Jasson Dominguez Sparks 11-3 Orioles - Yankees Win With First Homer
Jasson Domínguez delivered the biggest swing in orioles - yankees, going 3-for-5 with two doubles and his first homer of the season in the Yankees’ 11-3 win on Sunday. He also scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and finished with a three-hit game that gave the Yankees needed production while Giancarlo Stanton sat on the IL with a calf injury.
Domínguez Delivers From Both Sides
Domínguez doubled down the left field line in the sixth, then scored the go-ahead run before adding a two-run homer from the left side in the eighth. He capped the eight-inning rally with another double, this time from the right side. That sequence left him with two doubles, one homer and three hits in the same game.
Aaron Boone said the left-handed stroke is not a new wrinkle. “That’s his natural side,” Boone said. “When you see him hit or take BP, you see it’s not an unnatural move.”
Boone Sees Left-Handed Comfort
The Yankees have been waiting for Domínguez to do more than flash tools in isolated bursts. He has been working to get more comfortable hitting right-handed, and Sunday gave the club a look at damage from both sides in one lineup spot. Domínguez has hit from both sides of the plate in the same inning twice in his career, and he is the only Yankee to do that since Mark Teixeira did it in 2016.
That matters because the Yankees need more from the 23-year-old than occasional contact. He signed with the club as an international free agent nearly seven years ago, came up late in 2023 and spent a month at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season, all while trying to establish himself as more than a part-time major league option.
Yankees Wait For Consistency
Domínguez called the three-hit day “awesome,” then tied it to the work that comes with setbacks. “Adversity is always tough, but that’s what I’ve got to do,” he said. “I’ve got to do my job.” He added that a performance like Sunday “definitely helps.”
The production came in a game the Yankees controlled with 11 runs, and it arrived when his spot in the lineup was open because Stanton was unavailable. For Domínguez, it was a clean answer in one night: power from the left side, contact from the right and a case for more at-bats built on the same box score.
