Trent Grisham saves day for Yankees with great catch after Jasson Dominguez loses contacts

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.There may come a time when the Yankees do not regularly sub Jasson Domínguez out of a game they are leading late for defensive purposes.And it might have happened Tuesday night, if not for his contacts falling out during his go-ahead three-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning.Turns out, it may have saved the Yankees in their 4-2 win over the Royals.Trent Grisham entered the game in center field in the top of the seventh, with Cody Bellinger moving from center to left for Domínguez, and it immediately paid dividends.With Hunter Renfroe on first, MJ Melendez drilled a fly ball to the warning track in right-center field that Grisham made a strong running catch on — one that Bellinger may not have gotten to — to help keep the two-run lead intact.“Huge,” said Max Fried, who was still on the mound at that point.

“I felt like I kind of lost it there in the seventh.That ball lands, [Renfroe] was pretty aggressive trying to get to second, so the potential of him scoring from first.

So for him to be able to catch that limited the damage.”With Domínguez coming off his best defensive game of the season Monday night, manager Aaron Boone said before Tuesday’s game that he would be comfortable leaving him in for full games.But Boone also views it as a luxury to have Grisham as a defensive replacement, which was reinforced Tuesday night.“First play Grish goes out and makes an unbelievable play,” Boone said.

“It’s just part of how I want to use the roster here and let JD continue to get more and more comfortable.”In Domínguez’s first 15 starts this season, he has now been subbed out late seven times (with Tuesday being something of an exception because of his contacts).Devin Williams recorded his third save of the season Tuesday, but his first clean outing as a member of the Yankees.He punctuated it wi...