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NEW YORK — Randy Vásquez looked wide-eyed for his first in-person Major League game this week, watching nine innings from the Yankee Stadium dugout as a member of the club’s taxi crew. Quietly, he imagined himself on the mound, swaying in front of a packed house.
Promoted from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to fill in while Domingo Germán completes his suspension, Vásquez, 24, performed well against a stacked roster but received little support as the Yankees batted. maintained in a 5-1 loss to the Padres on Friday night.
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Juan Soto hit a long two-run home run into the second deck into right field of Vásquez, who is ranked as the No. 12 prospect in the Yankees organization by MLB Pipeline. Vásquez scatter four hits in 4 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out six in an 84-pitch effort.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. homered two runs into the second deck from left field off Ron Marinaccio in the sixth inning, prompting boos (and some out-of-town cheers) from a celebratory crowd of 46 724 people, arriving at the gates of summer for the start of a holiday weekend.
The Yanks were limited to six hits in 6 1/3 innings by Padres starter Joe Musgrove, with the only run the right-hander allowed coming on a sixth-inning pitch by Anthony Rizzo.