Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees unfazed by Mariners' red-hot pitching in double-digit outburst

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News on Jul 8, 2025

Published in Baseball

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NEW YORK — The Mariners’ pitching staff entered the Bronx on fire, as Seattle had thrown three consecutive shutouts, a franchise first, prior to Tuesday’s game against the Yankees.

Giancarlo Stanton, meanwhile, had been ice cold. The designated hitter, only 16 games into his season after battling tennis elbow injuries, took a .222 average, a .637 OPS and just one home run into the series-opener.

Then Logan Gilbert threw a flat slider over the heart of the plate with two runners on in the sixth inning. Stanton, demonstrating that there’s still plenty of power in his vicious swing, sent the pitch 401 feet the other way at 106.1 mph. The three-run blast gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead in what became a 10-3 victory.

Stanton finished the game 2 for 4 with two strikeouts. His homer followed back-to-back singles from Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger.

The long ball marked the 431st of Stanton’s career, tying him with Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. for 50th on the all-time list.

Stanton, now in his 16th season, is the majors’ active home run leader. Next on the all-time list are Juan González and former Yankee Andruw Jones, who each hit 434 home runs.

While a likely Hall of Famer already, it’s fair to wonder what Stanton’s home run total would be if not for years of injuries, especially to his lower body. Still, 500 homers should be attainable for the 35-year-old.

While Stanton’s homer was the most pivotal one in Tuesday’s game, he wasn’t the only Yankee to go deep against Seattle’s scorching arms.

Austin Wells also left the yard in the sixth, adding a two-run homer off Casey Legumina. Judge followed suit against Legumina in the seventh, lofting his 34th home run of the season.

Judge’s shot put him one homer behind Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh for the major league lead. However, Raleigh clapped back in the eighth inning, smoking a two-run homer off Geoff Hartlieb for his 36th jack.

Home runs weren’t the only way the Yankees scored, as they got on the board with an infield single from Oswald Peraza in the fifth. Jazz Chisholm Jr., back to playing second base, added an RBI double in the seventh that nearly got out, while Paul Goldschmidt proceeded with an RBI single.

The Yankees’ double-digit explosion on a rainy night provided plenty of breathing room for a bullpen that has been taxed and decimated by injuries. Starter Will Warren, meanwhile, totaled 5 2/3 innings, four hits, zero runs, four strikeouts and 85 pitches while working around a rain delay.

The second-place Yankees, happy to be back at home, have now won two straight after previously losing six in a row.