St. Louis Cardinals at New York Yankees

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St. Louis Cardinals

56-58, 28-26 Away

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New York Yankees

64-50, 27-24 Home

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

St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees: Game Highlights

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	Church struck out looking. St Louis Cardinals challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Jordan struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Winn lined out to second.
	8th Inning	Ramos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Grisham out at second.
	8th Inning	García Jr. popped out to second.
	8th Inning	Rice struck out swinging.

Statistics

STL		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
10	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	109
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	11
34	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.1	Runs Created	2.6
.194	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.393
.129	Secondary Average	.321
.265	On Base Percentage	.258
.491	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.651
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
8.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.09	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.52
.032	Isolated Power	.214
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.097
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
64.0	MLB Rating	72.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0