Rangers manager Chris Woodward calls Yankee Stadium ‘Little League ballpark’ after Gleyber Torres' walk-off HR

NEW YORK – On a tough day for runs, Gleyber Torres' ninth inning home run had rewarded another strong effort by Yankees' ace Gerrit Cole at Yankee Stadium.

But after the Yankees' sudden 2-1 victory in Sunday's doubleheader opener, Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward sniffed that his club was walked off by a Little League long ball.

"That's an easy out in 99 percent of ballparks,'' Woodward said of the 3-and-1 sinker by lefty John King that made the Yanks winners in 12 of their last 13 games. "(Torres) just happened to hit it in a Little League ballpark to right field.''

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In reality, Torres' drive traveled 369 feet, as estimated by Statcast, and would have been a homer in 25 other big-league ballparks.

"His math is wrong, 99 percent is impossible,'' Yankees manager Aaron Boone quipped. "There's only 30 parks.''

On Monday, Woodward said he regretted his postgame remarks.

“Probably bad words on my part,” he said Monday. “I gave it a layup for a lot of people. But listen, I meant no disrespect, obviously, to this place. And it’s obviously a world-class organization, ballpark. I talk about it as always being like one of my favorite places to come play, but I understand why Yankee fans will get upset about it. That’s why I love them.”

Said Torres after the game. “Both teams play in the same ballpark. It's the same dimension. I feel good to hit a walk-off homer in the Little League ballpark.”

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Rangers manager calls Yankee Stadium ‘Little League ballpark’