Davis Martin Gave Up More Homers Last Night Than in His First 13 Starts, and the White Sox Have Zero Answers

HOLY MOLY, y'all! Did you catch that Yankees-White Sox game last night? Talk about a beatdown! The New York Yankees absolutely went off, slamming the Chicago White Sox in a 12-2 rout. But the real story here, the one that's gonna have everyone talking for days, is what happened to White Sox pitcher Davis Martin. It was a historic night, and not in a good way for Chicago.

The Crushing Blows Against Martin

Seriously, Martin got absolutely shelled. Spencer Jones kicked things off, blasting his first-ever Yankee Stadium home run in the second inning, a tying shot that sailed into the second deck in right field. It was only his second career homer, too! Then things spiraled. In the fourth, Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt decided they wanted in on the action, each adding a two-run drive. Rice's shot was his 20th homer already this season, giving the Yankees a commanding 7-1 lead. He hammered Martin's 2-1 curveball into the right-field seats, making it 20 for the second straight year after hitting 26 in 2025. That guy's in some elite company, joining Yordan Alvarez, Byron Buxton, and Munetaka Murakami as American League players with 20 dingers. Goldschmidt wasn't messing around either, hitting his 10th of the year on a 1-2 fastball to left field. That was his second homer in three games, matching his entire total from last season when he played 146 games for the Yankees. Martin was completely chased after just 3 1/3 innings, allowing a career-worst nine runs and eight hits. Get this: he gave up three homers in this game alone, after only yielding three in his first 13 starts this season. What in the world happened?

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Yankees' Batting Order Wakes Up

It wasn't just the long ball, either. The Yankees were connecting on everything. Cody Bellinger had a monster night with three hits, including a crucial go-ahead two-run single with the bases loaded in the third. Ryan McMahon added an RBI single during a huge six-run fourth inning. And J.C. Escarra, who started the third with a double, reached base three times, even getting on via a throwing error by reliever Chris Murphy that ballooned the lead to 11-1. They finished with a ridiculous 16 hits and have now hit double-digit runs for the eighth time this season. Oh, and shoutout to José Caballero, who homered off an infielder's 41 mph curveball in the ninth! Gerrit Cole, their ace, put in a solid outing, too, giving up only two runs and three hits in six innings for his second win of the year. This team is 8-4 since losing slugger Aaron Judge to a stress fracture, and they're showing some serious resilience.

White Sox Facing a Tough Stretch

For the White Sox, this was a brutal loss in an already tough stretch. Andrew Benintendi did give them a glimmer of hope, homering three batters in, but it was all downhill from there. This defeat drops them to 5-4 in their current run of 11 straight games against some heavy hitters like the Phillies, Braves, Dodgers, and these Yankees. You can't be giving up nine runs and three homers from your starting pitcher against that kind of competition. They're going to need to regroup fast. Up next, they face the Yankees again tonight. Chicago's LHP Anthony Kay (6-1, 4.34 ERA) will be on the mound, trying to right the ship against New York's LHP Carlos Rodón (2-2, 3.19). That's gonna be a must-win for the ChiSox if they want to salvage this series and avoid further pain. Can they turn it around, or will the Yankees keep riding this momentum?

This article was created with AI assistance and reviewed by Seattle On Tap editorial staff. Always verify information with official team sources.