The Coliseum joined Yankee Stadium as the only ballparks to be the site of three perfect games. The Yankees became the first franchise with four perfect games (the Chicago White Sox have three). He was always someone that really brought a joy to our family and it happened for him to watch it this way, from up there.” STATS AND STUFF So I had him with me throughout the whole game. “Unfortunately, two days ago an uncle of mine passed away and I cried a lot yesterday in the clubhouse.
Many fans in Oakland were decked out in Yankees colors or jerseys. When Esteury Ruiz grounded out to third baseman Josh Donaldson to end it, New York’s dugout and bullpen emptied as Germán’s teammates raced out to the mound to celebrate.īut the night belonged to Germán, who was loudly cheered as the game unfolded. He got Aledmys Díaz to ground out before Shea Langeliers flied out to short center field.
With the crowd of 12,479 on its feet for the ninth, Germán quickly finished what he started. Seth Brown came the closest to reaching base for the A’s, hitting a sharp grounder in the fifth inning to first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who made a diving stop and tossed to Germán for the out. His curveball was great tonight, but because his changeup and his fastball were good, too, it made that curveball even more special.” “When he gets rolling like that he’s just so fun to watch at his craft because he’s so good at commanding all of his pitches. We’ve seen him flirt with outings like that over time,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said, thinking to when Boston’s Alex Verdugo broke up Germán’s no-hit bid in the eighth in July 2021. “It was just so fun to watch him do that and go to work.
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