The play that can linger previous Sunday night time within the thoughts of Gleyber Torres — and certain loads of Yankees followers — occurred within the seventh inning with a one-run lead in ALCS Sport 4.
With one out and Jose Altuve on first, Jeremy Peña hit a tailored double-play ball to second base, the place Torres scooped it up and shoveled to second. However his throw was off beam, and shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa was unable to regulate to catch it, permitting each runners to be protected.
The Astros took benefit, recording singles of their subsequent two at-bats to show a one-run deficit right into a 6-5 lead that stood as the ultimate rating to cap off their four-game sweep of the Yankees.
“Each actually quick runners, I feel I rushed a little bit bit myself to make that play,” Torres stated. “I really feel prefer it’s my mistake. Kiner tried to do his greatest, however I really feel like, all season lengthy, I do this play very easy. Tonight, it felt a little bit bit rushed.”
Torres had been a lot improved defensively this season whereas shifting again to second base full time, however his error proved expensive on Sunday.
“I really feel horrible within the second as a result of I do know we are able to make the double play and end the inning in that second,” Torres stated. “I made that mistake. I really feel like I have to study to be a little bit extra in management in that state of affairs. It’s a tricky loss.”
Kiner-Falefa, making his first begin at shortstop since Sport 1 of the ALCS, stated the throw from Torres was too far-off for him to seize.
“It was onerous — he threw it onerous,” Kiner-Falefa stated. “Usually that one all yr could be like a comfortable flip so we are able to flip it, however form of rushed it a little bit bit and I didn’t have time to succeed in over. If I reached over, I'd have possibly caught the ball, however I wouldn’t have been capable of keep on the bottom, so I used to be nonetheless making an attempt to take the choice to nonetheless get an out. However it was too far for that, so it acquired by.
“It’s not his fault although as a result of he performed nice all yr.”
— Extra reporting by Mark Sanchez
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