On a night when just about everything broke right for the Yankees, they are pleased nothing broke around Anthony Volpe’s elbow. 

After a scare — the everyday shortstop removed before the start of the fourth inning with a sore left elbow that had been drilled — X-rays and a CT scan came back negative. 

“A little stiff and sore but hopefully nothing that keeps him out for very long,” manager Aaron Boone said. 

“I expect to be in there [Saturday],” Volpe said after the series-opening, 9-6 victory over the Red Sox in The Bronx.

With the bases loaded in the second inning, Volpe was plunked by an 88.8 mph changeup from Walker Buehler and appeared to be in significant pain.

After the pitch hit him, Volpe retreated nearly to the visitors’ dugout as if attempting to run off the pain, then tried making his way to first base but hunched over a few steps past the plate. 

A Yankees trainer and manager Aaron Boone checked on Volpe, who remained in the game briefly after his HBP gave the club what was then a 7-0 lead. 

But he only played one more frame defensively before Oswald Peraza subbed in at shortstop for the top of the fourth. 

“It got pretty big,” Volpe said of his elbow, which he hoped would calm down soon. 

Apart from Aaron Judge, Volpe might be the most valuable Yankees position player especially considering the club’s shallow depth at the position. 

Two-plus months into the season, Volpe has been authoring his best year of his career. After posting a combined .661 OPS in 2023-24, Volpe’s third major league season has seen a significant leap at the plate — his OPS up to .766 — with the same strong defense that made him a Gold Glove winner in ’23. 

Before exiting, Volpe had contributed to a game that essentially was over by the third inning. His two-run homer in the first — his eighth of the season after smacking 12 all of last year — gave the Yankees an early five-run edge. 

Volpe has played in 61 of the 62 games this season in part because the 24-year-old is able to withstand the grind of the season and in part because their backup shortstop is Peraza, who owns a .576 OPS. 

“You want to be available for the team,” said Volpe, who played 159 and 160 games, respectively, in his first two seasons. “That’s the way to be the best teammate.”