Yankees Star Is Benched After Base-Running Blunder

NEW YORK — New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres said he thought he hit a home run when he laced a 110.7 mph line drive off the left-field wall in the second inning of Friday’s 8-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. According to Statcast, it would have been a home run in Toronto; however, in New York, Torres was left standing on first base with a long single.

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Torres may have had a chance for a double if he would’ve run out of the box, but he didn’t. He stood at home plate admiring the flight path until he saw the ball ricochet inches from going over the

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