It took some time, however Harrison Bader made it definitely worth the wait.
The middle fielder the Yankees acquired on the commerce deadline made his debut with the Bombers Tuesday night time with two singles and three RBI because the Yankees rallied for a 9-8 win over the Pirates at Yankee Stadium.
In his first sport since June 26, with the Cardinals, Bader tied his season excessive with three RBI — probably the most by a Yankee in his workforce debut since Giancarlo Stanton had 4 on Opening Day in 2018.
It was all of the extra particular for Bader, as a result of he grew up in close by Bronxville rooting for the Yankees.
“With all due respect to Yankees fans, I mean, I think it is great for the fans here to have a New York native and a lot of the fans that have cheered us on during the games,” Bader mentioned. “I was that when I was younger, so it definitely is special. And again, I just want to be the best version of myself for them. I think Jeter said it best when he said that fans boo because they want to cheer. So I’m gonna go out there and do my best to give him something to cheer for. And hopefully it’s a win after nine innings.”
After placing out in his first at-bat, Bader singled in a run within the fifth inning. He scored from second on a wonderful learn of Pirates middle fielder Bryan Reynolds making an attempt to come back in on Jose Trevino’s shallow flyball. In the sixth inning, after a wild pitch put runners on second and third, Bader singled by means of a drawn-in infield to usher in each runners.
The Bombers traded lefty Jordan Montgomery for Bader, although he had not performed since June due to plantar fasciitis. The New York native was excited to place the harm and rehab previously and get going Tuesday night time.
“I’m excited to get on anything,” Bader mentioned. “I’m excited to placed on any large league uniform and I’m excited to go on the market and compete on the main stage. So it’s undoubtedly some particular historical past yr for me right here, I used to be within the stands right here after I was youthful.
“But, again at the end of the day, we got to be effective,” Bader mentioned. “We got a baseball game to win so I’m just gonna focus on taking clean routes to the ball and go out there and just hit my first cut-off man.”
Bader, who grew up in Bronxville and went to the non-public college Horace Mann, was a profession .246/.320/.409 hitter in six seasons with the Cardinals. He has 52 profession homers and 168 RBI.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com