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As Anthony Volpe Hit Inaugural Walk - Off Run Batted In Of MLB Career Tuesday In Bottom Of 10th Inning Scoring Isiah Kiner-Falefa New York Topped Baltimore 6-5 In Bronx New York

Anthony Volpe was drafted in round 1 of 2019 MLB Draft as the 30th overall pick by New York by the team that wears the pinstripes.

In Spring Training in Tampa Florida Aaron Boone called Anthony Volpe into his off told him he made the team by saying All right , difficult conversation have to have because you came in and played your ass off we talked about at the start of this being a competition and you killed it. At the end of the day you 20 something games at Triple A. But at the end I think that development should happen in the big leagues.

According to Bryan Hoch article on mlb.com

In Anthony Volpe rookie season as New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop he has had 174 at bats produced offensively 20 runs 20 runs batted in.

As Anthony Volpe hit inaugural walk—off run batted in Tuesday in bottom of 10th inning scoring Isiah Kiner -Falefa Anthony Volpe hit inaugural walk—off run batted in New York the team that wears the pinstripes topped Baltimore 6-5 in Bronx New York.

Before that though New York the team that wears the pinstripes had to come back from pair of deficits 2-0 3-0 , 4-0 as Gerrit Cole surrendered a double , 2 home runs in top of 1st , 3rd , 4th innings as Adam Frazier doubled to right scoring Ryan Mountcastle giving Baltimore 2-0 before Cedric Mullins homered to right center 373 feet before Gunnar Henderson homered 404 feet. In the bottom of 4th inning New York the team that wears the pinstripes finally got on scoreboard as Harrison Bader homered to right 370 feet before New York the the team that wears the pinstripes trimmed deficit to 4-2 4-3 in bottom of 5th inning as Anthony Rizzo doubled to right scoring Oswaldo Cabrera before DJ Lemahieu singled to left scoring Gleyber Torres advancing Anthony Rizzo to third base before Harrison Bader hit sacrifice fly to left scoring Anthony Rizzo before Baltimore would take brief lead as Terrin Varva would groundout to first scoring Ryan Mountcastle in top of 6th inning before Aaron Judge who is captain of New York the team that wears the pinstripes would homer to left center 403 feet tying New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Baltimore game 5-5.Following New York the team that wears the the pinstripes 6-5 manager of New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Anthony Volpe!

We’ve had a few young guys come up and really impact us these last couple of years “It’s been fun to watch him navigate this, with all eyes on him. He just handles everything so well. We felt like we had the right guy up there.”

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop Anthony Volpe had this to say!

The whole game, the whole moment -- it was just one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments, happening for the first time,”“I wanted the opportunity.”

According to Bryan Hoch article on mlb.com

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now going to prepare to play game two of three game series with Baltimore on Wednesday.

As New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Baltimore who are American League East opponents are continuing three game series tonight in Bronx New York Nestor Cortes, Tyler Wells are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Nestor Cortes, Tyler Wells are different because Nestor Cortes is a left handed starting pitcher! Tyler Wells is a right handed starting pitcher!

Nestor Cortes comes into the game with record of 4 -2 with an earn run average of 5.21 because on Thursday May 18, 2023 Nestor Cortes pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 2 earned runs , 1 home run , 1 walk while striking out 6 Toronto batters in Toronto Ontario Canada.

Tyler Wells comes into the game with record of 3-1 with an earn run average of 2.94 because on Thursday May 18, 2023 Tyler Wells pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs , 2 home runs , 1 walk while striking out 7 Los Angeles Angels batters in Baltimore Maryland.

First pitch is set for 7:05pm from Yankee Stadium!

Though, could mother nature get in the way of Nestor Cortes, Tyler Wells making their starts as scheduled!

That is a possibility as its mostly cloudy with 51 % chance of showers at first pitch before it becomes partly sunny with 38% chance an hour following first pitch before it turns partly cloudy with 32 % chance at 9:00pm, 10:00.

The game is going to be televised on MASN, Amazon Prime Video!