December 22, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 17: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees gestures after hitting a double against the Chicago White Sox during the fifth inning of a game at Yankee Stadium on May 17, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the White Sox 4-2. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

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Juan Soto drilled a go-ahead home run in a four-run ninth inning and the New York Yankees hit for the cycle in their final at-bat en route to completing a three-game sweep of the host San Francisco Giants with a 7-5 victory Sunday afternoon.

In a game where starting pitcher Blake Snell had to leave with an injury in the fifth inning, Heliot Ramos delivered a two-run single in the sixth and the Giants retained a 5-3 advantage before turning the ball over to closer Camilo Doval (2-1) in the ninth.

Gleyber Torres ignited the New York comeback with a single, then scored on Anthony Volpe’s triple to make it a one-run game. Soto then rocketed his second homer of the game, a blast over the high wall in right-center field to put the visitors on top.

The Yankees weren’t done. After Aaron Judge walked and stole second, Giancarlo Stanton launched a ground-rule double to right-center, making it 7-5. Michael Tonkin (2-3), who pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings, earned the win. Closer Clay Holmes worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth for his 17th save.

Judge, after homering three times in his first two Northern California homecoming games, had two singles and two walks in five plate appearances, capping a 6-for-10 series with five runs and six RBIs. Seeking his first win as a Giant, Snell had to leave the game one out from qualifying for a potential win when he experienced groin tightness in the top of the fifth.

The defending National League Cy Young Award winner missed almost a month earlier this season with an adductor strain. The Giants led 3-1 when Snell left, but Alex Verdugo hit reliever Erik Miller’s fifth pitch for a two-run double, tying the game.

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