedman (#@PitchingNinja)
12:24 AM • Aug 21, 2025
Cam Schlittler twirled the best start of his career with 6.2 Innings of scoreless baseball and 8 K
Schlittler went extremely heavy on his fastball today and it worked wonders. He induced 19 whiffs on the day and a ton of weak contact
Potential Playoff Starter for New York?
— #Thomas Nestico (#@TJStats)
1:38 AM • Aug 21, 2025
In the top of the eighth inning, Trent Grisham hit his second home run of the game and 23rd on the season. I did not have Trent Grisham hitting 23 home runs on the year in the cards, but here we are.
DOUBLE GRISH HOME RUN TROUBLE 🔥
#YANKSonYES
— #YES Network (#@YESNetwork)
1:40 AM • Aug 21, 2025
After a Rice single, Caballero came on as a pinch-runner and stole his MLB-Leading 40th base of the year.
José Caballero picks up stolen base No. 4️⃣0️⃣!
— #MLB (#@MLB)
1:41 AM • Aug 21, 2025
Luke Weaver came in with the bases loaded and two outs and struck out Fedducia on three pitches. He would pitch one more inning, allowing a solo home run — the first homer he has surrendered since July 25th.
David Bednar came in and after striking out Diaz, walked Lowe and gave up a hit to Caminero and down to their last strike, gave up a game-tying double to Fedducia. A devastating blow.
Giancarlo Stanton would come off the bench in the 10th inning and hit a pinch-hit two-run home run off closer Pete Fairbanks. That is the second game-tying or go-ahead home runs Fairbanks has given up to the Yankees in consecutive appearances.
Austin Wells would follow up Stanton’s home run with a blast of his own, his second of the night. Good to see Wells heating up.
Austin Powers 💪
— #New York Yankees (#@Yankees)
2:22 AM • Aug 21, 2025
Devin Williams would come on for the 10th inning and after giving all Yankees fans a heart attack, he got the job done.
3 straight strikeouts by Devin secured the sweep 👏
#RepBX
— #New York Yankees (#@Yankees)
3:32 AM • Aug 21, 2025
Dave Sims was HYPED as the Yankees closed out an emotional rollercoaster of a win
— #Talkin' Yanks (#@TalkinYanks)
3:03 AM • Aug 21, 2025