{"id":121497,"date":"2025-08-05T18:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121497\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:03:13","slug":"yankees-slide-continues-thanks-to-walk-off-rangers-hr-in-extras-aaron-judge-back-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121497\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees’ slide continues thanks to walk-off Rangers HR in extras; Aaron Judge back Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

A change of venue was not the cure for what’s ailing the New York Yankees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But help is on the way. Manager Aaron Boone announced Monday after an 8-5 loss to the Texas Rangers<\/a> that Aaron Judge will return to the lineup Tuesday after missing 10 games with a flexor strain in his right elbow. Judge is expected to play designated hitter until he’s cleared to return to his spot in the outfield.<\/p>\n

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Prior to Boone’s announcement, the Yankees lost in heartbreaking fashion in extra innings.<\/p>\n

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Yankees blow lead, lose on walk-off<\/p>\n

The Yankees struck first with a leadoff home run by Paul Goldschmidt, then took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the second inning. But the Rangers batted around in the second to take a 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n

The Yankees retook the lead and held a 5-4 advantage heading into the bottom of the ninth. There, pinch hitter Joc Pederson sent it to extras.<\/p>\n

With the bases empty and one out, Pederson launched a 2-1 Devin Williams changeup over the plate into the right-field stands to tie the game at 5-5.<\/p>\n

The blown save was the third of the season for Williams, a two-time All-Star and lights-out closer with the Milwaukee Brewers. With Pederson’s home run, Williams’ ERA in his first season in New York inflated to 5.10.<\/p>\n

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The blast set up Josh Jung for his 10th-inning heroics.<\/p>\n

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Josh Jung’s walk-off home run offered more misery for the Yankees.<\/p>\n

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With a man on second and two outs, the Yankees intentionally walked Wyatt Langford to get to Jung in the six slot. Reliever Jake Bird left a 1-1 sinker thigh-high and just inside that Jung turned on. The result was a no-doubt home run into the left-field stands that ended the game.<\/p>\n

Yankees in free fall, face critical games vs. Rangers<\/p>\n

The loss was the Yankees’ fourth straight following an unprecedented three-game sweep<\/a> at the hands of the Miami Marlins. They’re now 7-10 since the All-Star break.<\/p>\n

The defeat dropped the once first-place Yankees to 60-53, 5.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East and 2.5 games behind the rival Boston Red Sox, who won their sixth straight game Monday night<\/a>. It also left them with a 1.5-game cushion over the Rangers and in a tie with the Seattle Mariners for the last wild-card spot in the American League.<\/p>\n

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This three-game series against the Rangers could end up proving critical for the postseason standings, and it’s already going bad for New York.<\/p>\n

Can Judge help Yankees turn things around?<\/p>\n

Judge hasn’t played since July 25 with the elbow injury <\/a>that landed him on the injured list<\/a>. He took batting practice over the weekend and will return to the lineup Tuesday on his first day of eligibility.<\/p>\n

As the Yankees face a multitude of problems<\/a>, Judge’s return can’t come soon enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A change of venue was not the cure for what’s ailing the New York Yankees. But help is…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":121498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2226,3090,1281,5914,28437,75405,73252,1286,4247,1266,2228,9141,1288,62,1278,1290,67,132,68,75406],"class_list":{"0":"post-121497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-aaron-boone","9":"tag-aaron-judge","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-devin-williams","12":"tag-jake-bird","13":"tag-joc-pederson","14":"tag-josh-jung","15":"tag-miami-marlins","16":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-new-york-yankees","19":"tag-paul-goldschmidt","20":"tag-seattle-mariners","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-texas-rangers","23":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-wyatt-langford"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114977479295045041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}