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Getting Friday off Wells isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Athletics.

Impact Wells will take a seat Friday after going 3-for-12 with a home run, five RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in New York's previous series against the Padres. J.C. Escarra will start behind the plate instead and bat seventh.

MAY 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Yankees and Padres play in series rubber match

Both the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday

MAY 7, 2025 • Associated Press

Austin Wells grand slam caps off 10-run 7th inning as Yankees top Padres As the Yankees pursued a Juan Soto trade with the Padres two offseasons ago, Clarke Schmidt and Michael King each saw their names in rumors.

MAY 7, 2025 • NYDAILYNEWS.COM

Yankees score 10 runs in 7th, their most in a single inning in a decade

Austin Wells had five RBIs in a 10-run seventh against the San Diego Padres, the high-scoring inning the New York Yankees have had since 201...

MAY 7, 2025 • FOX SPORTS

Yankees score 10 runs in 7th, their most in a single inning in a decade

Belts grand slam Wells went 2-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's win against San Diego.

Impact Wells did all of his damage during the Yankees' massive 10-run seventh inning. He knocked an RBI single, swiped second base and scored a run before coming back to the plate and ripping a grand slam. It was his first multi-hit game since April 27 and his third long ball over his last seven appearances. Wells is slashing .220/.273/.486 with 14 extra-base hits and 23 RBI through 32 games.

MAY 7, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Padres visit the Yankees on 4-game road win streak

The San Diego Padres visit the New York Yankees trying to extend a four-game road winning streak

MAY 6, 2025 • Associated Press

Resting Sunday Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.

Impact He'll get a routine day off for Sunday's matinee after he started behind the dish in each of the Yankees' last five games. J.C. Escarra will step in at catcher Sunday, forming a battery with starting pitcher Will Warren.

MAY 4, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Cranks sixth long ball Wells went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Saturday in a loss to the Rays.

Impact Wells gave New York a 2-1 lead with his fifth-inning blast, but Tampa Bay scored twice in the eighth to pull out the victory. The homer extended the backstop's on-base streak to eight games, a stretch during which he's batting .265 with two long balls, four doubles and eight RBI. On the season, Wells is hitting just .208, but he's tied for fourth among catchers with 18 RBI and is tied for fifth with six home runs.

MAY 4, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Rays' rally spoils Yankees' bullpen game after Aaron Judge, Austin Wells homers The Yankees suffered a 3-2 loss after the Rays delivered a come-from-behind two-run rally in the top of the eighth.

MAY 3, 2025 • ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe hurts shoulder, X-rays negative but could have more tests

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe injured his left shoulder in a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays but remained in the game

MAY 3, 2025 • Associated Press

Rays overcome Judge's 11th homer, steal 6 bases and rally past Yankees 3-2 to stop 4-game skid

Curtis Mead and José Caballero had RBIs in a two-run eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame Aaron Judge’s 11th home run to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 and stop a four-gam...

MAY 3, 2025 • Associated Press

Participates in home run onslaught Wells went 1-for-6 with a solo homer in Tuesday's 15-3 win over the Orioles.

Impact In case a 12-run lead wasn't enough, Wells gave the Yankees a 13-run cushion in the ninth inning when he took Bryan Baker deep to left-center field for a solo homer. It was Wells' fifth home run of the season, and the 25-year-old backstop has logged at least one RBI in five straight games, going 7-for-23 (.304) over that span.

APRIL 30, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Yankees hit 6 solo homers, hand the Orioles another lopsided defeat in a 15-3 rout

Trent Grisham, Aaron Judge and Ben Rice led off the game with consecutive home runs, and the New York Yankees battered Baltimore’s beleaguered pitching staff in a 15-3 victory over...

APRIL 30, 2025 • Associated Press

O'Hearn's 3-run homer leads Orioles over Yankees 4-3

Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run home run off Will Warren and the Baltimore Orioles held on for a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees

APRIL 29, 2025 • Associated Press

Former Uber driver J.C. Escarra gives pitch a ride for first major league home run

An Uber driver a little more than two years ago, J

APRIL 28, 2025 • Associated Press

Judge's tiebreaking homer in 2nd game leads Yankees to doubleheader sweep of Blue Jays

Aaron Judge broke a sixth-inning tie in the second game with his eighth home run this season, and the New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 and 5-1

APRIL 28, 2025 • Associated Press

Sitting for nightcap Wells is not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader with the Blue Jays.

Impact Wells will take a seat after he went 2-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and a run scored in the team's 11-2 matinee win over Toronto. J.C. Escarra will draw the start at catcher and bat eighth against the Blue Jays.

APRIL 27, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Fried wins 5th straight start and Yankees rout wild Gausman, Blue Jays 11-2 in doubleheader opener

Max Fried won his fifth straight start, Austin Wells capped a six-run third inning with a three-run double off suddenly wild Kevin Gausman and the New York Yankees routed the Toron...

APRIL 27, 2025 • Associated Press

Kirk hits go-ahead 2-run double in 9th to lead Blue Jays to 4-2 win over Yankees

Alejandro Kirk hit a go-ahead two-run double in the ninth inning off struggling Yankees closer Devin Williams and the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 4-2, snapping a five-game losi...

APRIL 26, 2025 • Associated Press

Grabbing seat Tuesday Wells is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game in Cleveland.

Impact It's a routine day off for Wells, who started each of the previous three contests. J.C. Escarra will do the catching and bat eighth for the Yankees.

APRIL 22, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Launches homer in win Wells went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 4-0 win over Tampa Rays.

Impact Wells put the finishing touches on Sunday's victory, taking Garrett Cleavinger deep in the top of the ninth inning for New York's final run of the game. The catcher is now batting .197 with four home runs, 10 RBI and seven runs scored over 61 at-bats in 19 games this season.

APRIL 21, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Max Fried loses no-hit bid in 8th inning on scoring change, Yankees beat Rays 4-0

Max Fried lost a no-hit bid in the eighth inning when the official scorer changed an earlier decision to a hit, and the Yankees went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 in a game tha...

APRIL 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Max Fried dominates as Yankees blank Rays 4-0 Max Fried dominated into the eighth inning, Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger and Austin Wells each hit home runs, and the visiting New York Yan...

APRIL 20, 2025 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Williams blows 4-run lead in 9th, Rays beat Yankees 10-8 on Aranda's 2-run homer in 10th

Brandon Lowe tied the score with a two-run single in a four-run ninth inning off Devin Williams, Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run homer in the 10th and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yan...

APRIL 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Back in action Saturday Wells (illness) will start at catcher and bat third Saturday against the Rays.

Impact Wells missed Friday's contest due to a bout of food poisoning, but he's now feeling better and will return behind the plate to form a battery with Carlos Carrasco on Saturday. The 25-year-old backstop has one 2-for-16 with a homer and two RBI across his last five games.

APRIL 19, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

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