Fan interference denies Anthony Volpe a tying homer as Yankees get swept by Rays in ALDS

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe rounded the bases, touched home plate and then waited out the uncertainty like everyone else.“Just hoping for the best,” the New York Yankees infielder said. “Crazy.”With the Yankees' season at stake, Volpe was denied a tying home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of their AL Division Series when a replay review determined a fan interfered with his drive to deep left field Wednesday night.The swing of emotions came nearly 30 years to the day after young Yankees fan Jeffrey Maier reached over the right-field wall at Yankee Stadium on a ball hit by Derek Jeter in the 1996 American League Championship Series against Baltimore. With no replay system in place back then, the home team benefited from umpires calling it a home run instead of interference, and New York went on to win the World Series.This time, the Yankees wound up losing 4-3 by the very run that was taken off the board and had their season end in a three-game sweep.“I mean, we lost,” Volpe