BEST OF THE DAY
NEW YORK — Clint Frazier helped the Yankees solve Milwaukee’s Brent Suter after the lefthander baffled New York without reaching 90 mph Saturday.
In his sixth major-league game, Frazier showed he can handle velocity, too.
Frazier pulled a three-run homer off Corey Knebel with one out in the ninth inning, lifting the Yankees over the Brewers 5-3 for a walk-off bash in the Bronx.
Frazier, right, turned on a 1-0, 97 mph fastball from Knebel (0-2) for his first game-ending hit and second career homer. He threw his helmet as he approached his teammates at home plate, unveiling his mop of red hair, which was then doused in yellow Gatorade. “The hair is all right,” Frazier said.
Frazier also chased Suter with an RBI triple in the seventh inning. He finished with three hits and four RBIs, both career highs.
“I was really amped up,” Frazier said of the homer. “I was trying to make sure that I didn’t go up there and take a big swing.”
Frazier, 22, was acquired last season from Cleveland in a deal for reliever Andrew Miller.
“That’s a big win,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “Clint’s atbats all day were good, and to hit a three-run walk-off homer, we needed that.”