Overview

• In the fourth inning, the animal emerged from behind the plate, paused by Red Sox rookie Jhostynxon Garcia’s left foot, then scampered to the mound within feet of Yankees starter Max Fried.
• Fried appeared rattled and threw his next pitch to the backstop for ball four before completing six scoreless innings in a strong outing.
• The squirrel sped past first-base umpire Carlos Torres, ran down the right-field line and vanished into signage on the right-field wall, ending a brief delay.
• The crowd reacted enthusiastically throughout, and Garcia later called the odd moment in his MLB debut “unbelievable,” via interpreter.
• Boston won 1-0 to take a half-game lead over New York in the AL wild-card race, with coverage noting prior Yankee Stadium animal cameos including a 2019 hawk, a 2021 cat and a 2023 squirrel.