Aaron Decide offers Yankees a birthday scare on steal try
MINNEAPOLIS – Aaron Decide began off his thirty first birthday in fashion, however the occasion quickly at risk of getting reduce quick.
The indispensable Yankees slugger appeared to injure his proper hand or wrist on a clumsy dive into third base whereas making an attempt to steal within the second inning.
After he obtained up, he went down the dugout stairs and headed straight for the clubhouse, with trainers following him.
As a result of he was serving because the designated hitter on Wednesday, it was unattainable to inform if Decide was staying within the recreation till the fourth inning, when he was in a position to take his subsequent at-bat as a substitute of being pinch-hit for.
Decide took one swing, fouling a ball off, earlier than drawing a stroll.
Decide had roped a pair of doubles in his first two at-bats, the second coming with the bases loaded as he promptly cleared them to provide the Yankees a 5-0 lead.
However Decide then tried to steal third base whereas Anthony Rizzo was up with two outs. He dove in head-first with the throw beating him there and appeared to jam his proper hand/wrist within the course of.
After going straight to the clubhouse, Decide later reemerged within the dugout, the place he was nonetheless getting some consideration from the coaching workers and might be seen incessantly flexing his proper hand.
Within the fifth, Decide didn’t see too worse for the wear and tear, stroking a single to left heart to drive in Anthony Volpe and prolong the Bombers’ result in 11-3.
The Yankees, whose offense had been scuffling earlier than Wednesday, are already lacking Giancarlo Stanton (strained hamstring), Harrison Bader (strained indirect) and Josh Donaldson (strained hamstring) from their lineup.