MIAMI — If the Yankees are going to claw their way back right into a playoff spot, especially with a thinning rotation, it should should be on the back of their offense.
Friday night offered a glimpse of what that may appear to be.
The Yankees broke out their bats in an enormous way, with every member of the starting lineup recording a minimum of one hit, on the option to a 9-4 win over the Marlins at loanDepot Park.
On a day that began with the news that Nestor Cortes is probably going done for the season due to one other rotator cuff strain — delivering successful to their postseason possibilities — the Yankees had a likelihood to tug back inside 4 games of the ultimate AL wild-card spot pending the Blue Jays’ game against the Cubs.
Anthony Volpe and Aaron Judge crushed home runs to guide an offensive attack wherein the Yankees piled up 14 hits and knocked lefty Jesus Luzardo out of the sport early.
Seven different Yankees reached base a minimum of twice, including 4 with multi-hit nights.
After all, the Yankees have put together games like this offensively on a couple of occasions of late, only to fail to show it right into a sustained stretch.
They are going to need Friday to function a harbinger of things to return in the event that they are to finally make the run they imagine they’re able to.
Randy Vasquez, called up earlier within the day from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take the rotation spot of the injured Carlos Rodon, was solid behind opener Ian Hamilton.
After Hamilton gave up a pair of runs within the second inning, Vasquez entered for the third and threw 3 ²/₃ innings while allowing two runs.
Volpe got the Yankees moving into the second inning.
After back-to-back one-out singles from Giancarlo Stanton and Harrison Bader, Volpe clobbered Luzardo’s 97 mph fastball 404 feet to left field for the 3-0 lead.
It marked the rookie shortstop’s fifteenth home run of the season.
Judge led off the third inning with a mammoth shot, demolishing one other 97 mph fastball 464 feet, halfway up the batter’s eye to make it 4-2.
It was Judge’s twenty second and longest home run of the season.
The Yankees then kept the ball within the park but strung together hits to pad their lead within the fourth inning.
Jake Bauers, Kyle Higashioka, Oswaldo Cabrera and Isiah Kiner-Falefa teamed up for 4 straight singles to push the result in 6-2 and end Luzardo’s night.
Before the inning was over, Gleyber Torres added an RBI single to make it 7-2 against reliever George Soriano.
