Gleyber Torres makes up for earlier gaffe with game-securing homer in Yankees’ win

Gleyber Torres came done pinch a immense blast successful nan bottommost of nan eighth inning of Game 4 of nan World Series connected Tuesday nighttime to yet springiness nan Yankees immoderate much-needed breathing room arsenic they extended their play by a time with an 11-4 triumph successful The Bronx.

It came aft a shaky opening to nan crippled for Torres, who was hitless successful his first 4 at-bats from nan leadoff spot and past made a miscue connected defense that helped costs nan Yankees a tally erstwhile they were clinging to a lead successful a crippled they had to win.

His slow toss to Anthony Volpe astatine 2nd guidelines successful nan 5th inning allowed nan Dodgers to people a run, arsenic nan hobbled Freddie Freeman hit retired a imaginable inning-ending double play.

Gleyber Torres belts a three-run homer successful nan eighth inning of nan Yankees’ 11-4 triumph complete nan Dodgers successful Game 4 of nan World Series connected Oct. 29, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Tommy Edman scored connected nan play to trim nan Yankee lead to 1 run.

But Torres much than made up for that pinch a three-run homer successful nan eighth that put nan Yankees up 10-4.

“It feels bully to beryllium capable to thief tonight,’’ Torres said. “We had guys connected guidelines and didn’t people nan first 2 games. We had to alteration that.”

What went from a business successful which Aaron Boone may person asked Luke Weaver to get nan last 7 outs of nan game heading into yet different imaginable elimination crippled became a spot of a precocious blowout, truthful Tim Mayza entered successful nan ninth to decorativeness nan crippled and let Weaver immoderate remainder for Wednesday.

“To adhd connected and get Weaver retired of nan crippled changed everything for america and will thief [Wednesday],” Anthony Rizzo said. “That was nan biggest portion of that location run.”

Tuesday showed what nan Torres acquisition tin beryllium for illustration for nan Yankees, arsenic he’s made much than his adjacent stock of intelligence mistakes passim his career, but his bat ever has nan imaginable to alteration a game.

Torres was unspeakable astatine nan sheet for overmuch of nan first half of nan season, but he responded good to a move to nan leadoff spot and rebounded pinch a coagulated 2nd half.

He followed that pinch a beardown ALDS against nan Royals and past an moreover amended showing successful nan ALCS versus Cleveland, but he’s continued to make mistakes successful nan field.

Manager Aaron Boone went truthful acold arsenic to chair Torres during nan play and Aaron Judge called retired nan 2nd baseman, who often responds pinch stretches of beardown play.

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And connected nan brink of elimination, Torres lacked nan urgency basal to make a speedy flip to Volpe pinch Freeman hustling down nan statement to conscionable hit Volpe’s propulsion to first.

Freeman, who besides homered for a sixth consecutive World Series game, shook disconnected his bad ankle to make it to first conscionable successful time, aft initially being called retired by first guidelines umpire Chad Fairchild.

With nan lead down to a tally aft Will Smith led disconnected nan inning pinch a homer disconnected Luis Gil, nan Yankees sewage an security tally from Austin Wells, who went heavy to commencement nan bottommost of nan sixth.

And past Torres put nan Dodgers distant for bully successful Game 4 successful nan eighth.