Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees in game 1 of the ALDS, October 11, 2022
CLEVELAND, Ohio — New York fans were pining for the days of Jeffery Maier in right field when Josh Donaldson sent a drive to deep right field at Yankee Stadium. Maier, the 12-year-old fan who reached into the field of play on a similar hit by Derek Jeter in the 1996 American League Championship Series, earned the Yankees a home run by interfering with a ball in play.
Donaldson was not so lucky in the bottom of the fifth Tuesday.
Donaldson’s leadoff hit against Cleveland’s Cal Quantrill bounced off the top of the wall and narrowly avoided being touched by a fan in a pinstriped jersey on what would have been a go-ahead solo home run. Instead, Guardians outfielder Oscar Gonzalez fired the ball back toward the infield and Donaldson was tagged out by Josh Naylor trying to dive back to first base.
Watch video of the play here.
New York broke a 1-1 tie just two batters later when Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled to right and Gonzalez butchered the ball into a two base error. Jose Trevino’s RBI sacrifice fly put the Yankees in front, 2-1.
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