Cal Raleigh Walks It Off as Mariners Stun Yankees, Who Go Perfect on ABS Challenges Anyway
The Seattle Mariners pulled off a walk-off 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night at home, with Cal Raleigh delivering the walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth. But here's what has everyone talking: the Yankees were absolutely surgical with the new automated ball-strike system, going 5-for-5 on challenges and still came up short. That's the kind of thing that stings.
The Yankees Couldn't Miss on the Challenge System
New York was flawless when it came to questioning plate umpire Mike Estabrook's calls. It started in the second inning when Jose Caballero correctly challenged two called strikes, including a crucial 3-2 pitch from Mariners starter Luis Castillo. Caballero tapped his helmet and stripped off his left shin guard to call for the review, and boom, both pitches came back as balls. Giancarlo Stanton followed that up by successfully challenging a 1-2 slider that was out of the zone, then ripped a single. Jazz Chisholm Jr. got in on the action too, challenging a first-pitch slider that was outside the zone (though he'd strike out later in the at-bat).
By the end of the night, the Yankees had an MLB-best 10 successful challenges on the season and are sitting at 10-of-11 overall on challenges. Only the Diamondbacks are better in terms of percentage at 3-for-3, but New York's win total is the clear league leader right now.
Castillo Was Lights Out, Yankees Still Couldn't Deliver
Manager Aaron Boone was frustrated but respectful after the loss. "Really good job by the guys," he said. "When you have that kind of success rate, it's not going to be like that every night. But I thought every one was obviously warranted, and a couple in some key spots to give us a chance to build an inning. We just weren't able to build much offensively tonight."
Castillo shut down the Yankees lineup, throwing six scoreless innings. The challenges gave New York opportunities, but they just couldn't capitalize. Boone acknowledged the thin margins: "Those are razor-thin pitches sometimes. You don't want to always have to be challenging. But good on the guys for just hammering the strike zone right now."
The loss drops the Yankees to 1-4 to start the season. They're heading home knowing they did everything right with the challenge system but couldn't find the run support when it mattered most.
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