Jasson Dominguez's walk-off HR sends Yankees fans
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Baseball's longest walk-off home run drought is over. Wednesday night, Yankees top prospect Jasson Domínguez clubbed a walk-off solo homer against the Rangers ( NY 4, TEX 3) to give New York its third straight win, and tenth win in their last 13 games. That helped the Yankees steal a Jacob deGrom vs. Ryan Yarbrough starting pitching matchup.
After revamping their outfield in the wake of Soto's departure, the Yankees started the season with rookie Jasson Dominguez in left field. The team knew it could expect big things at the plate from Dominguez and it was hoping his defense had come far enough along after a harsh spring training.
It’s the center fielder’s job to take charge on balls in the gap, especially in a big spot. That’s why Cody Bellinger had every right to call Jasson Domínguez off in the Yankees’ outfield on Francisco’s Lindor’s go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning on Saturday afternoon.
But more importantly, it was a teaching moment for Dominguez too.