Anthony Volpe’s Yankees throwing error permits Royals to attain two runs

Anthony Volpe made the good cease.

The throw was lower than preferrred.

With the Yankees main by one within the high of the sixth of ALDS Recreation 1 on the Stadium, Royals outfielder Tommy Pham hit a scorching shot — at 102.5 mph — towards quick, which Volpe flagged down adroitly with a phenomenal diving cease on his backhand.

However with a runner on first, Volpe appeared to attempt to gun the throw to second — perhaps in hopes of turning a fast twin-killing — however his throw was effectively off the mark, lacking Gleyber Torres’ glove broad to the left.

The throwing error put runners on second and third, and Kansas Metropolis instantly cashed in when pinch-hitter Garrett Hampson delivered a two-run single, giving the Royals a 5-4 lead in a back-and-forth recreation.

This all got here after a fifth inning through which Volpe put the Yankees on high with a bases-loaded stroll.