Aaron Decide continued his scalding begin to the season through the New York Yankees’ 9-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park Friday.
Decide, 32, marked his 1,000th recreation by hitting his sixth house run of the season within the seventh inning off aid pitcher Tim Mayza to make the rating 9-1.
Decide’s seventh-inning blast was the 321st of his profession, matching Babe Ruth’s whole in his first 1,000 video games with the Yankees.
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The New York Yankees’ Aaron Decide celebrates with Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) after hitting a two-run house run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Tim Mayza through the seventh inning in Pittsburgh Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Picture/Gene J. Puskar)
The Yankees captain has received the AL MVP two of the final three seasons and picked up proper he left off to begin the 2025 marketing campaign. Final season, Decide hit .322 with 58 house runs and 144 RBIs.
By means of seven video games this season, Decide has a .379 batting common with six house runs and 17 RBIs.
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Aaron Decide celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run house run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Tim Mayza through the seventh inning in Pittsburgh Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Picture/Gene J. Puskar)
Decide has hit extra house runs than the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Kansas Metropolis Royals, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins to date this season.
Decide wasn’t the one Yankees hitter who had a powerful recreation in opposition to the Pirates. Third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera was 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs. Shortstop Anthony Volpe had three hits within the win.
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New York Yankees beginning pitcher Max Fried delivers through the sixth inning in opposition to the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Picture/Gene J. Puskar)
Max Fried collected his first win of the season and his first win with the Yankees after pitching 5⅔ innings and giving up only one run on six hits whereas hanging out six batters. Fried signed probably the most profitable contract for a left-handed pitcher in MLB historical past with the Yankees within the offseason, an eight-year, $218 million deal.
Decide and the Yankees (5-2) tackle the Pirates (2-6) within the second recreation of a three-game sequence Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. Marcus Stroman will begin for the Yankees, and Bailey Falter will take the mound for the Pirates.
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