
Anthony Volpe’s roller coaster night at center of Yankees’ wild win over Rays
NY Post
Anthony Volpe did enough offensively to make sure his defense did not cost the Yankees a win they needed to have.
But his defensive issues are not going away.
Volpe made two more errors that overshadowed his solid night at the plate, even though the latter was enough to outweigh the former in a 7-5 win over the Rays on a stiflingly hot Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
The third-year shortstop’s throwing error on a flip to second base in the first inning led to a pair of unearned runs against Max Fried.
Then he made another — his MLB-leading 15th error of the year — on a low throw to first base in the ninth that put the tying run on base and extended the game, though Devin Williams picked him up by striking out Jonathan Aranda to end it.
In between, Volpe went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, two RBIs and a stolen base.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












