Miami 7, at N.Y. Yankees 9

NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a wild, back-and-forth affair that defied both statistical projections and conventional logic, the New York Yankees rallied from an early five-run deficit, then survived a late scare to outslug the Miami Marlins 9-7 on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. A crowd of 44,150 watched for 3 hours and 49 minutes as the Yankees, despite being out-hit 15 to 6, leveraged timely power and patient at-bats to overcome the Marlins’ relentless offensive pressure and improve their major league-best record to 7-1. Miami fell to 5-3. The game’s most critical sequence unfolded in the bottom of the… Read more...