Daily Report – 7/9/25

Here is today’s report:

Yankees

Back-to-back wins, you have been missed. Last night in the Bronx, the Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 10-3.

The headline entering this three-game series is that Mariners’ catcher Cal Raleigh leads Aaron Judge by two home runs this season, so last night, the Yankees rallied behind their captain with three home runs. One might expect a baseball team from Seattle to be used to rain, but the Yankees used their home field advantage to capitalize on a 35-minute rain delay. In the top of the fifth inning, Will Warren had a 2-1 count on JP Crawford with two outs and runners at the corners when the tarp was rolled out over the field. After the rain delay, it took Warren just one more pitch to retire Crawford. He finished the night with 5.2 scoreless innings.

“He was filling up the strike zone, which was good to see,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who decided before the game to indefinitely return Jazz Chisholm Jr. to second base and play Oswald Peraza at third. This means DJ LeMahieu will serve as a bench player for the foreseeable future. He wasn’t happy to hear that news from Boone yesterday, but he understood it was the best decision for the team. LeMahieu has struggled defensively all season, and according to Boone, he is no longer physically capable of playing third base.

Boone’s decision yesterday proved to be the right one as Peraza looked like a Gold Glover at the hot corner, his best play coming in the third inning when he followed Jorge Polanco’s pop-up well down the third base line and into foul territory for the out. Peraza also drove in the Yankees’ first run of the game, with an infield single in the fifth inning that plated Paul Goldschmidt. “I thought Peraza made a couple of really good [plays at third base],” said Aaron Boone.

Additionally, Jazz Chisholm Jr. made some impressive base-hit robberies at second base, proving to be a more reliable second baseman than third baseman. “We’ve got a lot of Gold Glovers back there,” said Warren. “So, it’s real nice to let them hit the ball and put it in play.”

The Yankees broke the game open in the sixth inning by scoring five runs on two home runs. “We were just getting balls more in the middle of the plate,” said Stanton, who scored the first three runs of the sixth inning with a three-run blast to right field. Despite Stanton’s leveled swing, which is one of the shortest in baseball, he hit the ball hard enough to carry it the opposite direction and over the right-field fence. “Just staying inside the ball, getting some lift to it,” said Stanton on his approach in the at-bat. “I feel like I’ve been having one or two good at-bats a game, where I need to make that four or five to get some good results.”

After Stanton’s home run, Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked, but was caught stealing second base before Paul Goldschmidt doubled. Then, Austin Wells drove Goldschmidt home with a two-run 414-foot home run to right field, making yesterday’s game his career-high third straight with a homer. “Just getting some good pitches to hit, giving myself a little bit more time to see the ball,” said Wells.

The top of the seventh inning was an excellent showcase of the skills of the Yankees’ new defensive alignment, featuring a groundout to Jazz Chisholm Jr., a spinning throw by Oswald Peraza, and a back-diving catch by Anthony Volpe on a line drive. That set the offense up for another big inning.

Aaron Judge joined in on the long ball party in the bottom of the seventh inning with a solo shot of his own, giving his team a 7-0 lead and cutting Raleigh’s home run lead to one. Jazz Chisholm Jr. scored the Yankees’ eighth run with a two-RBI double to right field, and Paul Goldschmidt plated two more runners with a single up the middle.

Cal Raleigh wouldn’t allow Aaron Judge to creep closer to his lead on baseball’s home run leaderboard, though, and in the eighth inning, he sent a two-run blast into the upper deck in right field. Behind the plate in the seventh inning, Raleigh was visibly disgusted as soon as Aaron Judge’s home run left his bat, but that look changed in the eighth inning. Raleigh now has 36 home runs this season while Judge has 34. “I think it’s what both sides are pretty ho-hum, used to seeing – for them to put one on the board,” said Aaron Boone. “It’s just a testament to how special of a season both of them are in the midst of.”

With the Toronto Blue Jays’ 10th consecutive win last night, it was even more important for the Yankees to beat Seattle. They still sit three games behind Toronto for the American League East lead, but Toronto has an easier schedule heading into the All-Star break.


Tonight, at 7:05, the Yankees are sending RHP Cam Schlittler to make his Major League debut in hopes of a series win against Seattle (Prime Video). Despite the Yankees’ recent injuries, call-ups, and trade rumors, winning games remains their most important task. Seattle will send RHP Logan Evans (3-2, 2.96 ERA) to the mound against the Yankees’ lineup.


Schedule

8:00 AM: The Championships, Wimbledon 2025 – Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Quarterfinals; ESPN, ESPN2

7:05 PM: NYY vs. SEA; AmazonPV; SP: RHP Cam Schlittler (0-0, -.-- ERA)

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