Yankees take down Marlins in comeback win behind scrappy Giancarlo Stanton

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 04: Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees looks on during the game against the Miami Marlins at Yankee Stadium on April 4, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images) | Getty Images In Saturday night’s game thread , we mentioned how Giancarlo Stanton hadn’t had much success against his former team, but in this back-and-forth affair, the game-winning at-bat came from the Yankees’ DH. Stanton drove in a pair in the eighth inning with a single to give the Yankees the lead in what ultimately became a 9-7 win, making the absolute most out of an ungodly number of free passes handed out by the Marlins: 10 in total.

Before the Yankees could take control of things late in the ballgame, plenty of walks were distributed on both sides as the pitching staffs struggled to find their footing. In a matchup of young starters, efficiency is half the battle. Unfortunately for Ryan Weathers, that was something he sorely lacked against his old teammates, averaging well over 20 pitches per inning and thus unable to complete four full frames before Miami could chase him out of the ballgame.

The Yankees have made a point of getting Weathers to trust the changeup more, but he couldn’t really generate many chases on it against Miami. Able to lay off the changeup consistently, the Fish worked three walks against Weathers, which was pivotal in driving up his pitch count for an early exit. Still, the worst result on a changeup for Weathers came in one that generated a chase.

Up at the plate with one on and two outs in the first, Otto Lopez protected against a two-strike change down below the zone, lifting a pop fly to right that had no business dropping in front of Aaron Judge. That hit kept the inning going, and quickly thereafter both runners came around to score on a Heriberto Hernández triple—the Marlins took the lead, an advantage they kept until the bullpens got involved. As much as Weathers could lament the poor batted-ball luck in that first inning, his performance over the whole game didn’t quite justify a much better result than the three runs allowed in 3.