FANDEMONIUM
Game delayed after Sox lover sneaks into Fenway
BOSTON — In a season with no fans, the Yankees and Red Sox were delayed for about 10 minutes during Sunday’s game when a fan entered Fenway Park and got near the camera platform in center field.
The fan, wearing a Red Sox jersey, shouted and threw a hat onto the field in the top of the eighth with DJ LeMahieu at the plate and Ryan Brasier on the mound.
He evaded security for several minutes, did pushups and briefly dangled off the edge of the platform in a potentially dangerous scene before he was apprehended by security and led away.
“Personally, it was a little scary,’’ said Red Sox left fielder Michael Chavis.
“Probably the last thing you think you are going to have is a fan delay this season,” Erik Kratz said.
The Boston Globe reported the fan was not arrested and was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
“I don’t know what was said out there and you try not to make too much light of it because it could have been a scary situation,’’ Aaron Boone said. “It was definitely odd.”
➤ Gary Sanchez took a foul ball off his neck from the bat of Jackie Bradley Jr. in the bottom of the third. The ball cut his neck, but Sanchez finished the game.
“Everything’s fine,’’ Sanchez said through an interpreter. “Every time you get hit with a foul ball like that, it’s gonna be a little sore.”
➤ Kratz became the first position player to pitch for the Yankees this season when he took the mound to start the bottom of the eighth.
It was Kratz’s sixth career pitching appearance and first since 2018 with the Brewers. He allowed a homer to J.D. Martinez and hit Bobby Dalbec with a pitch, but survived the inning.
“The knuckleball [Rafael] Devers swung through looked pretty nasty,’’ Boone said.
➤ With Gerrit Cole and Masahiro Tanaka being pushed back a day and starting Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, the Yankees were still undecided about who would start Monday against the Blue Jays in Buffalo. Boone said Michael King was available to give them length and was also a candidate to start.
➤ Luke Voit, hobbled by an unspecified foot injury, hit his 21st homer of the season in the top of the ninth and still leads the majors in that category.