He had been a .324 hitter before he went on the DL with a right knee sprain and missed 43 games. Since he returned, Jacoby Ellsbury hadn’t really found his stroke and his batting average had plummeted to .277. On Thursday he may have turned the corner, and in a big way.
The Yankees centerfielder capped a 2-for-4 night with a solo home run in the seventh that carried the Yanks to a 2-1 win over Boston at the Stadium. It was his third multi-hit game in 24 contests since his July 8 return and first in more than two weeks.