{"id":364192,"date":"2026-10-04T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364192\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:52:25","slug":"josh-hart-was-every-yankees-fan-after-austin-wells-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364192\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hart was every Yankees fan after Austin Wells blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hart was going through it on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks star, hoping his Yankees can repeat what he and his teammates did a few months ago, shared his roller-coaster of emotions during <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/03\/sports\/yankees-lineup-fails-to-show-up-in-brutal-game-1-alds-loss-to-rays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Bombers\u2019 1-0 ALDS Game 1 loss<\/a> to the Rays in which they recorded just one hit.<\/p>\n<p>Hart was excited at the start, writing \u201cLet\u2019s go Yanks!\u201d on X along with \u201cLet\u2019s get it 4-5,\u201d referring to starting pitcher Gerrit Cole.<\/p>\n<p>With Rays ace Drew Rasmussen <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/03\/sports\/drew-rasmussen-was-superlative-in-every-single-way-for-rays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mowing the Yankees down early<\/a>, Hart tried to remain positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright let\u2019s put some hits together!\u201d Hart wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As the innings wore on, Hart appeared to be getting nervous that the Yankees would be on the wrong end of history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease don\u2019t get no hit,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>And he said what every Yankees fan must\u2019ve said when catcher Austin Wells finally broke up Rasmussen\u2019s no-hitter with two outs in the eighth, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/03\/sports\/yankees-austin-wells-breaks-up-no-hit-bid-in-eighth-gets-thrown-out-at-third\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only to get easily thrown out at third<\/a> trying to stretch a double into a triple, ignoring third base coach Luis Rojas\u2019 signal to stop at second.<\/p>\n<p>Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) is tagged out at third base trying to stretch a double into a triple to end the eighth inning during Game 1 of the ALDS against the Rays at Tropicana Field, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) is tagged out at third base by Rays third baseman Junior Caminero (13) while trying to stretch a double into a triple to end the eighth inning during Game 1 of the ALDS at Tropicana Field, October 3, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHY ARE YOU GOING FOR THIRD??\u201d Hart wrote in his final thought shared about the game.<\/p>\n<p>Wells said after the game that he didn\u2019t see Rojas\u2019 signal until after he had passed second base, and he \u201cwas already committed\u201d to trying to get to third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to take risks. But in that situation, obviously the risk was wrong,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees, who swept the Red Sox in the best-of-three wild-card round, will try to bounce back in Game 2 on Monday, when their soon-to-be Cy Young winner Cam Schlittler takes the mound.<\/p>\n<p>Knicks champion Josh Hart throws out the first pitch of the game during game two of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Their Aaron Judge-less lineup will have to get more than one measly hit, though, to get back to The Bronx with a split.<\/p>\n<p>Hart, meanwhile, is in the middle of training camp as the Knicks prepare to defend their first NBA championship in 53 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Hart was going through it on Saturday night. 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