Gleyber Torres leads Yankees to win over Orioles with home run, daring baserunning

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Gleyber Torres is exciting. He also is infuriating.

He sparked the Yankees to an 8-4 Fourth of July win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, hitting a two-run homer in the first inning and scoring the go-ahead run from first base with a daring dash on Giancarlo Stanton’s fifth-inning single.

Torres walked against Kyle Gibson (8-6) and was running on a full-count, two-out pitch when Stanton hit a three-hop single up the middle. Center fielder Cedric Mullins tossed the ball to second as Torres ran through third base coach Luis Rojas’ stop sign and slid headfirst across the plate without a throw for a 4-3 lead.

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New York Yankees Gleyber Torres hits a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in New York.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

"That was a very instinctive play," Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters. "It gets him in trouble sometimes, and had they thrown him out of the play, you guys would probably be asking about it. Instead, the crowd goes wild. So it’s that fine line."

An All-Star in his first two seasons, Torres struggled in 2020 and '21 before rebounding somewhat last year, when he hit .247 with 24 homers and 76 RBIs. He is batting .258 with 13 homers and 36 RBIs this season.

"I saw the outfield really deep." Torres said. "When I passed the second baseman, I just anticipated a little early.. I know Rojas (gave) me the stop sign. ... If I get out, it's going to be a bad situation."

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde praised Torres for "running unbelievably aggressively everywhere right now."

"We’ve got to