NEW YORK — The Yankee Stadium Mother’s Day crowd of 42,116 roared one last time Sunday when the Yankees were down to their last out and Aaron Judge blasted a high fly to deep center field.
It looked like the latest Yankees-Rays’ thriller was tied up.
“I thought he hit it out of the stadium,” Harrison Bader said.
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Not quite.
“I hit it good, but I hit it too high,” Judge said. “Especially how deep it is out there, I was kind of praying for a miracle.”
Rays center fielder Jose Siri raced back and to his left a little, felt the warning track, then reached out his right arm to feel if the wall was right there. Two steps away, Judge’s 399-foot flyball was caught.
The crowd let out a loud groan, Rays closer Jason Adam exhaled on the mound and left fielder Randy Arozarena made the sign of the cross.
The Yankees just missed rallying late again, falling 8-7 to settle for a split in a four-game series that was bigger for them than the flying-high Rays.
“That was so close,” Yankees left fielder Oswaldo Cabrera said. “So close. That showed to the people that we never give up and we are working until the last out.”
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The Yankees were bummed, but they did show fight again. Down 8-4 after six innings, the Yanks scored a run in the seventh and two in the eighth to make it a one-run game.
They rallied for wins the two previous days, prevailing on Saturday after falling behind 6-0, but fell short this time and wound up going 3-4 playing the Rays seven times in 10 days.
“I think we’re in a good spot,” Judge said. “We didn’t want to come in there and split the series, but they’re one of the best teams in baseball, but we battled back and forth.”
Six of the seven games were decided by one run, including the last three.
On Sunday, the Yanks trailed 3-0, went ahead 4-3, fell behind 8-4 and then closed to within a run before coming up…
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