With Aaron Decide on the cusp of historical past Thursday night time towards the Pink Sox, he needed to face a pitcher he’s had little success towards in his profession.
Decide had seen Boston starter Michael Wacha 15 occasions coming into Thursday at Yankee Stadium, going 0-for-14 with a stroll and 9 strikeouts since their first showdown in 2017.
In his quest to tie Roger Maris’ Yankees and AL mark of 61 house runs in a season, Decide was additionally making an attempt to lastly get successful towards Wacha.
Of their newest go-round, Wacha escaped unscathed — in a way. He walked Decide twice and struck him out of their remaining assembly Thursday. The 2 walks, within the first and third innings, prompted boos from the gang at Yankee Stadium, nonetheless hoping to see Decide hit his 61st house run of the season.
Decide’s luck didn’t enhance after Wacha was lifted, strolling for a 3rd time on the night time towards reliever John Schreiber, prompting extra boos from the gang. Within the backside of the ninth with an opportunity to make historical past with a walk-off homer, Decide got here up simply quick with a 404-foot flyout towards Matt Barnes.
Every little thing to learn about Aaron Decide and his chase for the house run report:
- Aaron Decide hits 62nd house run to interrupt Roger Maris’ report
- Hearken to Michael Kay and John Sterling name Aaron Decide’s 62nd house run
- Aaron Decide’s dad and mom have fun his historic 62nd house run
- All of Aaron Decide’s house runs this season
It was Josh Donaldson’s single within the backside of the tenth that gave the Yankees a 5-4 win and clinched a playoff berth.
For Decide, he’ll get one other shot at 61 on Friday — with opposing groups getting a superb sense of what occurs when he doesn’t go deep.
On Wednesday, the Bronx devoted rained down boos on Pirates reliever Eric Stout, who additionally walked Decide in his remaining at-bat of the night time in the 14-2 win.
“Yeah, I sort of figured that’s what the gang response was gonna be,” Pirates supervisor Derek Shelton stated after the loss. “I’ve been to Yankee Stadium a whole lot of occasions. I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen anyone keep when the rating’s like that, however you understand, there was all people within the ballpark.”
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