Yankees Make Paul Goldschmidt Decision
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Giancarlo Stanton remains on the bench due to general soreness for the Yankees as they welcome back Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt.
The Yankees (67-57), taking advantage of a soft schedule, have won five of their last six and six of their last eight.
Paul Goldschmidt was back in the Yankees’ lineup Sunday, returning just in time for the series finale in St. Louis, the city where he built an MVP résumé and became the face of the Cardinals. The veteran first baseman had missed three straight games after tweaking his right knee Tuesday night,
With the score tied, 4-4, Caballero led off the ninth with a high one-chopper to second baseman Thomas Saggese. Well aware of Caballero’s speed, Saggese rushed his throw and hurled it wide of first base, allowing Caballero to go to second base.
But the Yankees tied it back up in the seventh, as Grisham walked (with some help from home plate umpire Nic Lentz, whose strike zone angered both teams all day), Judge singled and Bellinger lifted a sacrifice fly that made it 4-4.