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Lombard's incredible slide, tiebreaking homer lift Yanks over Rays. Schlitter finishes with 1.95 ERA

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Fleisher, L. (2026, September 25). Lombard's incredible slide, tiebreaking homer lift Yanks over Rays. Schlitter finishes with 1.95 ERA. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/lombard-s-incredible-slide-tiebreaking-homer-lift-yanks-over-rays-schlitter-finishes-with-1-95-era/article_3d31e3a3-5c62-597a-a287-ad307aa67f28.html

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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 by AI on 2026-09-25, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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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.

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Larry Fleisher

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Topics

NEW YORK New York Yankees’ Rays Yankees the Tampa Bay Rays

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Lombard PERSON · 5× Yankees ORG · 3× Rays ORG · 2× Austin Wells PERSON · 1× Cam Schlitter PERSON · 1× George Lombard Jr. PERSON · 1× Liam Hicks PERSON · 1× NEW YORK GPE · 1× New York Yankees’ ORG · 1× the Tampa Bay Rays ORG · 1×

Narrative

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.

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2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

Lombard's incredible slide, tiebreaking homer lift Yanks over Rays. Schlitter finishes with 1.95 ERA · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 1 hedged)

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