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After Ending No-Hit Bid With Ninth-Inning Bunt, Yankees Minor Leaguer Gets Death Threats

Mike Rosenstein, NJ.com:

Trenton Thunder outfielder Matt Lipka found himself thrust into the national spotlight Tuesday night, when he bunted with one out in the top of the ninth inning to break up a no-hitter by the Hartford Yard Goats, the Eastern League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. ...

Lipka received death threats on social media following Tuesday's game. The Thunder are the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. ...

The Thunder lost the game, 3-0, and Lipka's bunt up the first base line was the only hit by Trenton.