In a bit of an odd moment in Saturday's game between the Yankees and Mets, Aaron Judge was struck by a baseball as he was jogging off the field after the bottom of the fifth inning.
The culprit? Anthony Volpe.
Obviously an accident, Volpe threw the ball to an unaware Judge as the team was headed back to the dugout following the inning — customary for the Yanks to do.
Not looking, Judge got plunked near the eye and needed a bandage to cover the wound for the rest of the game.
"I didn’t know what happened initially," manager Aaron Boone said after the 12-6 loss. "I just saw kind of a what felt like something happened. So of course I was concerned. (He) had a little cut. In the end I don’t think anything too serious obviously, but initially obviously very concerned."
Judge finished the game 0-for-4 with a walk and was asked how he felt after being hit to which he responded, "good."
As for Volpe, he was clearly apologetic about the whole situation and said "yeah, obviously" when asked if he had a helpless feeling watching what was happening.
For his part, the shortstop hit a solo shot in the seventh inning off Richard Lovelady that got the Yanks closer at 7-5. Volpe finished 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
New York has now lost six straight games as its downward spiral continues.
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