BOSTON — Jasson Domínguez drove within the first Yankees run on Saturday within the prime of the seventh, and his ninth-inning double gave them an opportunity to tie the Pink Sox.
Nevertheless it was his brutal psychological blunder on the bases in that seventh inning that basically stood out in a 4-3 loss.
With two out within the inning, Domínguez was at second, Austin Wells at first and the Yankees had scored twice.
However Domínguez inexplicably was caught between second and third on a pitch that Trent Grisham missed for the second strike of the at-bat.
Catcher Carlos Narvaez observed Domínguez in no-man’s-land, threw behind him to shortstop Trevor Story, who tossed to Marcelo Mayer at third and Domínguez was tagged out to finish the menace.
Domínguez owned as much as the error, saying he thought Grisham had struck out on the pitch, which might have been the third out.
As an alternative, it was an unpleasant miscue.
“I assumed he had two strikes, however I’ve nothing to say, no excuses,” Domínguez stated. “I made a mistake.”
When advised supervisor Aaron Boone stated he believed Domínguez would by no means make an identical miscue, Domínguez stated, “For certain, after I had this expertise, I’ll pay extra consideration.”
The play was so uncommon that Boston supervisor Alex Cora wasn’t even certain what occurred after the sport, questioning what led Domínguez to wander to date off the bag.
Regardless, he was happy with the consequence — particularly with the way it impacted the rest of the sport.
“That’s an enormous play in that state of affairs,’’ Cora stated. “Then we will ship [Justin] Wilson again for Grisham [in the eighth].”
The lefty retired Grisham to begin the eighth and retired the facet so as.
Boone stated he spoke with Domínguez afterward and reminded him the significance of staying conscious of the sport state of affairs.
It spoiled what was considerably of a productive night time for the slumping rookie.
Domínguez entered Saturday hitless in his earlier 9 plate appearances and within the midst of a funk that dates again greater than a month, however has been particularly tough since Could 25.
He was 8-for-41 with one extra-base hit and 17 strikeouts in 46 plate appearances in his earlier 12 video games and hadn’t had an RBI in a 15-game stretch.
Domínguez lined out within the second and flied to left within the fifth earlier than the run-scoring single within the seventh.
After being erased on the basepaths later within the seventh, Domínguez prolonged the failed rally within the ninth with the double, however was stranded there when Wells lined out to heart to finish the sport.
