It was only a week, but it felt like a month of bad baseball. At 2-5 the Yankees needed a win in the worst way, and were able to get that 'W' thanks in major part to a huge afternoon by Gleybor Torres.
Torres went 4-for-4 including a mammoth 3-run homer to put the Yankees in front 5-4 in the sixth inning en route to an 8-4 victory.
Manager Aaron Boone even told the press after the game that Torres home run lifted the dugout, and you can certainly understand why. Not only have the Yankees lost games, their offense has been stagnant. Entering Thursday game in Baltimore, the Bombers scored only 13 runs in their last five games combined.
Add the offensive ineptitude to the plethora of injuries that continue to grow, and the slow start to 2019 was becoming an epidemic.
And you couldn't fault Boone for feeling even more frustration today when he watched James Paxton give up three-first inning runs as the Orioles built a 3-0 lead that they would carry through five innings.
It all changed in the sixth when the Yankees started swinging like the Yankees again. A solo homer by Gary Sanchez, followed by the three-run bomb by Torres. Then in the ninth inning, a three-run bomb by Luke Voit. After hitting all of six homers to start the year, the Bombers hit four in one game.
For one day, the Yankees were back. Now, well see if they get rolling.
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