The 2019 Yankees refuse to quit. A three-run eighth inning quickly got the Yanks within one run of the A’s on Sunday afternoon.
Heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Bombers once again lived up to their iconic nickname, first with a solo home run off to the bat of veteran Brett Gardner — and then a walk-off pinch-hit long-ball deep into the Yankee bullpen from New Jersey’s own Mike Ford.
Two games in a row decided by game-ending heroics (D.J. LeMahieu homered in the 11th inning on Saturday to cap the win), the Yanks have now won back-to-back contests due to homers for the first time since Alex Rodriguez and Johnny Damon did so in 2009.