Yankees.com: Martian magic! Domínguez wallops Yanks’ 1st walk-off homer in 974 days

From Bryan Hoch:

Jasson Domínguez beamed as he bounded into the wall of pinstriped energy enveloping home plate, his right hand flinging a batting helmet high into the evening sky. The Yankees haven’t experienced a snapshot moment like this in almost three years, and boy, did they miss it.

Domínguez authored what he slotted as one of the top moments of his young career thus far on Wednesday, launching a hanging Luke Jackson slider over the right-field wall and sealing a 4-3 comeback victory over the Rangers at Yankee Stadium.

“It was awesome; my first walk-off,” Domínguez said. “The first one is always special. As soon as I hit it, I knew that was my first walk-off, and I was enjoying it.”

It had been 974 days since the Bombers’ last walk-off homer: Sept. 20, 2022, when Giancarlo Stanton hit a game-ending grand slam off the Pirates’ Aroldis Chapman.

That blast capped a huge inning in more ways than one, when Aaron Judge joined Babe Ruth and Roger Maris as the only Yankees to hit 60 homers in a single season.

I was actually really confident in that ninth inning, as I thought Jackson didn’t look great, he had already blown the save, and so I thought Belli, Martian, and Volpe were each going to be swinging for the fences there, and I had some confidence that one of them would catch a hold of one, but it was still surprising to ACTUALLY see it.

What an amazing win.

Ryan Yarbrough has a good argument for the featured image, going five innings of one-run ball, but, well, come on.

The one piece of really BAD news is that while he has been tested, and nothing has been found, Fernando Cruz has been complaining about shoulder problems, so, well, that fucking sucks. Hopefully it turns out to be nothing.

The injuries are keeping Ian Hamilton on the team longer. I am not thrilled with that, as I think his many previous injuries have taken a toll on him. He just doesn’t have the same “oomph” anymore. Tim Hill has been sucking recently, as well, and that might also just be age finally getting to Hill, but I’m fine with Hill sticking around towards the back of the bullpen, as they “need” a lefty out of the pen. But Hamilton might just be washed. Maybe Clayton Beeter can make his way to the Majors.

Nathan Eovaldi is going to dominate them today, so hopefully there is a rain delay, and Eovaldi has to come out of the game.

The featured image is Dominguez admiring his game-winning homer.