Dave Mlicki. Steve Bieser. Matt Franco. Mr. Koo.
Nicely, you possibly can add Jorbit Vivas to the pantheon of unheralded gamers to go away an sudden however indelible mark on the Subway Sequence.
Vivas battled by means of an 11-pitch at-bat for the Yankees within the eighth inning, leading to a tiebreaking throwing error by Pete Alonso a couple of batters earlier than Cody Bellinger clubbed a grand slam to proper discipline for an 8-2 Yankees win Sunday night time over the Mets on the Stadium.
Vivas entered the sport defensively at third base within the high of the body after Ben Rice pinch hit for starter Oswald Peraza within the seventh.
With runners on second and third and one out in a 2-2 recreation within the eighth, Mets reliever Ryne Stanek received two fast strikes on Vivas, however he finally labored the rely foul and fouled off six pitches within the AB earlier than hitting a grounder to Alonso, who airmailed the throw dwelling to permit Jasson Domíinguez to slip headfirst with the go-ahead run.
Bellinger, whose slam capped a six-RBI night time, stated Vivas’ at-bat “100 percent won us that game.”
Ten of Stanek’s 11 pitches to Vivas registered a minimum of 99.4 mph on the radar gun and 5 had been over 100.
“Vivas, what an AB, man,” Aaron Boone stated. “You can see his adjustment, just like the third or fourth pitch in, you felt him settle in somewhat bit. You can inform he settled down. Some nice takes, some nice battles.
“We get a break with the throw, although I don’t know, Jasson was coming down that line so fast.”
The 24-year-old Vivas was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Could 2 — after Jazz Chisolm Jr. went on the injured listing — and made his main league debut that night time with two walks in three plate appearances towards the Rays.
The infielder, who was acquired by the Yankees in a commerce with the Dodgers in 2023, is batting simply .167 (5-for-30) total in 15 video games since getting promoted.
However his title is now etched alongside the opposite unheralded contributors in Subway Sequence lore.
“To be honest, I’m really just trying to make contact there and put the ball in play,” Vivas stated by means of a translator. “He’s throwing 100 miles (per hour). So I don’t need to do an excessive amount of, simply assist the staff and out the ball in play.
“Exciting series and like I said, just trying to do my job, that’s all I wanted to do.”
