New York Yankees at St. Louis Cardinals

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New York Yankees

67-57, 30-32 Away

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St. Louis Cardinals

61-64, 35-30 Home

George Lombard Jr. homers in memorable big league debut as Yankees blank Cardinals 2-0

In the fifth inning, Lombard drove an 0-2 sweeper from starter Hunter Dobbins (2-2) into the left-field seats for his first career hit. As he completed his first home run trot in the majors, Lombard’s parents hugged in the stands.

Lombard’s 392-foot shot gave New York a 2-0 lead and made him the first Yankees shortstop to homer in his major league debut. It was the first homer by any Yankees player in his big league debut since Jasson Domínguez went deep in his initial plate appearance against Justin Verlander in Houston on Sept. 1, 2023.

At 21 years, 63 days old, Lombard became the sixth-youngest Yankees player since 1985 to make his debut and the second-youngest shortstop in that span. Derek Jeter debuted May 29, 1995, in Seattle at 20 years, 337 days.

Lombard also helped Ryan Weathers (5-7) pitch six strong innings by starting inning-ending double plays in the second and fifth.

In the second, Lombard ranged to his right to field Blaze Jordan’s grounder and made an off-balance throw to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. In the fifth, Lombard ranged to his left, fielded Nathan Church’s grounder behind second base, stepped on the bag and made a clean throw to first baseman Ben Rice.

Chisholm also homered in the second as the Yankees won for the 10th time in 16 games.

Weathers allowed four hits in his second straight scoreless start. The lefty struck out six, walked none and stranded two in the sixth when Yankees newcomer Heliot Ramos charged in to catch Jose Fermin’s flyball to left field.

David Bednar got four outs for his 25th save in 27 chances to complete New York’s AL-best 12th shutout.

Dobbins allowed two runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings.

The Cardinals were blanked for the sixth time. They Jordan Walker shortly before first pitch due to right knee inflammation.

Up next St. Louis RHP Andre Pallante (11-6, 3.72 ERA) opposes New York RHP Will Warren (11-6, 4.14) in Wednesday night’s series finale.

This story has been corrected to show that Lombard started a double play in the second inning, not the third.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Winn flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Hampson popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Church grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Caballero in right field.
	9th Inning	Wells catching.
	9th Inning	Bellinger in left field.

Statistics

NYY		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	11
43	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
5.2	Runs Created	3.0
.265	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.324	Slugging Percentage	.314
.353	Secondary Average	.200
.395	On Base Percentage	.263
.719	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.577
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
47.0	Batter Rating	28.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.059	Isolated Power	.114
1.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.186	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
.088	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
16.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
90.3	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0