Anthony Volpe entered the game mired in a 1-for-37 skid and had been 0-for-23 over his past seven games. He recorded two hits and a sacrifice fly in the Yankees' 10-4 win over the White Sox, breaking the slide. Volpe also committed a fielding error that led to four unearned runs against Will Warren, marking his AL-leading 18th error of the year. He reached base on an error in his first at-bat, stole second, and scored on a Ben Rice single. Volpe made several strong defensive plays later, including a backhand stop to end the sixth. Manager Aaron Boone emphasized the need to get Volpe going and praised his short memory and bounce-back play.
CHICAGO - It was not the cleanest way to snap out of a funk, but perhaps it was a start for Anthony Volpe. The Yankees shortstop, who entered the night in a 1-for-37 skid, recorded a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly in Thursday's 10-4 win over the White Sox, though he also committed another error that led to all four runs against Will Warren.
"Hopefully, something to get him going," manager Aaron Boone said. "To finish it off with a quality at-bat for a sac fly for the tack-on run, I liked that too. And after the error in the second inning, I thought he made three stellar plays. Good to see him bounce back from that. We need to get him going. Obviously, he's such an important part of what we do."
Volpe, who had increasingly drawn the wrath of the crowd during the recent home stand as his struggles got worse, came into the night 0-for-23 over his past seven games, with back-to-back days out of the lineup on Sunday and Monday in the middle. That became 0-for-24 when Volpe reached on an error in his first at-bat Thursday, though he made the most of it by stealing second and then coming around to score on Ben Rice's single.
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