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NYY Series Recap
Series Snapshot (White Sox vs Yankees)
Result: Yankees take it 2–1
Story of the series:
Game 1: You get blanked and one swing flips the night.
Game 2: You land a big punch early, but Judge turns it into a horror movie.
Game 3: You hit back like a team that’s sick of being polite — 10 runs, four bombs, and you slam the door to avoid the sweep.
Game 1 (Sept 23) — Yankees 4, White Sox 0
This one was a slow-burn frustration that turned into a “welp, that’ll do it” moment.
You hung around… until the 4th inning blew open on one swing: Omar Martinez’s grand slam. That was the difference between “tight game” and “climb Everest with a spoon.”
And the brutal part? Michael King was totally in control — 7 shutout innings, and Chicago never found a rally lane. The Sox managed just two hits and spent the night trying to solve a pitcher who wasn’t giving away answers.
Vibe: Competitive… until it wasn’t.
Game 2 (Sept 24) — Yankees 5, White Sox 3
This was the “we came to play” game… and then the Yankees’ stars did Yankees-star things.
Chicago’s highlight punch was Eguy Rosario’s 3-run homer off Max Fried — a legit “shut the stadium up” swing that had you dreaming of stealing one in the Bronx.
But then Aaron Judge basically grabbed the controller:
Three home runs (solo shots in the 1st, 3rd, and 7th)
And when Chicago was still holding on, Goldschmidt added a 2-run homer in the 6th to swing the lead for good.
So even though the Sox landed the biggest early hit of the night, New York just kept answering with louder power.
Vibe: You landed first. They landed harder. And they didn’t stop.
Game 3 (Sept 25) — White Sox 10, Yankees 6
And THEN… the catharsis game.
Chicago came out and punched Rodón in the mouth, and it wasn’t subtle.
The knockout innings
3rd inning: 5 runs
Luis Robert Jr. starts it with a solo bomb
The inning keeps spiraling (speed + chaos + pressure)
Then Bryan Ramos detonates a 2-run homer to cap the stampede
4th inning: Robert comes right back with another homer (2 HR night)
5th inning: Ryan Galanie joins the party with a solo blast
6th inning: Chicago stacks three more runs with big RBI knocks (the kind of “lineup working” inning you’ve been waiting for)
New York didn’t roll over — they chipped back with:
A 2-run 3rd
A 2-run Goldschmidt homer in the 5th
And a two-run 6th sparked by traffic and an extra-base hit
But the difference in this one: Chicago kept scoring even after New York answered. No panic, no stall-out.
And the ending mattered: once the Sox got to the late innings, Shuster steadied things, and Murfee finished — no 9th-inning chaos, no “here we go again.”
Headliner: Luis Robert Jr.
A true takeover:
2 HR
3 hits
3 runs scored
He wasn’t just the Player of the Game — he was the mood of the whole finale: not today.
One big note: Davis Martin left injured while pitching — worth keeping an eye on because that’s the kind of thing that can sting beyond one win.
Vibe: Statement win. “You’re not sweeping us.”
The Series Turning Point
The Yankees had you in the exact spot they want teams:
Quiet bats in Game 1
A heartbreak loss in Game 2 after a big early swing
But Game 3 flipped the script because you didn’t just win — you won loud. Four homers, pressure innings, and a finish that didn’t wobble.
That’s the kind of “carry this to the next series” win — even if the standings don’t look pretty yet.
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