Daily Report – 8/28/25
Yankees
Eight hits. Nine runs scored. Four home runs. 15 batters. 41 minutes. 77 pitches. That was the bottom of yesterday’s third inning as the Yankees followed Tuesday’s 5-1 win with an 11-2 beatdown of the Washington Nationals. With the victory, the Yankees swept the Nationals.
The third inning began with Ben Rice, who singled sharply to right field, and Aaron Judge plated him with a 424-foot home run to deep center field. Then, on the first pitch he saw, Cody Bellinger went back-to-back with Judge to make it 4-0 Yankees. Jazz Chisholm Jr. then walked and stole second base before Jasson Domínguez brought him home with a ground-rule double to right field. After Anthony Volpe lined out to second base, Austin Wells reached on catcher’s interference, which put two runners on base for Ryan McMahon.
McMahon has been an excellent defender ever since the Yankees traded for the third baseman in late July. However, he has struggled offensively thus far in his pinstripes tenure, and despite the 16 home runs he brought to New York, his strikeouts have continued to rank second in the American League. However, he shone bright for the Yankees yesterday with his first home run in the Bronx, a three-run blast to right-center field that scored Domínguez and Wells for an 8-0 Yankees lead.
“Looking at the depth of our lineup,” said McMahon, “those are the kind of innings that I think our team can put together. Hopefully there’s a lot more of that in the future.”
Trent Grisham, who led off the first inning with a home run, struck out after McMahon’s three-run shot in the third inning. But Ben Rice was right behind him, and he kept the inning alive with a solo home run off reliever Shinnosuke Ogasawara that extended the Yankees’ lead to 9-0. With their fourth home run of the inning, the Yankees became the first MLB team to hit four home runs in three different innings in a single season. Also, according to Mark Feinsand, in the last 47 seasons, the Yankees had only ever hit four home runs in the same inning four different times.
“It was a lot of fun,” said Ben Rice. “We were enjoying ourselves. It was contagious.”
After Rice’s home run, Aaron Judge singled, Cody Bellinger walked, and so did Jazz Chisholm Jr. to load the bases. Jasson Domínguez made it 10-0 with an infield single, but Anthony Volpe struck out swinging to end the inning. 41 minutes after it started. And the 77 pitches seen by the Yankees were the most thrown in any half-inning since 2003, per Sarah Langs.
“It’s just everybody clicking, everybody having good at-bats, not trying to do too much,” said Judge. “Guys just had good at-bat after good at-bat.”
Meanwhile, Max Fried had another dominant start, intensifying Friday’s six scoreless innings versus Boston with seven one-run innings against Washington. Fried managed to stay dominant despite having to sit for 41 minutes in the third inning. “It’s a good problem to have, when [the score] goes from 1-0 to 10-0,” Fried said. “There’s definitely worse things to happen.”
Fried retired each of the first 11 batters he faced, and he didn’t allow a baserunner until he walked Riley Adams in the fourth inning.
Leading off the bottom of the fourth inning, Austin Wells clubbed the Yankees’ sixth home run of the day, driving a hanging slider from Shinnosuke Ogasawara into the right-field seats, putting the Yankees ahead 11-0. Wells has been struggling all season, and he entered yesterday’s game with a .205 batting average and a .675 OPS. His manager hopes yesterday’s offensive performance will help him bounce back.
“This time of year, you want as many guys feeling good about the way they’re playing as possible,” said manager Aaron Boone. “And I feel like we have a number of those guys.”
Fried didn’t allow his first hit until the sixth inning, as Jacob Young led off with a single to center field. James Wood then put runners at the corners with another single to center, and before Fried could secure an out, CJ Abrams singled to left field to put Washington on the board 11-1. However, Fried quickly struck out Riley Adams and forced Luis García Jr. to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Following a three-game sweep of Washington and four consecutive wins at home, the Yankees embark on a seven-game road trip tonight. The journey features four games against the Chicago White Sox and three against the Houston Astros. Meanwhile, the Yankees continue to battle with Boston and Toronto in the division standings, ranking 0.5 games behind Boston for the second AL Wild Card spot and 4.5 games behind Toronto for the division lead. When the Yankees return home, they will quickly be challenged with three games against Toronto and Detroit, two of the best teams in the American League.
Tonight, at 7:40 PM (6:40 PM CDT), RHP Will Warren (7-6, 4.47 ERA) will try to bounce back from a poor start against Boston as the Yankees take on the struggling RHP David Martin (5-9, 3.93 ERA) in the first of four games in the South Side of Chicago (YES).
Schedule
5:00 PM (4:00 PM CDT): 2025 US Open, Second Round; ESPN2
Not before 4:00 PM (3:00 PM CDT): Men’s Singles, Second Round – S. Tsitsipas [26] vs. D. Altmaier; Grandstand
Not before 5:00 PM (4:00 PM CDT): Men’s Singles, Second Round – S. Mochizuki vs. A. de Minaur [8]; Stadium 17
Late Afternoon: Men’s Singles, Second Round – R. Safiullin vs. F. Auger-Aliassime [25]; Court 5
Late Afternoon: Men’s Singles, Second Round – A. Bublik [23] vs. T. Schoolkate; Court 11
5:30 PM (4:30 PM CDT): 2025 College Football Kickoff – Boise State at South Florida; ESPN
6:00 PM (5:00 PM CDT): 2025 College Football Kickoff – Ohio at Rutgers; BTN2
7:00 PM (6:00 PM CDT): Primetime at the US Open, 2025 Second Round; ESPN2
7:00 PM (6:00 PM CDT): Women’s Singles, Second Round – D. Vekic vs. C. Gauff [3]; Arthur Ashe Stadium
Nightcap: Men’s Singles, Second Round: N. Borges vs. T. Paul [14]; Arthur Ashe Stadium
7:00 PM (6:00 PM CDT): Men’s Singles, Second Round – A. Zverev [3] vs. J. Fearnley; Louis Armstrong Stadium
Nightcap: Women’s Singles, Second Round – A. Anisimova [8] vs. M. Joint; Louis Armstrong Stadium
7:00 PM (6:00 PM CDT): NYL vs. WSH; WWOR (MY9)
7:40 PM (6:40 PM CDT): NYY at CWS; YES; SP: RHP Will Warren (7-6, 4.47 ERA)
9:00 PM (8:00 PM CDT): 2025 College Football Kickoff – Nebraska vs. Cincinnati; ESPN
