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Michael Kay couldn’t believe it either. Chris Carter’s first home run as a New York Yankees couldn’t come at a better time.

The New York Yankees squandered one lead. Luckily, slugger Chris Carter was around to get it back on one big swing.

Carter launched his first home run as a Yankee to put the Yankees up 8-5 in the top of the eighth inning.

A back-and-forth contest all afternoon, Carter hopefully put the Yankees up permanently with a three-run bomb to left center field.

Carter came in to pinch hit for Dellin Betances with two runners on. Austin Romine reached on a ground ball booted by second baseman Adam Frazier with two outs. The error loomed large as Ronald Torreyes followed up with a hit to set up the big blast from Carter.

That home run marked the second pinch hit home run of Carter’s career. In his short career, he also has batted .357 prior to today’s game at PNC Park, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Carter, who has been struggling to make a name for himself in the Bronx, might have just taken a great step forward in the eyes of adoring Yankees fans. While he’s struck out nine times in 27 at-bats, this monster shot marks what we hope will be a change in pace for him.

Even though Michael Kay was shocked, we knew the power was there. It’s about time we’ve gotten to see it this season at the most opportune time.


Allison is just a girl with an enormous passion for the game of baseball and the written word. Based in Upstate New York, her life-long relationship with the New York Yankees is something that she developed through close relationships with her mother and grandfather. An aspiring sports writer, she graduated with a journalism degree and is finding places to share her excitement about the sporting world and how it affects us all.