In the middle of a 10-run inning for the New York Yankees, a line drive went over the head of Colorado Rockies second baseman Adael Amador.
His glove went with it.
Amador’s glove didn’t come particularly close to touching Paul Goldschmidt’s run-scoring single to right-center field, but it was certainly a strange play during a calamitous inning for the Rockies. The Yankees went on to win 13-1.
After the game, Amador told The Denver Post he did not intentionally throw his glove at the ball.
“I didn’t have the glove tight on my hand,” Amador said via a translator. “The glove kind of keeps falling. It always falls. I didn’t have it tight and I jumped up. When I jumped up, the glove slipped off.”
Goldschmidt’s base hit gave the Yankees a 9-1 lead, and they added two more runs before the inning was over. Had Amador’s glove hit the ball, Goldschmidt would have been awarded three bases. Amador remained in the game.
“I haven’t talked to him about that yet,” Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer said. “I’m not quite sure what that was. We’ll get to the bottom of it.”
Amador had two conversations about the play. The first was with second base umpire Jansen Visconti before the next pitch. He also said he spoke with third base coach Andy Gonzalez shortly after it happened.
“Yeah, (Visconti) asked me if I knew what would happen if the ball hit the glove,” Amador said. “I told him, ‘Yes, I know it would have been a triple.’”
Amador made one of the key defensive plays Friday night in Colorado’s surprising 3-2 win over the AL East-leading Yankees, turning a highlight-reel double play. He made a nice diving stop to his right to prevent a hit in this game.
His double-play partner, shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, also said it was not an intentional heave by Amador.
“I was like, ‘Hey, did you do that on purpose?’” Tovar said. “He told me no, the glove just kind of fell out. It was not something that he was trying to do or planning. Others talked to him about it.
“It was a mistake.”
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Originally Published: May 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM MDT
