CLEVELAND — Last fall, Oswaldo Cabrera silenced Progressive Field in Game Four of the American League Division Series with a clutch, two-run house run within the fifth inning.
The 24-year-old utilityman picked up the place he left off on Wednesday afternoon, as he drove within the go-ahead run with a ninth-inning single off Emmanuel Clase within the Yankees’ 4-3 rubber-game win. As a consequence, New York gained its fourth straight collection to open a season for simply the fifth time in franchise historical past.
After sleepwalking via the primary 4 innings of the sport, the Yankees obtained their first two runs on a weird sequence within the fifth. After Kyle Higashioka lined a ball 100.9 mph to middle subject that scored Cabrera, Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez hit second-base umpire Larry Vanover together with his relay throw, which allowed Isiah Kiner-Falefa to attain within the ensuing chaos.
The Yanks tied the sport within the high of the seventh inning when Franchy Cordero launched his second house run in as many video games to proper middle subject. Cordero, who was signed the day earlier than Opening Day, crushed a Trevor Stephan fastball a Statcast-projected 439 toes — his longest house run of the season.
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