The New York Yankees swept a three-game series from the Washington Nationals from July 10-12, and did it in a way that made the series more than a routine sweep: they trailed in the eighth inning or later in all three games and came back to win every one.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. started the run with a two-run homer in the ninth inning to seal a 5-3 win on July 10. Trent Grisham followed a day later with a two-run homer off the Nationals' bullpen in the eighth inning of a 4-2 victory. Ben Rice closed it out on July 12 with a two-run triple in the top of the eighth, completing a third straight come-from-behind win, 5-3.
According to the Washington Post, it was the first time the Yankees had swept a series of at least three games while trailing in the eighth inning or later in each game since May 19-21, 1910 — a comeback pattern spanning well over a century between comparable feats.
The sweep sends the Nationals into the All-Star break below .500, while the Yankees head into the second half of the season with momentum and a bullpen that has repeatedly found a way to hold late leads once the offense claws back in front.
