Anthony Rizzo snaps home run drought in hopeful sign for Yankees
NY Post
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was a long span of 27 games in which Anthony Rizzo did not pull off a swing like this.
Maybe his eighth-inning home run — turning on a John Schreiber sweeper for the Yankees’ first run of the game — was a blip in a lost season.
Or maybe, after nearly five weeks without connecting on a dinger, Rizzo finally has found something and can begin to transform into the Rizzo of old.
“I hope so,” Rizzo said after swatting his first homer since May 10 during a 4-3 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday. “Definitely feel like I’m in a better spot — I’ve been feeling that.”
Rizzo was out of the lineup on Sunday and Monday, a decision made by manager Aaron Boone to both clear his first baseman’s head and allow him time to work on his swing.
In the first two games since the benching, Rizzo went 1-for-8.
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