{"id":294043,"date":"2026-07-12T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:58:04","slug":"new-york-yankees-complete-historic-sweep-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294043\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees complete historic sweep in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — Not since 1910 — before Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson and so on — had the New York Yankees<\/a> swept a series quite like this.<\/p>\n

Ben Rice<\/a>‘s two-run triple in the eighth inning Sunday helped the Yankees to a 5-3 victory<\/a> over the Washington Nationals<\/a>. New York trailed in the ninth Friday and in the eighth Saturday and Sunday but still won all three games.<\/p>\n

It’s the first time the Yankees swept a series of at least three games while trailing in the eighth inning or later in each of them since May 19-21, 1910, according to Sportradar. Back then it was the New York Highlanders taking three straight from the Cleveland Naps.<\/p>\n

The previous time any team accomplished the feat was June 13-15, 2014, when Colorado won three in a row at San Francisco.<\/p>\n

“Winning at-bats in different ways in all three games,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “A good job by the pitching staff of holding a really good offense enough in check, and giving us a chance to win each game, and the guys just did some really good things late in games.”<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Yankees trailed 3-2 when Jazz Chisholm Jr<\/a>. hit a two-run homer in the ninth. Austin Wells<\/a> added a solo shot and New York won 5-3.<\/p>\n

Washington led 2-0 before New York’s four-run eighth Saturday, which included homers by Ryan McMahon<\/a>, Trent Grisham<\/a> and Paul Goldschmidt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Yankees didn’t need any home runs. Down 3-2, Rice hit a drive that center fielder Dylan Crews<\/a> was unable to catch against the wall.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t think I got it quite right, but I saw it kept going,” Rice said. “The wind must have just been helping it just enough to make it a tough wall-ball play there.”<\/p>\n

After another run in the ninth, the Yankees finished the series outscoring the Nationals 10-0 in the eighth and ninth innings.<\/p>\n

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