Jazz Chisholm Jr. was back in the lineup Sunday after his mental gaffe at second base in Saturday’s win, when he turned a routine grounder into a single in the top of the ninth.
Otto Lopez reached on the play and scored before David Bednar and the Yankees held on for the victory.
Boone said Sunday he spoke with Chisholm following Saturday’s game “a little bit.”
“He laid back on the ball,” Boone said. “Fundamentally, he was fine with it. He’s just got to be a little more aware of the guy getting down the line. It’s a play we’ve got to make.”
Chisholm — also slumping at the plate — came through with a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth in Sunday’s 7-6 loss to Miami.
He acknowledged his mistake from Saturday, with the caveat that plays like that are going to happen.
“We all know how I play baseball,’’ Chisholm said. “The guy caught me with my head down and [made] a good play. I do it to other teams all the time. Someone caught me. It’s no big deal.”
He also was in a 4-for-31 rut before his double.
Chisholm isn’t the only infielder struggling, as José Caballero made another error at shortstop and has been invisible on offense.
“He’s swinging through some pitches,’’ Boone said, adding of his recent throwing issues: “He’s so good at getting rid of it… We trust him.”
Carlos Rodón reported some soreness Sunday after throwing a side session Saturday.
Boone called Rodón’s discomfort “to be expected” as the left-hander rehabs from offseason elbow surgery.
His comeback has been delayed a bit by right hamstring tightness he experienced last week, but it didn’t stop Rodón from throwing.
Boone said he’s expected to throw another side session “early in the week.”
Gerrit Cole, coming back from last spring’s Tommy John surgery, is scheduled to throw a simulated game Monday.
The Yankees missed on a pair of automated ball-strike system challenges again Sunday, leaving them with none during their ninth-inning rally.
Boone said he doesn’t want them to lose their aggressiveness, even as it’s cost them in recent games.
“We’re gonna trust our knowledge of it,’’ Boone said. “There are gonna be games you don’t have them at the end.” … The Yankees recorded 30 walks in their series against the Marlins, their most in a three-game series in franchise history.
After a promising start to the season, Camilo Doval has pitched poorly in his past two appearances, retiring just three batters and allowing five hits, four earned runs and a walk.
Boone noted Doval has faced some “really tough left-handed hitters” and not executed well or been able to put batters away.
That’s resulted in lefties reaching base in five of 10 plate appearances against Doval, who is expected to serve in a setup role to David Bednar.
As for the closer, Boone said he’s not comfortable working Bednar as much as he has in his past two appearances, when Bednar threw 40 and 33 pitches.
He picked up the save in both appearances.
“We don’t want him throwing 30-40 pitches [each outing],’’ Boone said.
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