NEW YORK (AP) — A squirrel ran onto the field during Friday night's game between the Yankees and the Red Sox and caused a brief delay.

The speedy critter emerged from an area behind the plate in the fourth inning and stopped behind Boston rookie Jhostynxon Garcia’s left foot as the outfielder took a timeout and adjusted his batting gloves. The squirrel stopped for a second on the third-base foul line before heading to the front of the mound, where it briefly tried to dig a hole as Yankee ace Max Fried looked on.

“I said, ‘Really, that’s going to happen to me in my MLB debut, that's unbelievable,” Garcia said through an interpreter after Boston's 1-0 win .

After stopping on the mound, the squirrel sped towards first baseman Ben Rice, went past first base umpire Carlos Torres and down t

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