PITTSBURGH — Trent Grisham can’t be the hero each day, although he tried his finest to make it two straight on Sunday.
After Grisham delivered a game-tying, two-out, two-strike single within the ninth inning, the Yankees nonetheless couldn’t end off the sweep because the Pirates walked off on them for a 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon at a uncooked PNC Park.
Tommy Pham delivered the game-winner, battling for a nine-pitch at-bat off Devin Williams that ended with a bullet of a single to the warning observe in left subject that scored computerized runner Jack Suwinski from third base within the eleventh inning.
The Yankees regarded headed for a loss for a lot of the afternoon till the ninth inning, when Anthony Volpe began the rally with a one-out single towards lefty Ryan Borucki. Austin Wells got here up subsequent and tried to bunt for successful, with third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes enjoying deep and nicely off the bag, however he was nonetheless thrown out at first on the play.
Nonetheless, Jasson Dominguez adopted with a stroll earlier than Oswald Peraza smoked an RBI double down the third-base line to drag the Yankees inside 4-2.
Grisham, who led Saturday’s outburst with a pair of house runs, was then all the way down to his final strike earlier than roping a two-run single via the fitting aspect to tie it.
Luke Weaver then tossed a simple backside of the ninth to ship the sport to extras. He got here again out for the underside of the tenth and after getting two fast outs, walked Oneill Cruz deliberately and Joey Bart unintentionally to load the bases. However he struck out Suwinski to maintain the sport alive.
For a lot of the day, it regarded just like the Yankees have been going to succumb to their former commerce bust. Andrew Heaney, an ill-fated acquisition on the 2021 deadline, shoved for seven innings of one-run ball towards them whereas putting out 10.
The Yankees’ high-scoring offense has sometimes given their pitchers a margin for error, however that was not the case on Sunday for Will Warren, who didn’t assist himself both.
Warren retired the primary eight batters he confronted earlier than getting burned by strolling No. 9 hitter Isiah Kiner-Falefa on a full rely. The equal of a cardinal sin in baseball, that got here again to hang-out Warren because the lineup flipped over and Hayes singled earlier than Bryan Reynolds roped a two-run double off the center-field wall for the 2-1 lead.
With one out within the fourth inning, Enmanuel Valdez drilled a triple to the hole and got here in to attain on Pham’s sacrifice fly.
Two batters later, the Pirates made it 4-1 when Kiner-Falefa delivered an RBI double.
After throwing 30 pitches over the primary two innings, Warren wanted 37 within the third and 20 within the fourth as he fell into too many deep counts that restricted him to a four-inning begin.
However in reduction of Warren, Brent Headrick and Yoendrys Gomez each tossed a pair of scoreless innings to maintain the Yankees inside putting distance getting into the ninth.
