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The New York Yankees were defeated for the second consecutive night, falling 2-0 to the Miami Marlins on Saturday. It was a forgettable outing for the Yankees hitters, especially Jazz Chisholm Jr.
The Yankees' base running woes deepened in the second inning after Paul Goldschmidt popped up an Eury Pérez fastball. Chisholm, who was on first, got doubled off at first base on a popout for a double play.
Chisholm's blunder infuriated Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez, who took a jab at the infielder.
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone was left frustrated by the play; however, he took aim at first base coach Travis Chapman instead of Chisholm.
“I get it looks bad, and it’s a bad play, but it’s not a case of a guy that’s dogging it," Boone said. "He’s just trying to make a play. Just because it’s going bad right now and the world’s on fire, I’m not going to just take guys out for giving a crap.”Chisholm went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout as the Yankees managed just two hits.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. shares his thoughts on base running blunder against Marlins
Jazz Chisholm Jr. is not new to LoanDepot Park, and the former Marlins star explained his thought process behind the play. Chisholm said he felt second baseman Xavier Edwards was going to let the ball drop to force out the Yankees star at second base.
"I saw something that I thought they were gonna do," Chisholm said. (Xavier Edwards) deked it like he was gonna do it, he didn’t do it, but, you know, still trying to be aggressive because I’ve played here before, I know how the field plays. Sometimes you get aggressive and you get caught up, you make an out. "Because if he would’ve dropped it I was already – the reason I got out is because I took the step [towards second base] first and then I went back. I was playing the drop. It would’ve bounced too high and by the time it came down I would’ve got there so it would’ve been fine."A second consecutive loss against the Marlins saw the Yankees drop out of the first two positions in the American League East for the first time since May. They are now 0.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox in second place.
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