The Yankees jumped out to a 1-0 lead Sunday on a first-inning RBI double by Anthony Rizzo, who played 10 seasons with Chicago. That historic outing at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum marked the fourth perfect game ever by a Yankee and the first since David Cone’s in 1999. The start was German’s second since he retired all 27 batters against the Oakland A’s on June 28. German struck out nine, walked three and was charged with two runs, only one of which was earned. Suzuki broke up the no-hitter - and the shutout - with a solo home run that barely cleared the left field wall to lead off the fifth inning.
He faced the minimum 12 batters through four frames, erasing a second-inning walk to Bellinger by forcing Morel to ground into a double play. German, 30, began the game with four hitless innings, energizing a Yankee Stadium crowd that gave him an ovation as he warmed up and grew louder with each out. The Cubs added a ninth-inning run against Nick Ramirez. He left with the bases loaded, and Clay Holmes allowed two runs to score on a Seiya Suzuki sacrifice fly and a wild pitch. The Yankees’ relief issues continued in the 8th, when Ron Marinaccio failed to record an out. All three Cubs runs in the 7th inning were unearned. Kahnle then served up a two-out, two-run single to pinch hitter Yan Gomes that tied the game, 4-4.
Then came the Torres error on a Christopher Morel ground ball, loading the bases with the Yankees clinging to their three-run lead.īoone turned to the typically reliable Tommy Kahnle, who retired Jared Young on a run-scoring groundout. Ian Hamilton entered in relief, recording an out before allowing a single to Cody Bellinger. German had only thrown 74 pitches when manager Aaron Boone removed him after he issued a walk to lead off the 7th. But second baseman Gleyber Torres booted a potential inning-ending double-play ball that extended a Chicago 7th-inning rally, and the Cubs took the lead for good in the following frame.
Domingo German was nearly unhittable once again Sunday, but shoddy defense and bullpen blunders cost the Yankees in a 7-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs to end the season’s first half.Įleven days after he hurled the 24th perfect game in MLB history, German only surrendered one hit across 6+ innings and left with the Yankees leading 4-1.
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