Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson suffered an embarrassing moment during Tuesday night’s playoff matchup against the Cleveland Guardians.
The New York veteran thought he hit a home run over the right-field wall at Yankee Stadium, but the ball actually came up just short.
The Guardians caught Donaldson as he rounded first base on his “home run” trot.
Take a look at the play here:
This almost solo home run in the bottom of the fifth would’ve given the Yankees a 2-1 lead in the contest. Instead, the AL East champions would have to wait for Jose Trevino to hit a sacrifice fly later in the same inning to get that score.
Anthony Rizzo then hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to bring the Yankees’ lead to 4-1.
The Yankees will look to hold onto this lead and take a 1-0 advantage in this five-game series.