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Make it 12 in a row for the 2021 New York Yankees! The remarkable winning streak is the teams longest in 60 years, dating back to the legendary 1961 squad of Mantle and Maris. All history set aside though, this was an incredibly frustrating game to recap considering that the Yankees had a commanding 6-0 lead early and looked like they would win a rare laugher in Oakland. We should have known better. As Hawkeye said in Avengers: Endgame, Dont do that. Dont give me hope. Jameson Taillon had a rare clunker of a start and the Yankees bats went to sleep after an early outburst until they scratched out the winning run. Aroldis Chapman shut the door this time to secure the 7-6 victory. This one did not start in promising fashion. Former Yankees first-round pick James Kaprielian came out on a mission, striking out DJ LeMahieu and Anthony Rizzo in rapid succession, and then struck Aaron Judge out looking. Thats in quotes because the called third strike was so far off the plate that the call was a complete disgrace. Not a great sign. More of the same in the second as home plate umpire Todd Tichenor rang up Joey Gallo on a curveball that was wildly outside. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was rightfully apoplectic, so he lost his cool and was rewarded with an ejection https://www.newyorkystore.com/51-Yankees_Giancarlo_Stanton_Jersey. Thankfully, Giancarlo Stanton decided that the Yankees had seen enough and with two strikes, didnt give Tichenor a chance to ring him up on a ball a foot off the plate. Giancarlo absolutely demolished a solo dinger, 116. 2 mph off the bat and 436 feet to dead-center, putting the Yankees up early. Eat, sleep, hit dingers, repeat. New York Yankees August 27, 2021After a Gary Snchez strikeout, Brett Gardner decided to host a Gardy Party. Sitting 3-1, the old man turned on a fastball from Kaprielian and deposited it in the right-field seats; 2-0 good guys. California knows how to party. New York Yankees August 27, 2021The Yankees seemingly broke the game open in the third. Andrew Velazquez led off by crushing a hanging curveball into the right-field corner for a double Franchy Cordero Jersey. After LeMahieu moved Velazquez to third, Anthony Rizzo broke an 0-for-17 slide when he drove a ball to left field that Josh Harrison was unable to catch, allowing Rizzo to pick up the ribbie double to run the score up to 3-0, Bombers. The Yankees kept making Kaprielian work. Judge walked, and then Joey Gallo worked a long at-bat, fouling off full-count pitches until he got something to hit deep to right-center.
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