It took 17 at-bats, five games, and an 89.1 mph scare from Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi to get there, but Jasson Dominguez has finally found his first homer of the season. But what's more promising was his right-handed bat, which remains game-changing in the Yankees' 11-3 win against Baltimore.

Talking to SNY, Dominguez talked about his improvements.

"I've been putting the work in, and obviously I'm getting much better results, and definitely that feels good."

Domínguez grounded out in his first two trips to the plate. But in the sixth inning, batting right-handed against lefty Grant Wolfram, he lined a double down the left-field line and later scored on a Ryan McMahon grounder to break a 3-3 tie. Then, in the eighth, he finally hit a two-run homer to right field off Andrew Kittredge, his first of the season.

Later that same inning, he stepped in from the right side again and hit another RBI double off lefty Dietrich Enns. He finished 3-for-5 with three extra-base hits, three RBIs, and two runs scored.

He also revealed the adjustment later, saying, 

"I made a couple of adjustments in my stance and how I move, and not doing the big leg kick anymore. I think that helped me."

It helped, indeed. Dominguez hit just .204 with six XBHs in right-handed bat last season. But this season in the minor leagues, he has shown some progress. And in the Yankees' latest game against the Orioles, he took that progress to the big leagues.

The Rest Of the Yankees Did Their Part Too

Domínguez's improvement was great, but the whole Yankees offense was equally deep. Ben Rice opened the game with his 12th home run. Aaron Judge added another, his 13th of the season, tying White Sox's Muneteka Murakami for the league lead.

Max Fried gave the Yankees 5 1/3 innings and allowed three runs, which was enough to keep the game under control until the bats pulled away. Then the Yankees broke it open with a seven-run eighth inning, with help from Paul Goldschmidt, Trent Grisham, and Jazz Chisholm Jr.

The Yankees also got a scare when Rice left with a bruised left hand, but X-rays were negative. And at the end, the most recent win gave them their third straight in the four-game set and pushed them to 13 wins in their last 15 games.

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Written by

Md Saife Fida

Edited by

Zaid Quraishi