Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol makes poor throw on a bunt in seventh inning that sets up the first run for the Yankees in New York's eventual 4-1 win.
But that didn’t deter Graterol, who hopped once on his back foot and fired an off-balance throw to no one that sailed into right field, allowing the Yankees to put runners on second and third.Chris Taylor
“He’s just so athletic, and he’s such a good defender, but clearly, you can’t make every single play,”said of Graterol. “That’s a play where you just have to eat the ball. You’ve got eight, nine [hitters] coming up, it’s a clean inning. But when you start giving away bases, you create stress, and that’s what happens.”The mistake was almost a carbon copy of the one Graterol made after entering Wednesday’s game against the Nationals in the seventh inning with the score tied 5-5.
Graterol nearly escaped the jam by getting two outs, but he left an 0-and-2 slider up and in to Luis Garcia, who drove a three-run homer to right field for an 8-5 Nationals lead.“Yeah, there’s just some times where you don’t think things through, and you’re trying to make a play that you shouldn’t be making,” Graterol, speaking through an interpreter, said after Sunday night’s game. “And that’s just one of those times where you’re not thinking clearly.
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