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The world went silent for Gleyber Torres as he strode to Yankee Stadium’s home plate in the eighth inning on Wednesday, flashing back to a previous at-bat in the game that had resulted in a bases-loaded strikeout. He’d steeled himself for the next chance, and now it had arrived.
“I was just talking to myself, saying, ‘This is a big opportunity,’” Torres said.
Torres made the most of it, lashing the first pitch down the right-field line for a tiebreaking double.