What initially appeared to be a home run robbery turned into a surprising turn of events.
With two outs in the first inning of Tuesday’s game against the Tigers at Yankee Stadium, Kerry Carpenter lifted a cutter from Cam Schlittler and sent it deep to center field.
Spencer Jones tracked the ball, reached the wall, leapt, and used his 6‑foot‑7 frame to extend his glove above the wall’s height.
The ball striking Jones’s glove seemed to secure the out, the Yankee Stadium crowd cheered — until it was realized that the ball had bounced out of his glove and landed in the home bullpen for a home run.
Jones looked incredulous that he had failed to catch the ball. What unfolded next was almost beyond belief.
Schlittler remained in the inning but struggled to regain control. The next batter, Riley Greene, launched a home run into the second deck in right field.
Up to that point, Schlittler — who was the front‑runner for the AL Cy Young Award — had never given up more than one home run in a single inning. In this frame he surrendered three.
Colt Keith worked a six‑pitch at‑bat that ended with a single, and Spencer Torkelson followed with a 10th‑pitch swing that sent a deep two‑run homer to left field on a hot night at the Stadium.
Ryan Yarbrough began warming up before Schlittler finally retired Zach McKinstry, ending a four‑run, 36‑pitch top of the first.
Twenty‑seven of those pitches were thrown after Jones leapt and failed to bring back the home run or end the frame.
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