Volpe finished off the Yankees’ offensive attack Wednesday afternoon by crushing his first career grand slam in an 11-3 win over the Athletics in The Bronx.
Coming into Wednesday, the Yankees thought Anthony Volpe had been hitting the ball hard lately but was just not getting rewarded for it.Volpe finished off the Yankees’ offensive attack Wednesday afternoon by crushing his first career grand slam inThe rookie shortstop’s fourth home run of the season traveled 419 feet to center field and blew the game open in the fifth inning.
“The kid’s got juice, there’s no doubt about it,” Harrison Bader said. “He’s got a short, quick, intentional swing. He’s been hitting into a lot of — I don’t want to say bad luck, but hitting the ball really hard. … So to get one with that kind of pop is awesome. We love to see that, especially when it puts up four runs for us.”That included five hard-hit balls on Tuesday night and only having a triple to show for it.
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