The Yankees and White Sox played a wild one in the Bronx. Tied 1-1 in the ninth, Aroldis Chapman came in for New York, still holding a perfect ERA. He immediately walked the leadoff man, then mishandled a bunt, putting two on with no outs. It looked bad, but then everything flipped fast. A hard grounder to third started a perfectly executed triple play, 5-4-3, to escape the jam. Fans and players erupted, Chapman let out a scream, and the Yankees had momentum.
Aaron Judge opened the bottom of the ninth with a single, followed by another from Gio Urshela. Gleyber Torres then laced a ball through the infield, and Judge sprinted home for the walk-off. The Yankees turned a triple play and had a walk-off win in the same inning, something teams have done only four times in MLB history. Celebrations were on full blast. Gio got a bear hug from Chapman. Gleyber pointed at his chest while Gary Sanchez hit the team with his now-regular double water bottle splash. Judge looked like Gleyber’s dad standing next to him, towering in height.
Earlier in the game, Aaron Judge pulled off a perfect deke in the outfield, fooling a runner into thinking he’d caught a ball he never even had a shot at. That hesitation let the Yankees get an easy out at second. Tim Anderson later returned the favor with a deke of his own on a Wade steal attempt, pretending to take a throw that never came to freeze the runner. It was a tight, smart baseball game with a chaotic finish and one of the most unlikely combos you’ll ever see: triple play and walk-off, all in the ninth.