Yankees.com: ‘A lot of grit’: Grisham, Williams set table for Escarra’s walk-off

From Bryan Hoch:

Beaming and thumping his chest, J.C. Escarra turned to find almost the entire Yankees roster chasing him, a deserved celebration after his first game-ending swing in the big leagues. The rookie first saw Austin Wells about to tackle him, then felt Anthony Volpe trying to tear his pinstriped jersey off, the buttons barely holding together.

“Those are the moments that I’ll never forget,” Escarra said. “These are things you dream about as a kid, and it’s all unfolding in real time in front of my eyes.”

Escarra lifted the deciding sacrifice fly, and several of his teammates delivered memorable performances in arguably the club’s best win of the season thus far. Trent Grisham came off the bench to crack a game-tying homer and Devin Williams pinned the bases loaded in a crucial spot, setting up the Yankees’ 4-3, 10-inning victory over the Padres on Wednesday evening at Yankee Stadium.

Well, that was quite the twist, huh?

After being no-hit for six and a third innings, the Yankees tie the game on a home run. Then, after falling behind 3-1 in the 8th, which seemed like a total death knell for the game, they tie the game AGAIN on a home run. Then Devin Williams somehow doesn’t allow a run against the heart of the Padres order despite having the go-ahead run on third base with one out, striking out the side (while, to be fair, also walking one guy and hitting one guy, and he also went to 3-2 on the last batter with the bases loaded). And then, of course, Waldo finally got a bunt down, and JC Escarra won the game with a sac fly (Boone after the game was insistent that Escarra was a really good hitter, we just haven’t seen it yet due to his lack of reps).

So, yeah, they somehow won the series despite looking like it was going to be a terrible sweep at a number of times. Max Fried was excellent, as always. He’s so good that he gave up one run in seven innings and RAISED HIS ERA from 1.01 to 1.05. Insanity!

Featured image is Fried and Goldy saluting each other with a cute glove tip after Fried made an excellent defensive play (he had to pick up the ball with his glove, and flip it to first with the glove in order to get there in time) to nab a runner on a possible infield single (they’re both former Gold Glovers).