Jeter Downs made a Derek Jeter play.
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees, lost both games of a double-header to the Syracuse Mets on Thursday. Jeter Downs started at third base and went 0-for-2 in the second game, but he provided a highlight that should remind you of the man he was named after.
During the bottom of the fifth, Mets catcher Austin Allen hit a high fly ball into foul territory. Downs ran and jumped near a tarp and crashed into the protective netting and into the stands. While Downs got the out Syracuse's Rylan Thomas was able to tag up and advance to second base while he was trying to untangle himself. Thomas would score the game-deciding run on a single a few minutes later. Still, what an effort.
However you feel about the Yankees, there's nowhere else a Jeter should ever be. The idea that someone would go through the trouble of naming their child after Derek Jeter only to see them end up with the Boston Red Sox seems completely wrong.Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports.
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