Is it the cortisone shot? Is it the month? Is it the latest streak from a streaky player?

Whatever the source, Anthony Volpe has swatted away the questions that lingered as recently as mid-September and is becoming another edition of Mr. October.

Volpe, whose starting spot no longer is in question, finished off another strong playoff series with an RBI single and a clutch defensive play in the Yankees’ 4-0, heart-pounding Game 3 victory over the Red Sox in The Bronx that sent the club to Toronto for the ALDS.

Remember just a few weeks back, when fans had been clamoring for less Volpe and more José Caballero? That outcry has stalled because Volpe has hit the accelerator.

On Thursday, Volpe stepped up with the bases loaded in the fourth inning and grounded a single through the right si

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