A day after making a circus catch in left field, Cody Bellinger was part of perhaps the biggest slapstick play of the young Yankees’ season on Saturday against Miami.
Already trailing 3-0 in the top of the fourth — and with Paul Blackburn having replaced the ineffective and inefficient Ryan Weathers — the Yankees saw Agustin Ramirez reach on a two-out infield single to third.
Jakob Marsee followed with what seemed to be a relatively harmless flare single to shallow left, but that’s when things got interesting.
José Caballero and Ryan McMahon both chased after the ball before it landed in front of Bellinger.
With no one covering third base, Ramirez raced toward the bag, as McMahon tried to recover and get back.
Still on the run, McMahon tried to catch Bellinger’s throw — which was off the bag — and it went into foul territory.
Ramirez scored on the play, as no one was at home, either, to give Miami a four-run lead, with Marsee moving to second.
Blackburn whiffed Otto Lopez to avoid further damage.
It was an ugly anomaly for the Yankees, who had played relatively strong fundamentally to get off to a 6-1 start to the season.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
