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NEW YORK — This accelerated kitten followed each the fancy hittin’.
In a crippled delayed for respective minutes portion a clump of groundskeepers tried to corral a scaredy feline successful the outfield, the Baltimore Orioles deed 4 solo homers disconnected Yankees newcomer Andrew Heaney to bushed New York 7-1 Monday night.
The Orioles held a six-run pb successful the eighth erstwhile the tabby emerged from the 3rd basal broadside arsenic Yankees prima Aaron Judge batted against Paul Fry.
The feline sped past Baltimore near fielder Ryan McKenna, past got connected the informing way and dashed backmost and forth. The feline climbed up connected the debased padding on the partition and tried to standard the bullpen fence, but kept falling backmost down.
“We saw him earlier successful the dugout during the crippled and helium was conscionable chilling and we fto him be,” Orioles halfway fielder Cedric Mullins said. “Next happening I know, the fans were cheering and I had nary idea.”
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“I didn’t spot the feline until helium got the outfield partition and it was a substance of seeing however they grip it, watching 7 grown men getting their ankles breached by a cat. Pretty comic to watch,” helium said.
Fans chanted “MVP! MVP!” arsenic the feline eluded its would-be captors, adjacent aft being surrounded by respective of them adjacent the 318-foot people successful near field.
Only aft 3 1/2 minutes did the feline permission the field, darting into an unfastened gross adjacent the seating country on the 3rd basal line.
The feline was archetypal noticed by Joey Gallo, who was lasting successful the on-deck ellipse and pointed it retired to sheet umpire Mark Ripperger.
“That happening was beauteous elusive to drawback there,” Gallo said.
Almost excessively overmuch so, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said.
“I was benignant of wondering what everybody was waiting for, to beryllium honorable with you,” helium said. “Our pitcher is sitting determination connected the mound determination with Aaron Judge astatine the sheet and we’re watching a feline tally astir but yet it got retired determination -– the feline showed immoderate bully quickness and agility and vertical a fewer times.”
“But I didn’t cognize if it was a poisonous feline oregon what it was due to the fact that determination wasn’t a full batch of question happening erstwhile it ran connected the field,” helium said.
Once the feline exited, Judge flied out.
Long earlier the feline made its appearance, Mullins and Austin Hays deed back-to-back homers successful the 3rd disconnected Heaney (6-8).
Ryan Mountcastle and Ramón Urías besides went heavy to spoil the debut of Heaney, who was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels conscionable earlier Friday’s commercialized deadline.
Heaney tied a vocation precocious by allowing 4 homers for the 2nd time. The different lawsuit was successful 2017 besides against Baltimore.
“I thought it fell disconnected determination aft a mates of innings and helium made immoderate mistakes successful immoderate nitro spots,” manager Aaron Boone said.
It was the archetypal clip a Yankee starter allowed 4 homers since James Paxton connected July 26, 2019, astatine Fenway Park against the Boston Red sox.
Heaney gave up 4 runs connected six hits successful six innings with the homers coming successful a span of six batters successful the 3rd and fourth.
Jorge López (3-12) took a no-hit bid into the sixth and allowed 1 tally and 1 deed successful six innings. He worked astir a career-high 5 walks and struck retired 4 for his archetypal triumph since June 6 to extremity a nine-start winless skid.
Anthony Rizzo deed a sacrifice alert successful the 5th and has an RBI successful his archetypal 4 games with the Yankees. Joey Gallo started successful near tract and ended López’s no-hit bid with a cleanable treble to unfastened the sixth.
By past the Orioles held a 6-1 lead.
Mullins deed a full-count fastball into the close tract seats for his 18th homer and 3 pitches aboriginal Hays knocked a 1-1 fastball into the near tract seats.
Mountcastle homered connected the archetypal transportation of the 4th and 2 batters aboriginal Urías sent a thrust into the visitor’s bullpen beyond the left-center tract fence.
Sacrifice flies by Pedro Severino and Maikel Franco gave Baltimore a 6-1 pb successful the sixth. A double-play grounder by Anthony Santander made it 7-1 successful the eighth earlier the feline made its appearance.
“A weird moment, but absorbing for baseball,” Gallo said.
STANTON IN RIGHT
After 2 appearances successful near tract during the play successful Miami, Yankees prima Giancarlo Stanton started successful close tract for the archetypal clip since June 24, 2019.
MULLINS KEEPS STREAKING
Mullins extended his hitting streak to 11 games to lucifer a vocation high. He besides deed successful 11 consecutive games May 5-18. “Just doing everything and playing with a ton of confidence,” Hyde said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: SS Richie Martin was activated from the 60-day injured list. Martin has not played since 2019 owed to fracture successful some wrists. He fractured his close wrist successful a July 2020 intrasquad crippled and fractured the different wrist successful a collision with a obstruction successful May.
Yankees: RHP Corey Kluber (strained close shoulder) threw 22 pitches to hitters and Boone said it went well. … 3B Gio Urshela (hamstring) was held retired of the starting lineup for the 4th consecutive crippled and volition beryllium placed connected the injured database aft an MRI showed a debased people strain. … RHP Domingo German (right enarthrosis inflammation) was diagnosed with a debased people rotator cuff strain and volition beryllium unopen down for 7 to 10 days. 3B Miguel Andújar (wrist) fielded groundballs astatine 3rd basal during batting practice. …
UP NEXT
Alexander Wells (1-1, 5.28 ERA) makes his 3rd vocation commencement for Baltimore. Gerrit Cole was scratched from his commencement aft investigating affirmative for COVID-19 and LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. (0-0, 1.93) volition apt start.
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