Rockies’ Adael Amador: Glove ‘slipped off’ when jumping to field line drive by Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt

In the middle of a -run inning for the New York Yankees a line drive went over the head of Colorado Rockies second baseman Adael Amador His glove went with it Amador s glove didn t come particularly close to touching Paul Goldschmidt s run-scoring single to right-center field but it was certainly a strange play during a calamitous inning for the Rockies The Yankees went on to win - After the meeting Amador explained The Denver Post he did not intentionally throw his glove at the ball I didn t have the glove tight on my hand Amador announced via a translator The glove kind of keeps falling It inevitably falls I didn t have it tight and I jumped up When I jumped up the glove slipped off Goldschmidt s base hit gave the Yankees a - lead and they added two more runs before the inning was over Had Amador s glove hit the ball Goldschmidt would have been awarded three bases Amador remained in the battle I haven t talked to him about that yet Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer disclosed I m not quite sure what that was We ll get to the bottom of it Amador had two conversations about the play The first was with second base umpire Jansen Visconti before the next pitch He also declared he spoke with third base coach Andy Gonzalez shortly after it happened Yeah Visconti inquired me if I knew what would happen if the ball hit the glove Amador declared I recounted him Yes I know it would have been a triple ' Related Articles Rockies implode during -run fifth inning routed by Yankees to fall to - A decade after Rockies nearly took him No in Mickey Moniak feels he has more in the tank Ryan McMahon Rockies end slide with comeback win against Yankees at sold-out Coors Field Futility Tracker How bad are the Colorado Rockies Rockies reach - through games after shutout loss to Phillies Amador made one of the key defensive plays Friday night in Colorado s surprising - win over the AL East-leading Yankees turning a highlight-reel double play He made a nice diving stop to his right to prevent a hit in this tournament His double-play partner shortstop Ezequiel Tovar also noted it was not an intentional heave by Amador I was like Hey did you do that on purpose Tovar declared He recounted me no the glove just kind of fell out It was not something that he was trying to do or planning Others talked to him about it It was a mistake Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis