On this day in 2010, the Yankees came back from down four in the ninth inning to defeat the Dodgers in ten innings.
In the ninth, the Yankees were trailing 6-2 with one out and nobody on. They had a 99% chance to lose the game. Then, A-Rod singled to get things going. Canó ripped an RBI double to make it 6-3. Posada singled, Granderson walked, and then Chad Huffman came up in a bases loaded spot and delivered a two RBI single to pull it within one at 6-5.
Colin Curtis grounded into a fielder’s choice to score Granderson from third and tie it at 6. Grandy just barely beat the throw. If he was tagged out there, the game would have been over. A 4-run rally in the 9th with the game on the line. That 2010 lineup was unreal:
Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
A-Rod 3B
Canó 2B
Posada C
Granderson CF
Gardner LF
Mariano Rivera came in and pitched two innings for the save, finishing with three strikeouts and allowing just one hit. Then Canó put the game away with a two run homer in the top of...
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