Yankees Win (Weekend) Series vs. Dodgers

In one of the most important series of the season, the New York Yankees made their biggest impression. Coming off a sweep at the hands of the Oakland A’s, the Yankees faced an even stiffer test in the National League leading Los Angeles Dodgers, and by weekends end, the Yankees passed with flying colors.

New York’s 5-1 win over the Dodgers captured the series two games to one, solidifying New York’s position as potentially the best team in Major League Baseball as we head toward September. Whether this is a preview of coming attractions come October is anyone’s guess at this point, but, boy, did the Yankees look good.

The Bombers blasted three homers Sunday night off Clayton Kershaw, sending the Dogers ace to his third loss of the season.

Getting the party started with D.J. LeMahieu, who has been at the center of attention for the Yankees so many times this year when he launched a solo homer to center to open the scoring in the top of the first inning.

And the barrage kept coming.

In the top of the third inning, Aaron Judge took a curveball off the outer half of the plate and planted it in the right field seats to give the Yanks a 2-1 lead; the homer being Judge’s 99^th of his illustrious career.

Three innings later it was Mike Ford’s turn to get into the action. The first baseman sent the first pitch he saw into the seats in right  for his sixth homer of the year. Two innings later, Ford was at it again, this time lining an RBI double to left to score leMahieu to give the Yanks a 4-1 lead.

By this point Kershaw was long gone, having surrendered three earned runs over seven innings, despite striking out 12 batters.

Meanwhile on the hill for the Yanks, Domingo German matched the Dodgers lefty pitch-for-pitch. German held the Dodgers to just a run on five hits over six innings to capture his 17^th victory of the season. German’s stellar effort comes two days after James Paxton twirled a gem against this same potent Dodgers lineup.

As we wrote on Friday, if the Yankees can get some decent to good starting pitching performances, this team has a chance at winning the ultimate prize. If this weekend was a showcase of future events, Yankees fans have a lot to get excited about.