MLB Roundup: New York Yankees fans prematurely cheer Anthony Volpe’s so-called walk-off homer against Red Sox as rookie sees ball sail foul…
- Volpe sent Yankees fans into hysterics with what many thought was a walk-off
- Instead, the ball fell into foul territory and the Yankees lost to the Red Sox 3-2
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New York Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe sent the Bronx faithful into hysterics with what many thought was a walk-off home run against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
The shortstop took a 3-2 offer from Red Sox Closer Kenley Jansen deep down the left field line in the bottom of the ninth, but saw the ball fall into foul territory.
Volpe finally popped out to end the threat in the ninth inning as Boston secured a 3-2 victory over New York in their first meeting of the season, thanks in large part to another Rafael Devers homer on Yankees starter Gerrit Cole.
Triston Casas had two hits and an RBI and Enrique Hernandez also homered as the Red Sox ended a six-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium to win for the sixth time in their last 18 games.
Josh Donaldson homered for the Yankees, who lost for the third time in four games and fell to 1-19 as he scored two or fewer runs this season.
Devers hit his seventh homer in 33 at bats against Cole (7-1). The third baseman also ended a 16-game homerless drought by going deep for the first time since hitting two on May 19 in San Diego.
Volpe caused hysteria among Yankees fans with what many believed was a walk-off against Boston
Kenley Jansen (74) is greeted after the last out by Boston Red Sox designated hitter Justin Turner
Jansen, who came in with a 7.88 ERA over his past nine appearances, got two quick outs before he ran into trouble. Billy McKinney and Gleyber Torres singled to give the Yankees runners on first and second base for Volpe.
Volpe then hit his foul ball down the left field line that missed a game-ending three-run homer by several yards.
Jansen then got the rookie on a pop-up to secure his 14th save in 17 chances.
Garrett Whitlock (3-2), a former New York 18th-round pick in 2017, allowed two runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. In his first start against his former organization after making 12 relief appearances against them, Whitlock struckout six and walked one.
Boston Red Sox’ Rafael Devers slides past New York Yankees catcher Jose Trevino
Cole allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings for his first loss since his last regular season start last season. Cole struckout six and walked one.
Devers hit an one-out double in the fourth and scored two batters later on Casas’ single. In his next at bat, Devers reached for a substitution on the first pitch and lifted it into the visiting bullpen past the left-center field fence for his 14th homer and a 2–0 Boston lead in the sixth.
In the bottom of the sixth, Donaldson hit the second pitch of the inning into the net above Monument Park in center field to make it 2-1, but Hernandez homered to leave Albert Abreu in the seventh.
The Yankees made it 3-2 when Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored on a wild pitch that Whitlock chased. Nick Pivetta finished seventh and Chris Martin worked a 1-2-3 in eighth before Jansen got away.