Report: Yankees favorite SS left game with leg injury, throwing Yankees in disarray.
With a damaged left foot, New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe departed Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels.
In the second inning, Volpe fouled a ball off his foot and was out due to foul balls. With the Angels up 9-1, he continued to play five more innings in the rain before Oswaldo Cabrera relieved him in the eighth. Los Angeles proceeded to triumph 9–4.
The Yankees said that Volpe’s X-rays came back negative after Volpe was seen by head team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
After the game, manager Aaron Boone stated, “I think he’s going to be fine.”
Volpe is hitting in his second season after hitting.209 in his first campaign.257 with 45 RBIs and 11 home runs.
Before the All-Star break, Volpe batted.245; in the 18 games that have passed after the break, he is hitting.320 (24 for 75).
