NEW YORK (AP) — Gold Glove shortstop Anthony Volpe was back in the New York Yankees’ starting lineup Monday night, two days after he injured his left shoulder diving for a grounder.
Volpe did not play in Sunday’s 7-5 loss to Tampa Bay but was penciled in to bat sixth in Monday’s rain-threatened series opener against San Diego.
“I talked to him on the way home last night and he said he can do everything so, yeah, I feel like we dodged something there,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Volpe remained in the game after his unsuccessful attempt at a backhand stab on Christopher Morel’s eighth-inning single Saturday, which sparked a two-run rally in Tampa Bay’s 3-2 win. An X-ray and MRI were negative, and Boone said Volpe was cleared by a team doctor and athletic trainers.
Volpe, who turned 24 on April 28, is hitting .233 with five homers, 19 RBIs and four stolen bases in his third season with the Yankees.
Sidelined since straining his left calf in his spring training debut on March 1, DJ LeMahieu could make his season debut on the West Coast trip that starts Friday.
LeMahieu has played six rehab games with Double-A Somerset starting April 22 and likely will move to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. He had a cortisone injection last week in his right hip, an injury stemming from last year.
“The cortisone helped a lot,” LeMahieu said.
With second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. sidelined by a strained right oblique, LeMahieu will continue to see time at second base rather than third.
Asked about LeMahieu's availability on the road trip, which runs through May 14, Boone said: “Possible. We'll see."
Marcus Stroman, who hasn't pitched in a game since April 11 because of inflammation in his left knee, was to throw a bullpen Monday. Boone said if that goes well, Stroman could face hitters in batting practice this week.
A right-hander who turned 34 on Thursday, Stroman is 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in three starts. He had a cortisone shot after he allowed five runs and got two outs in a loss to San Francisco.
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New York Yankees' Trent Grisham, right, and Aaron Judge, second from right watch as a trainer checks on New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe (11) after he was injured during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, May 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, right, and manager Aaron Boone, left, watch as a trainer checks on Anthony Volpe during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, May 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres ran their winning streak to seven games with a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night.
The Padres lead the Arizona Diamondbacks by 2 1/2 games for the National League’s final wild-card spot.
Jackson Merrill’s two-run, opposite-field double off Logan Webb (8-9) put San Diego ahead to stay in the first inning.
The Padres got three more in the second, two when Machado took Webb's pitch deep to left. Machado’s 27th homer of the season gave the Padres a 5-0 edge.
In the bottom of the second, Andrew Knizner drilled a two-run shot to left off Nick Pivetta to cut the Giants’ deficit to 5-2.
Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, scored twice and drove in two runs. His single in the fourth inning knocked in Ethan Salas, who had tripled for his first hit in the majors in his 16th at-bat. That made it 6-2.
Webb allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked one.
The Giants got a run in the fifth and another in the sixth. Scott Bandura, who was making his big-league debut, opened the sixth with an infield single and scored on a base hit by Christian Koss to trim San Diego’s lead to 6-4.
Wandy Peralta (3-2) worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up the win. Yuki Matsui struck out Jonah Cox swinging on a 10-pitch at-bat to end the game. Matsui earned his first save of the season and the second of his three-season career.
The Padres were scheduled to take on Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9, 5.30 ERA) in Denver on Monday night. Giants RHP Landen Roupp (9-13, 4.00) was set to face Cardinals LHP Quinn Mathews (1-3, 4.11) in St. Louis on Monday night.
San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill, front right, watches his two-run double in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Andrew Knizner, second from front left, during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr., right, hits a single in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Andrew Knizner, left, during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Diego Padres' Ethan Salas gestures to teammates after hitting a triple against the San Francisco Giants during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants' Andrew Knizner, right, celebrates with Shay Whitcomb (13) after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, hits a two-run home run in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Andrew Knizner, left, during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
