Yankees take down Cardinals in series opener with Brian Cashman in attendance

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News on Aug 15, 2025

Published in Baseball

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With Brian Cashman accompanying the Yankees to St. Louis, the Bombers beat the Cardinals, 4-3, on Friday night.

The general manager, making a rare road trip, told reporters that his presence had more to do with his scheduling availability than the Yankees’ third-place standing or their poor play over the past two-plus months. The team, clinging to the American League’s third wild-card spot, entered the St. Louis series opener with a 22-32 record since June 13.

“We have a lot of time on the clock, but not enough time at the same time,” Cashman said, per The Athletic. “I don’t want to misrepresent [that] there’s not urgency, because there is.”

With Cashman — who also defended the job manager Aaron Boone has done — watching, the Yankees got off to a strong start, scoring on an Aaron Judge groundout before Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a two-run homer off Andre Pallante in the first inning.

The third frame then saw Jasson Domínguez, starting for the first time since Aug. 10, single Chisholm home on a 3-0 pitch. Chisholm reached via walk, swiped second — his 18th steal of the year — and advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Luis Gil, meanwhile, totaled 5 1/3 innings, four hits, one earned run, three walks and four strikeouts over 83 pitches in his third start of the season.

The right-hander, who once came close to signing with the Cardinals as an amateur, benefited from three inning-ending double plays in his first three innings and escaped a no-out jam with two runners in scoring position in the fifth, but St. Louis got to him in the sixth when Lars Nootbar and Masyn Wynn hit back-to-back doubles.

At that point, Mark Leiter Jr. entered. He, too, benefited from an inning-ending double play.

The next two Yankees relievers weren’t able to keep the Cards from scoring, as Camilo Doval started the seventh off with a strikeout before a walk, a stolen base and a hit-by-pitch set Victor Scott II up for an RBI double. Luke Weaver then came in, only to throw a wild pitch that allowed Pedro Pagés to score.

Weaver found more trouble in the eighth, permitting a two-out single to Iván Herrera before firing a pickoff throw that caught Paul Goldschmidt by surprise. Weaver was charged with an error after the throw put Herrera on second, but he avoided further damage.

From there, David Bednar wrapped things up, striking out two in the ninth while recording his second save with the Yankees.

Meanwhile, the Bombers, searching for momentum throughout the summer, won for the third time in their last four games. The Yankees are now 65-57 on the season and 1.5 games up on the Guardians for the American League’s last playoff spot.