In this Yankees postgame news conference, Carlos Mendoza detailed his day, having been named acting Yankees manager in their 5-1 loss to San Diego. Mendoza found out from Aaron Boone, "about an hour before the game", that he would be managing the club, due to Boone's one-game suspension. Mendoza was impressed with the poise shown by starter Randy Vasquez in his MLB debut, having to face a tough lineup in front of a Friday night crowd at Yankee Stadium. Vasquez hung a splitter in the fifth inning that Juan Soto hit out of the ballpark but Mendoza thought overall, "he did a nice job."