Giancarlo Stanton singled with one out in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees started their rally against Brad Hand (2-1) when Tyler Wade and pinch hitter Aaron Judge drew walks. DJ LeMahieu beat out a double-play grounder to move Wade to third and Stanton won it by sharply hitting a single into left field between shortstop Trea Turner and third baseman Starlin Castro as the infield was in for Washington.
It was Stanton’s seventh career game-ending hit and second since joining the Yankees following the 2017 season in a trade with the Miami Marlins.
The Yankees posted their second straight win in their last at-bat, improved to 12-5 since opening the season with 11 losses in 17 games and also capped a 7-2 homestand.
After blowing a 2-0 lead, New York staged a rally against Hand for the second straight day. Hand blew a save chance on Saturday after having converted his previous 24 regular-season chances.
Yankee closer Aroldis Chapman (2-0) stranded a runner in a scoreless ninth after Wandy Peralta retired Juan Soto to end the eighth. New York’s Domingo German took a shutout into the seventh before the Nationals’ Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run homer to tie the game. German allowed two runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts.
Washington’s Joe Ross allowed two runs on three hits in five-plus innings. He was lifted in the sixth after Gary Sanchez followed a Gleyber Torres home run by drawing a walk.
The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the third when Aaron Hicks followed two walks by lining an RBI single to center field. Torres made it 2-0 in the sixth when he hit a 2-0 sinker into the left field bleachers for his first regular-season homer since Sept. 17 against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Josh Bell opened the seventh with a double to left-center field and, one out later, Schwarber reached the second deck in right field by hitting a 1-2 four-seam fastball for his third homer.
Mets overcome injury to deGrom, sweep D’backs
Jacob deGrom exited after five innings due to tightness in his right side Sunday afternoon, but a trio of pitchers helped the host New York Mets record a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Mets have won five straight after completing a sweep of the Diamondbacks, who were outscored 33-12 on their 0-6 road trip.
DeGrom, who was scratched from his scheduled start Tuesday due to a sore right lat, set down the first 12 batters he faced on just 39 pitches.
Results
Yankees 3-2 Nationals
Red Sox 4-3 Orioles
Mets 4-2 D’Backs
Astros 7-4 Blue Jays
White Sox 9-3 Royals
Brewers 2-1 Marlins
Pirates 6-5 Cubs
Angels 2-1 Dodgers
Cardinals 2-0 Rockies
Padres 11-1 Giants
Rangers 10-2 Mariners
Braves 6-1 Phillies
Rays 4-3 Athletics
