Anthony Volpe's 'sick' slide caps Yankees' comeback win vs. Mariners

The stage was set for Aaron Choose to be the hero within the tenth inning of Thursday's matchup between the Yankees and Mariners.

After being no-hit for seven innings, the Yankees got here again from 5 runs all the way down to drive additional innings they usually had been 90 toes away from taking the sport and sweeping Seattle.

With the bases loaded and one out, Choose drove a dangling slider into shallow middle discipline. Julio Rodriguez caught it and launched the ball to catcher Cal Raleigh at house. Anthony Volpe, who was on third, scampered house however the throw beat him house. Nevertheless, the Yankee shortstop dove headfirst and did a swim transfer to keep away from the tag and get his hand onto house plate to seal the win.

"That was sick. Completely went round him, acquired his hand in there," Austin Wells, whose two-run single tied the sport within the ninth, mentioned after the sport. "That was an amazing slide."

"Rodriguez made an amazing throw however what an amazing slide by Volpe," supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned of the play. "I had the most effective seat in the home for it. I noticed his hand go proper in there. I noticed the throw was on course, I’m like, ‘oh no,’ however I noticed his hand in there and Volpe jumped up protected. It was a very good name by [homeplate umpire Nic Lentz]."

With how shallow Choose's fly ball was, Boone was requested if Volpe's pace and talent to make slides like which are within the thought course of to ship him. Boone pointed to the scenario because the deciding issue for the ship of Volpe.

"With that being the second on the market, you gotta drive them to make the right throw," Boone defined. "Rodriguez, nearly as good as he’s, nonetheless has to make an ideal throw, which he really did. However it’s completely must go there."

Volpe's slide not solely prolonged the Yankees' successful streak to 4, but it surely gave Choose his first profession walk-off sac fly. It additionally capped the Yankees' greatest comeback win since Might 2023 after they trailed by six runs. It was particularly spectacular contemplating they had been down by 5 runs after being no-hit by Mariners starter Bryan Woo for seven innings.

Extra spectacular is that the Yankees are solely the second workforce within the Growth Period (since 1961) to win a sport after going hitless and trailing by not less than 5 runs by way of seven innings, in response to Elias. The opposite workforce, the 1977 Pirates.

“I knew who was at third. My complete thought going into [that at-bat] was get the ball someplace within the air and let 11 deal with the remainder," Choose mentioned. "Spectacular. What an amazing slide. No person else I would like at third in a scenario like that moreover Volpe."

Volpe completed 0-for-4 in Thursday's sport, together with flying out with a possibility to walk-off the Mariners within the ninth inning. He's now solely slashing .215/.290/.387 on the season. However the Yankees are completely happy to see their shortstop nonetheless discover methods to influence and win them video games.