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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-25 · by Larry Fleisher The Associated Press
In an exciting game at Yankee Stadium, rookie George Lombard Jr. scored an incredible sliding run and hit a tiebreaking home run to help the New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4. Lombard’s performance included three RBIs as he helped turn a 4-0 deficit into a victory for the Yankees, who improved their record to 92-67. Meanwhile, Cam Schlitter secured an AL-best 1.95 ERA and capped off his season with strong pitching in this comeback win.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-25,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Thursday night in The Bronx, rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. of the New York Yankees made headlines with an acrobatic slide during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays, who had already clinched their division title. In the seventh inning, as Lombard was at third base, catcher Liam Hicks failed to tag him after a wild pitch bounced off the backstop and returned towards home plate. Lombard's feet-first slide turned into an impressive jump over Hicks before reaching down to touch the plate with his right hand, scoring what would become the tying run in a 6-4 comeback win for the Yankees. Lombard later added a two-run homer in the eighth inning, contributing significantly to the team's victory and their pursuit of the AL Wild Card Series.
Written for “Yankees Rally Sparked By Slide” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Rookie George Lombard Jr. scored on an incredible slide and followed with a tiebreaking. two-run homer as Cam Schlitter finished his season with an AL-best 1.95 ERA in the New York Yankees’ 6-4 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.
asserted
Schlitter → score → night
Lombard, who debuted on Aug. 4, had three RBIs for the Yankees (92-67), who overcame a 4-0 deficit.
asserted
who → debut → deficit
He hit an RBI double in the seventh, jumped over catcher Liam Hicks to score in the eighth and followed with his fourth homer in seven games.
asserted
He → hit → games
Austin Wells started New York’s comeback with a sixth-inning homer off Jake Woodford and Lombard cut the deficit to 4-2 in the three-run seventh.
asserted
Lombard → start → seventh
He took third on Brady Hopkins’ wild pitch and scored when another pitch bounced to the backstop.
asserted
pitch → take → backstop
As the ball caromed back to Hicks, Lombard popped up well in front of the plate on his feet-first slide and jumped over the catcher while twisting his body in fair territory and reaching down to slap his right hand on the plate.
asserted
Lombard → carom → plate
Paul Goldschmidt followed with a single that tied the score 4-4.
asserted
that → follow → score
Lombard hit his seventh home run of the season in the eighth, driving a sinker from Steven Matz (5-6) into the left field second deck.
asserted
Lombard → hit → deck
Lombard briefly watched the ball soar into the seats before starting his home run trot.
asserted
ball → watch → trot
Making his final start before the AL Wild Card Series next week, Schlitter allowed two runs — one earned — in three innings.
asserted
Schlitter → make → innings
The 25-year-old right-hander went 14-6 and struck out 239 over 193 2/3 innings in his first full major league season.
asserted
hander → go → season
He finished with the Yankees’ third-lowest ERA for a qualified pitcher behind Spud Chandler’s 1.64 ERA in 1943 and Ron Guidry’s 1.74 ERA in 1978, according to the team.
uncertain
He → finish → team
Tampa Bay (96-63), which clinched the AL East on Tuesday, built a 4-0 lead as Junior Caminero drove in two runs to raise his RBIs total to 99.
asserted
Caminero → clinch → 99
The Rays got a pair of unearned runs, helped by errors from right fielder Heliot Ramos and reliever Luis Gil.
asserted
Rays → get → Ramos
Bradley Hanner (1-0) retired Caminero with a runner on to end the eighth and stranded a runner in the ninth for his first major league win.
asserted
runner → retire → win
RHP Freddy Peralta (9-11, 4.56, ERA) faces LHP Cristopher Sánchez (18-6, 2.92) in the opener of a three-game series in Philadelphia Friday night.
asserted
Peralta → face → Philadelphia
Yankees: Host Baltimore in a single-admission doubleheader on Friday.
asserted
Yankees → host → Friday
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