A squirrel ran onto the field during the Yankees–Red Sox game and caused a brief delay. The mammal emerged from behind the plate in the fourth inning and stopped behind Boston rookie Jhostynxon Garcia's left foot while the outfielder adjusted his batting gloves. The squirrel paused on the third-base foul line, moved to the front of the mound and briefly tried to dig as Max Fried looked on. The animal then sped past first baseman Ben Rice and umpire Carlos Torres down the right-field line while seeking an exit. Play resumed after Fried threw a pitch to the backstop. Prior incidents at Yankee Stadium involved a squirrel on May 23, 2023, and a cat on Aug. 2, 2021, both of which briefly delayed games.
The fast-moving mammal emerged from an area behind the plate in the fourth inning and stopped behind Boston rookie Jhostynxon Garcia's left foot as the outfielder took a timeout and adjusted his batting gloves. The squirrel stopped for a second on the third-base foul line before heading to the front of the mound, where it briefly tried to dig a hole as Yankee ace Max Fried looked on.
After stopping on the mound, the squirrel sped towards first baseman Ben Rice, went past first base umpire Carlos Torres and down the right-field line. Once play resumed, Fried walked Nixon by throwing a pitch to the backstop as the squirrel continued to attempt to find an exit. On May 23, 2023, another squirrel briefly delayed play between the Orioles and Yankees when it ran through the outfield at Yankee Stadium.
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