Projo Sox Blog

By Joe McDonald
Journal Sports Writer

NEW YORK _ The great thing about baseball is anything can happen at any time.

That unpredictability was on display this afternoon at Yankee Stadium thanks to the Sox' Kevin Youkilis, the Yankees' Johnny Damon, the baseball and the left-field fence.

With two runners on and two outs, Youkilis drove a scorching liner to left field. Damon got a good jump on the ball and made it to the base of the fence when he leaped and snared the ball before crashing violently into the wall. He wasn't able to hold on as the ball popped out of his mitt.

This is where it gets even more interesting.

The ball landed on the soft padding atop the fence with a bit of golf-ball-like spin and stayed there for a few seconds while Damon lay on the ground in pain. Meanwhile, on the base paths, Youkilis didn't know what was happening as he slowly made his way into second base as two runs scored for Boston. When he realized that neither he nor the ball was out, he turned it on and ended up with a two-run triple to tie the game at 3-3.

Damon left the game with a left-shoulder contusion and x-rays taken at Yankee Stadium were negative. He will be evaluated again in the next 24 hours, including a MRI.

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