{"id":664236,"date":"2026-04-05T07:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/664236\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T07:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:03:32","slug":"yankees-cody-bellinger-bounces-back-after-defensive-flop-with-offense-sparking-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/664236\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees\u2019 Cody Bellinger bounces back after defensive flop with offense-sparking home run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) is greeted by his teammates in the dugout after he scores on his two-run homer during the 5th inning when the New York Yankees played the Miami Marlins Saturday, April 4, 2026, Image 2 shows Cody Bellinger is pictured during the Yankees' game April 4, Image 3 shows The Yankees committed a brutal error during their game against the Marlins on April 4\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1503bf20b26e459b708c45390c420917.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) is greeted by his teammates in the dugout after he scores on his two-run homer during the 5th inning when the New York Yankees played the Miami Marlins Saturday, April 4, 2026, Image 2 shows Cody Bellinger is pictured during the Yankees&#8217; game April 4, Image 3 shows The Yankees committed a brutal error during their game against the Marlins on April 4<\/p>\n<p>Cody Bellinger has had himself an action-packed past two days.<\/p>\n<p> Access the Yankees beat like never before <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/account\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Try it free;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Try it free <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It started with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/cody-bellinger-makes-unreal-yankees-013551111.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:circus catch in left field;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">circus catch in left field<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/yankees-offer-familiar-feeling-home-204128706.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Friday\u2019s win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Friday\u2019s win<\/a>, when he somehow snagged a ball he\u2019d already dropped.<\/p>\n<p>And it continued in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/04\/sports\/yankees-diverse-lineup-makes-up-for-first-pitching-slip-in-wild-win-over-marlins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Saturday\u2019s 9-7 win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Saturday\u2019s 9-7 win<\/a>, as Bellinger was first involved in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/04\/sports\/yankees-strong-defensive-start-undone-by-ugly-sequence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:costly slapstick play that cost the Yankees a run;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">costly slapstick play that cost the Yankees a run <\/a>before he made up for it with a homer that helped get them back in the game.<\/p>\n<p>He finished it off with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>It was Bellinger\u2019s first home run of the young season and sparked a comeback that saw the Yankees erase what had been a four-run deficit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gave us that spark we needed,\u2019\u2019 Giancarlo Stanton said. \u201cIt turned us on a little bit. We started getting on base a lot more from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) is greeted by his teammates in the dugout after he scores on his two-run homer during the 5th inning when the New York Yankees played the Miami Marlins Saturday, April 4, 2026. Robert Sabo for NY Post\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fc59c1ecb536a16949613d423a515f4e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) is greeted by his teammates in the dugout after he scores on his two-run homer during the 5th inning when the New York Yankees played the Miami Marlins Saturday, April 4, 2026. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Before that, though, there was an uncharacteristic blunder.<\/p>\n<p>Already trailing 3-0 in the top of the fourth \u2014 and with Paul Blackburn having replaced the ineffective and inefficient Ryan Weathers \u2014 Agustin Ramirez reached on a two-out infield single to third.<\/p>\n<p>Jakob Marsee followed with what seemed to be a relatively harmless flare single to shallow left off Blackburn, but that\u2019s when things got interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Caballero and Ryan McMahon both chased after the ball before it landed in front of Bellinger.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Yankees committed a brutal error during their game against the Marlins on April 4. Screengrab via X\/@TalkinYanks\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2617d9d78b69146dc8f723868a9fc561.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Yankees committed a brutal error during their game against the Marlins on April 4. Screengrab via X\/@TalkinYanks<\/p>\n<p>With no one covering third base, Ramirez raced toward the bag, as McMahon tried to recover and get back. Still on the run, McMahon tried to catch Bellinger\u2019s throw \u2014 which was off the bag \u2014 and it went into foul territory as the Yankees scrambled after it.<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez scored on the play \u2014 no one was at the plate, either \u2014 to give Miami a four-run lead, with Marsee moving to second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust an awkward play with the shift on,\u2019\u2019 Bellinger said. \u201c[McMahon] had to run a long way to third and my ball sailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn whiffed Otto Lopez to avoid further damage.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Cody Bellinger is pictured during the Yankees\u2019 game April 4. Screengrab via X\/@TalkinYanks\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/228d51513e2e36e38fe74681e709eb52.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cody Bellinger is pictured during the Yankees\u2019 game April 4. Screengrab via X\/@TalkinYanks<\/p>\n<p>It was an ugly anomaly for the Yankees, who had played relatively strong fundamentally to get off to a strong start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>And then Bellinger got the offense going.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees had just one hit against Miami right-hander Max Meyer before Aaron Judge\u2019s two-out single in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger followed with a shot to right-center to cut the Yankees deficit to 4-2 and get Meyer out of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeyer was throwing the ball well and all of a sudden it was a shot in the arm and we were right back in the game,\u2019\u2019 Aaron Boone said.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees then feasted on Miami\u2019s bullpen and held on for another victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) is greeted by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[106,456,5,1365,310,22740,1965,1816,778,58,4171,4,1753,5808,1494,1073,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-664236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-marlins","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-agustin-ramirez","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-cody-bellinger","12":"tag-giancarlo-stanton","13":"tag-jakob-marsee","14":"tag-jose-caballero","15":"tag-marlins","16":"tag-miami","17":"tag-miami-marlins","18":"tag-miamimarlins","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-otto-lopez","21":"tag-paul-blackburn","22":"tag-ryan-mcmahon","23":"tag-ryan-weathers","24":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116350826285251404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}