In a tense moment during Thursday night’s 5-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees umpires zeroed in on White Sox reliever Tyler Gilbert’s glove. The lefty jogged out to the mound in the fifth inning for a routine sticky-substance check, but officials spotted something suspicious in the glove itself. MLB confirmed that crew chief Dan Bellino found no illegal foreign substance on Gilbert’s hand, so they tossed the glove but let the pitcher stay in the game.
League officials confiscated the glove for further inspection, and the White Sox quickly handed Gilbert a fresh one from the dugout. Gilbert entered with two runners on and one out, but things unraveled fast. He walked Ben Rice to load the bases, then watched as Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton smashed a grounder to third. White Sox third baseman Curtis Mead couldn’t corral it cleanly, and umpires ruled it a three-run double that put the Yankees ahead for good.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone shrugged off the drama afterward. “They said they didn’t like something in the glove, but there was nothing on his hand or anything,” Boone told reporters.
The win boosted the Yankees’ momentum heading into their final regular-season series against the Baltimore Orioles. Aaron Judge stole the spotlight at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two walks and reaching base four times. Two of those walks were intentional, pushing Judge’s season total to 36—the most in American League history since tracking began in 1955. That breaks Ted Williams’ record of 34 from 1957, cementing Judge’s status as one of baseball’s most feared hitters.
Looking ahead to the playoffs, the Yankees announced their probable starters for the Orioles series: Will Warren on Thursday, Cam Schlittler on Friday, and Luis Gil on Saturday. All three could factor into a potential wild-card series Game 3 if needed—Warren on five days’ rest, Schlittler on four, and Gil on three. Boone hinted at flexibility, saying, “We’ll see how the next couple days unfold,” and noted the team might adjust to preserve arms for October.
Relief pitching remains a strength for New York. Luke Weaver fired a scoreless seventh inning, extending his scoreless streak to five straight appearances. Closer David Bednar locked down the ninth without a run, and he’s kept earned runs off the board in 39 of his last 44 outings.
As the top AL seed, the Yankees earn a bye in the wild-card round, skipping the best-of-three opener. Some teams worry about rust from the time off, but Boone isn’t sweating it. “I’ll take the bye all day long,” he said. “It’s winning a series essentially without having to play one. Certainly anything can happen in the postseason, but anything can happen in the best-of-three in the wild-card round too.”
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