NewzAnthony Volpe smacked a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return from Triple-A as the Yankees beat the Rockies. NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe's first night back in the majors was one to remember.Suddenly a fan favorite in New York again, Volpe smacked a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return from Triple-A as the Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Thursday.The much-maligned Volpe is getting another chance with the Yankees — this time at a new position — and he's off to a terrific start. With the Bronx crowd chanting his name on several occasions, Volpe had three hits and a stolen base in his first big league game since Aug.
I wanted to contribute," Volpe said. "But when you’re down there, there’s obviously no guarantees. So you work really hard for yourself and for the player that you feel like can help the organization.
But other than that, there’s nothing guaranteed. So, I never thought I was going to be back here in this moment, but I want to be ready and prepared in case something happens.”Something did happen.Volpe was recalled from the minors Thursday when second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. went on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Wednesday, with a sprained right thumb.“Unexpected whirlwind, but it feels good to be back," Volpe said.The 25-year-old Volpe, who lost his shortstop job in New York to 21-year-old rookie George Lombard Jr.
last month, made his first big league start at second base and looked rejuvenated.Batting ninth, he received an enthusiastic ovation from the Yankee Stadium crowd of 40,706 his first time up and laced an RBI single in the second inning before stealing third base. Volpe reached on a hard-hit infield single in the sixth and lined his second big league homer this season over the short porch in right field to make it 10-2 in the seventh.He finished 3 for 4 and saw 21 pitches at the plate — 15 during his first two at-bats.“Good to see the crowd right away behind him,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.After rounding the bases in the seventh, Volpe came out of the dugout for a curtain call to salute fans who were chanting his name again.“Probably a little bit of blackout," Volpe said. “It will be definitely something I’ll remember for a long time.
I didn’t really know what was happening.”Slam cityNew York didn't have a grand slam all season until Lombard connected in 6-1 win Wednesday night. It's the first time in franchise history play… NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return to the majors as the New York Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Thursday night to tighten the AL East race.Luis García Jr.
launched an early two-run homer and rookie Spencer Jones had three hits for the Yankees, including a two-run single. New York completed a three-game sweep to move within three games of Tampa Bay atop the division and 4 1/2 ahead of Boston for the first American League wild card with 16 to play.Max Fried struck out seven in his third start since coming off the injured list but needed 80 pitches to get through 3 1/3 innings. Five relievers followed, and John Schreiber (2-3) worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his first win with the Yankees.New York slugger Aaron Judge was rested as planned after starting back-to-back games in his return from the 60-day injured list.
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