NJ baseball: Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe at Delbarton youth camp
New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe came back to Delbarton School to host a youth baseball camp on Aug. 7, 2025.
NEW YORK – If all else fails, the Yankees still have the home run threat.
Trent Grisham’s tie-breaking blast saved them Saturday afternoon, after the bullpen – the non-Devin Williams division – and two more errors nearly wrecked Old-Timer’s Day.
Affectionately dubbed ‘The Big Sleep,’ Grisham’s eighth inning, two-out, solo shot awoke the Stadium crowd and lifted the Yankees to a 5-4 win against the hated Houston Astros.
The lefty-hitting Grisham’s 21st homer of the year, off lefty Bryan King, erased an ugly visiting eighth inning when a blown double play chance and Jasson Dominguez’s throwing error allowed the Astros to tie it, 4-4.
After fielding a Jesus Sanchez comebacker, Yanks reliever Camilo Doval threw wide of shortstop Anthony Volpe at second base, putting runners at first and second with one out.
That set up Jose Altuve’s gritty, RBI single to left on a 1-2 slider.
Just inserted into left field (with Giancarlo Stanton subbed out of his first outfield start since 2023), Dominguez overthrew the cutoff man and his peg to the plate sailed toward the backstop.
That allowed the runners an extra 90 feet, and Doval exited after walking Carlos Correa to load the bases.
Enter Bednar, who walked Christian Walker on a full-count curveball to force home the tying run, before striking out Yainer Diaz and Taylor Trammell to end the inning.
Stanton walked twice and contributed an RBI single before being subbed out defensively, as the Yankees got to lefty Framber Valdez (5.1 IP, 4 ER) early, with two first-inning runs.
In his second start of the year, coming back from a lat strain, Luis Gil yielded a leadoff homer to Jeremy Pena, but gave up just one more run across 5.1 innings, with one walk and seven strikeouts.