A bad night in The Bronx got worse Thursday when Anthony Volpe was removed from the Yankees’ 9-4 loss to the Angels prior to the top of the eighth with what the team called “left foot pain” after the shortstop fouled a ball off his foot in the second inning. 

They seem to have avoided the worst, as manager Aaron Boone said X-rays on the foot were negative. 

He was evaluated by team physician Dr. Chris Ahmad. 

“He’s in pretty good spirits right now,” Boone said. “We’re treating it as a contusion. Hopefully everything is alright and he’s back out there.” 

Asked if Volpe could be back in the lineup as soon as Friday, Boone said, “We’ll see. I think he’s gonna be fine.” 

Volpe suffered the injury during his first at-bat of the game against Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson, but he initially remained in the game and popped out to first. 

Volpe also struck out in the fourth and popped out again in the seventh. 

The 23-year-old wasn’t tested much defensively before being replaced at short by Oswaldo Cabrera late in the game on what was a very wet night in The Bronx. 

Volpe has missed just one game this season. 

After slumping for parts of the first half, Volpe has hit better since the All-Star break, although he has just two hits in his last 16 at-bats. 

While the Yankees seem optimistic that Volpe isn’t seriously hurt, they’ll need to see how the foot heals before they know it won’t have any lingering effect. 

If Volpe misses time, Jazz Chisholm Jr. also has experience at shortstop, but the Yankees want him to continue to get acclimated to third base. 

And Cabrera has been fine at short and also hit an opposite-field homer to left off the Angels’ fireballing right-hander Ben Joyce. 

Cabrera’s eighth home run of the season came on a 101.7-mph four-seamer. 

According to the YES Network, that’s the fastest pitch a Yankee has homered off of since pitch-tracking began in 2008.