Yankees out of playoffs after falling to Rays 4-3 in Game 3 of ALDS
Victor Mesa Jr. hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, and replay overturned Anthony Volpe’s apparent game-tying shot into an RBI double.
- On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees with a 4-3 victory in Game 3, eliminating New York from the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
- Facing a 17-year championship drought, the Yankees struggled throughout the series without team captain Aaron Judge, who missed the entire postseason after suffering a right calf strain in September.
- A sixth-inning fan interference call overturned Anthony Volpe's potential game-tying home run into an RBI double after the replay official determined the ball would not have cleared the wall without spectator contact.
- Tampa Bay rookie Victor Mesa Jr. hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning that proved decisive, as Rays pitchers held the Yankees to only five runs and 12 hits across the entire series.
- The controversial play drew immediate comparisons to the 1996 Jeffrey Maier incident, though modern replay technology allowed officials to correct the ruling; the Rays now advance to the American League Championship Series.
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By Hannah Keyser, CNN What a great hero it would have been. Anthony Volpe, the New York-born who inherited Derek Jeter's place on the diamond, has become an unfortunate symbol of all the ways in which this version of the Yankees has not lived up to the legacy left by the Yankees.
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The Tampa Bay Rays–New York Yankees ALDS matchup revealed some intriguing eccentricities of each team's respective ballpark. For example, the Tropicana Field ground rules contain a section entitled "Catwalks, Lights and Suspended Objects" with particulars on if a ball should strike the 'C-Ring' or 'D-Ring' or "any of the angled support rods that connect the 'C-Ring' to the masts that support the 'D-Ring'" in fair territory, versus those if a bal…
The controversy took hold of Yankee Stadium during the sixth inning of the third game of the American League Divisional Series, when interference from a spectator caused an alleged Anthony Volpe quadrangular to be converted into a d
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