The Yankees were hurt by a pair of long balls on Tuesday night, but they also were stung by a pair of bloops that perhaps should have been caught.
The Mets poked two well-placed pop-ups into shallow left field to spark a pair of run-scoring inningsthat furthered the notion that the Yankees could use some help in left field — both offensively and defensively.
The first bloop, by Pete Alonso in the first inning, fell among left fielder Billy McKinney, center fielder Harrison Bader and shortstop Anthony Volpe, driving in Brandon Nimmo. “I think [McKinney and Bader] both just broke a step back, so they didn’t read it right,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.“That ball shouldn’t have fallen, but it did,” Bader said. “I know Pete as a hitter and his swing. He doesn’t normally dump those balls in there. He took a full swing. Maybe the pre-pitch positioning on my end [was off]. I was playing him a little more over, anticipating something different than what the plan at the plate was.
Yankees outfielders Billy McKinney and Harrison Bader have trouble fielding Pete Alonso’s bloop in the first inning on Tuesday.Francisco Lindor later hit a two-out bloop down the left-field line in the third inning that had an expected batting average of .030, but it fell short of a sliding McKinney and opened the door to a three-run homer by Alonso.
Nestor Cortes continues to progress in his comeback from a strained left rotator cuff, with another minor league rehab start scheduled for Friday with Double-A Somerset.
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