Torres Heroics Keep Yankees Rolling past Tribe

The red hot New York Yankees won again Sunday, and they did again in dramatic fashion.

After watching Aaron Boone remove Domingo German from a no-hitter, only to watch the Cleveland Indians tee off the Yankee bullpen, it looked like Boone was in store for two days of second guessing before the Yankees open up a series with the Red Sox.

Instead, the Yankees comeback, and rookie Gleyber Torres played the role of the hero, saving both the Yankees and Boone from the wrath of talk radio junkies everywhere.

Torres three-run blast in the bottom of the ninth gave the Yankees a stunning 7-4 victory over the Indians, completing a three game sweep of a team many expect to win the AL Central. The Yankees are now 15-1 in their last 16 games, having swept the Twins, Angels and Indians. New York also took three-of-four from the Astros last week.

It has been fun times for the Yankees of late, as they have channeled their inner 2017-selves to make 2018 as good as many expected. A team that was once seven games back with a record of 9-9, the Yankees are now 24-10, a half-game back of the Red Sox for first place.

The never-say-die Yankees struck in the bottom of the eighth when Brett Gardner singled to right to bring in Neil Walker, who opened the inning with a walk. From there, reliever Cody Allen couldn't shut the door. On a 2-2 count, Aaron Judge ripped a two-run double to right, slicing the Cleveland lead to 4-3.

After Chasen Shreve made quick work of the Indians in the top of the ninth, the Yankees pounded the Indians closer in the bottom of the inning. Aaron Hicks led off with a double, and quickly scored the tying run when Walker doubled to right.

With Allen clearly out of it, Indians manager Terry Francona pulled him and inserted Dan Otero out of desperation more than anything else. The Yankees wouldn't stop coming though. For whatever reason Francona decided to intentionally walk Giancarlo Stanton in order to match up Otero with Torres. Big mistake. Torres crushed a 3-2 fastball down broadway for the winning homer, sending all of Yankees Stadium into a tizzy.

Since joining the club, Torres is hitting .327 with two home runs and 11 RBI. The kid has been ridiculous. So have the Yankees.