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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Smacks Game 4 grand slam
Anthony Volpe went 2-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk in Tuesday's 11-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series.Volpe's third-inning grand slam turned the tide for the New York Yankees and helped prevent a World Series sweep. Gleyber Torres and Austin Wells added additional home runs as the Yankees cruised to a big win. New York will attempt to stay alive and force a return to Los Angeles with a win in Game 5.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Getting breather
Anthony Volpe isn't in the New York Yankees' lineup Saturday versus Pittsburgh.Volpe will get a chance to regroup during Saturday's contest after going 1-for-14 with five strikeouts over his last four games. Oswaldo Cabrera will step in to start at shortstop instead and bat eighth.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Homers, steals base in win
Anthony Volpe went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's win over the Athletics.Volpe slugged a leadoff homer in his first at-bat to increase New York's lead to three runs and drew a free pass his second time around before swiping his 27th bag of the campaign. The shortstop has now tallied two RBI in back-to-back contests while also hitting safely in three straight. The long ball was his 12th of the campaign and his first since Aug. 3 against the Blue Jays.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Three hits, two RBI in win
Anthony Volpe went 3-for-4 with two RBI in Friday's 4-2 extra-inning win over the Athletics.Volpe had gone just 5-for-44 (.114) while striking out 15 times over a 13-game span between multi-hit efforts. Two of his singles Friday plated a run, including an insurance run in the 10th inning. His September slump has taken a toll on his overall numbers, which are now at a .248/.295/.369 slash line with 11 home runs, 57 RBI, 88 runs scored and 26 stolen bases through 152 contests. Still, he's not at risk of losing his near-everyday role at shortstop.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Not starting Tuesday
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said on the "Talkin' Yanks" podcast by Jomboy Media that Anthony Volpe will not be in the lineup for Tuesday's game in Seattle.Oswaldo Cabrera will draw the start at shortstop while Volpe gets a break. Volpe is slashing a woeful .163/.177/.163 with a 17:1 K:BB over 14 contests so far in September.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Rare day off Monday
Anthony Volpe is absent from the lineup for Monday's contest against the Royals, Max Goodman of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.Volpe will get his first day off since he received a breather back on March 31 during the New York Yankees' first series of the season versus the Astros. Oswaldo Cabrera will fill in at shortstop Monday.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Notches steal, drives in two
Anthony Volpe went 2-for-4 with two RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Tuesday's 7-4 loss to the Rangers.Volpe's two-run single in the eighth inning gave the New York Yankees a 4-1 lead, but the bullpen faltered over the last two innings. This was Volpe's fourth multi-hit effort over his last eight games, and he's batting .414 (12-for-29) with seven RBI in that span. The shortstop is up to 26 steals on 31 attempts this year while adding 11 home runs, 54 RBI, 84 runs scored and a .255/.305/.387 slash line through 138 contests.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Notches 25th steal
Anthony Volpe went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in a loss to the Nationals on Wednesday.The New York Yankees were mostly quieted by MacKenzie Gore and a trio of Washington relievers, but Volpe did well in collecting a pair of hits. The shortstop also recorded a stolen base, giving him 25 on the season -- one more than he recorded as a rookie last year. In additional to the theft total, Volpe has improved his batting average from .209 to .252 and reduced his strikeout rate from 27.8 percent to 22.0 percent, though he's also displayed less power, as he has just 11 homers through 133 games after going deep 21 times in 159 contests in 2023.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Has three hits, steals base
Anthony Volpe went 3-for-4 with a stolen base and two runs in Monday's 5-2 win against the Nationals.Volpe got his eighth three-hit game of the season on Monday, and his second in the month of August. Volpe's 24th stolen base tied his total from last season, doing it in 28 fewer games this season. The 23-year-old has been successful as of late on the bases, with four swipes in his last seven games, and he's not been caught stealing since July 22.
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe: Reaches three times, swipes bag
Anthony Volpe went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, a run and a stolen base against Cleveland in Thursday's 6-0 victory.Volpe went through an ugly 2-for-34, 14-strikeout stretch at the plate from Aug. 7 to Aug. 16, but he's since bounced back with a five-game hitting streak. During the streak, he's gone 6-for-18 and has belted a double in each of his past three contests. Volpe also has three thefts in his past three games and is up to 23 stolen bases on the season, one shy of his total as a rookie last year.